In the past I've seen where a mechanic has gotten a bit enthusiastic with a ring groove cleaning tool and the piston breaks off at the Oil ring groove!
Wasn't it making a horrible noise?
TurboSmart have a new aluminium replacement valve that looks to be a direct fit for the Bosch type valves.
http://www.turbosmart.com.au/bov_kompact.htm
LOL that was my thought as well!
Jeff: Thanks again I'm impressed you could get all of that from the posted dribble!
I deal with people worldwide daily many of them non English speakers and have less trouble understanding them then that garbage!
(glad it's NOT just me that had trouble)
No what I mean is the head as it comes from Toyota is heat treated to T6 so it's quite hard, once you overheat it and cool it a few times they go soft T0 usually on the exhaust side.
This isn't a problem until you remove it then it does the banana impression :(.
It's really hard to find a...
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