Originally Posted by
williamb82
only 1uz's ive ever seen dead were owner neglect. 1 locked up, it was obvious the oil hadnt been changed for prolly 15+k miles. not much came out so prolly just ran till it was too low. another had 125k miles on it. timing belt was never changed. so it snapped. saw a couple with blown head gaskets, which means it overheated severly. one car had a cracked end tank on the radiator that was leaking. owner never bothered to keep it full. one had a split hose the owner never changed etc...
friend just bought one at 150 +k which was a bad idea but yes neglect i want to buy the shell, but i need to find a new 1uz i can stuff in it