new engine block for my patrol

Hi Charlie, sorry mate I missed your original thread, what happened to you original car , what yearwas it ? and did you have to pay much yourself ? also, is it a 2006 model engine they stuck in it ?
regards,
Dave

I think its a better engine, this engine has been used for a long time in spain, (the old version with top mount intercooler) and never failed
the terrano used this engine for a long time, and the firefighters here in honduras have them since the huricane mitch and they have not failed yet
which is a miracle because here the government vehicles especially police congress firefighters, they destroy the vehicles.
they have had whole fleets of hilux, frontiers, mitsubichi ,prados and they totaly end up destroyed, crashed .
my uncle that works in crongress was assigned a prado with 1 year of use and it had to be taken to get the transmision gearbox, new seats, new rear diff etc( and was only used by a congress man so this is an example of government abuse
so I think this engine would be good

It was a failed Toyota part

no they just replaced the engine block, left everything else as it was, they told me that they had never seen this problem, but I dont believe it because I have a friend that had similar problem after 3 months of having it and it was almost the same year,
(newer than mine)
and the others I heard with 160000kms and 115000 better luck than me (well Im lucky because it failed under warranty)

Any symptoms before it failed! blowing off cooler hoses or flat spots etc poor fuel economy..?

"they told me that they had never seen this problem"

Search this site, Outerlimits, The patrol forums/ GU/GQ/Patrol4wd/etc, Overlander, 4wd mthly, etc print out about 1000 dead 3.0 stories, and hand them to the fool you wre dealing with lol.

yes the intercooler hose popped off at about 3000 kms, intercooler leaked and dealer didnt substitute it until 55000 kms(started leaking at about 10000kms
engine bounced at idle speed when stopped in a stoplight or just plain sitting there with the engine on.
once in a while white smoke came out of the exhaust permanently at idle too.
several times had ckeck engine with air mass sensor error