Well my friend has a 94 4runner and he told me his headgasket just went. He tried to get the dealer to honor the 3.0 head gasket recall but they told him the head gasket was already replaced in 1998.

Apparently his engine is screwed(I haven't looked at it yet) b/c he just got a quote from a very reputable shop in my town called japanese auto masters for $5-6,000. $2 grand for the remanufactured long block and the rest labor. But that just sounds a little much. I would swap a new engine in for him for cheap like I did for another friend last winter, but I don't want to jeopardize my gpa to work on trucks again lol.

How much can he get a whole new, or used engine for and how much should labor cost to swap it in?

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