Ben774

No, know all too well about the head gasket thing. Stepson bought it and we did the head gasket. He also got what is apparently the only 220 that had a missing oil channel in one of the cam carriers but since it'd come off the car it went back on, would have been nice if it could've done nother 100k. He drove it to MOT, went to go get two tyres to pass and then broke down 100 yards away from the MOT center with the exhaust cam apparently seizing, melting the carrier and splitting the camshaft. Rebuilt it with a new head but it'd been laid up for months im between with him being ill. Got no pressure as in the pump isn't sucking up and forcing oil to the filter and round the engine

I searched the forum but nothing came up. Any of you had no low oil pressure after a filter change? 2ad fhv engine, didn't prime the filter because it's a side-loading cartridge. Are the oil pumps prone to fail at all?

It would be nice if they could be favourable on this considering the fact I'm qualified but not currently running a garage

I'm inclined to say a booboo was made searching the bay and finding a head with all 8 ports. Stepson also says he spotted the missing port when we did the gasket but assumed there was some reason for it since it had overhead oilers.

That is unfortunate. My stepson bought the car last August and we did the head gasket, he drove it around a while and its been off the road since last year while his kidney decided to try explode on him and the MOT place couldn't be arsed to do the compression test on it that I'd asked for. Can't remember what the sticker on the rocker said, I think it was an fhv, can't confirm with certainty right now as it has since turned to a beige smear since being upside down in a box in his boot. At about 100k iirc. I've already got a pair of camshafts from the bay. The pics are of when we were rebuilding the head. Was quite amazed to find no signs of any piston/valve contact and it still be timed and turning over as it should but with 75% of the teeth lunched. I've read on here that Lexus were just replacing whole engines for the head gasket fault because it was just cheaper, easier and less chance of the car coming back to them again. Would be somewhat reluctant to put a complete ebay engine in over replacing the head for a decent one. Hoping for a bit of luck with what seems to be a major manufacturing fault that's allowed the cam to seize in the carrier and cause the damage. If anyone else with knowledge or experience on this could confirm that'd be fantastic.

That's what I'm thinking. They went to the effort of putting then in the others and overhead oilers for the lobes, I'd expect this eighth one to also have an oil port. There's some scorch marks and displaced metal on that one. Spoke to a servicing guy at Lexus Plymouth who said the technical guy will ring me back about it. It's a 60 plate so don't know if it'll go anywhere

So, I've done the head gasket on one of the notorious 2.2d engines. Then, after some miles it broke down outside the MOT station. Stripped it down and found a snapped camshaft. Every one of the cam carriers has an oil channel, except from the one where it broke. Is this something Toyota designed, should the head have been a reject in quality control, or is it the outside possibility that the cam melted the head and perfectly sealed over the oil port? TIA, probably also speak to Toyota before going any further

Hi, does anyone know if the camshafts in the Rav 4 2adfhv engine are a direct swap to the Lexus IS220d F Sport. A valve sucked in a lump of carbon and now 75% of the teeth are half teeth. Everything still moves as it should but it's definitely less than ideal

I did, yes, with the help of the stepson since it's his new car. It was the typical sort of Japanese thing, mostly everything held on with 4, even, metric bolts and easily accessible but then also quite fiddly with all the awful, squeezy hose clips and everything at the back around the high pressure pump. Hands are kinda cut to ribbons now. One thing that would have been greatly appreciated is if the timing chain cover had been split somewhere between the crank pulley and the head since there's a chain tensioner bolted to both the block and head. Head bolt torqueing sequence is very counter intuitive too. All back together now and a little sluggish turning over but battery's only at about 12.3v. Been trawling the site a little and seen someone else has had the fuel filter o ring decide to blowout. Just hoping no crust decides to pull through from the intake and lunch the valves/turbo.

Hi, I've just done a head gasket change on an is220d. Used the priming option on the dash and I've got a flood of fuel from the lh side of the diff. Opened the access hatches under the back seats and no leaks there. Anyone got that service manual? Anyone got any insight as to why its decides to become incontinent? Thanks