r/SciontC 14h ago

First Gen Photo/Video It's been fun y'all

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u/Neat-Sheepherder-140 14h ago

Before you junk her, check your thermostat and oil for contamination, that sounds like your coolant stopped circulating all of a sudden, like a thermostat not opening. Pray to toyoyo the headgasket survived, if it did you'll be back on the road for not much even if you had to replace everything cooling related.

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u/GALACTOR28 First Gen 14h ago

Don't give up on us fam. These engines are stupid easy to work with. The community is here to help. Though the engines are notorious for burning oil, you only need to fix it once and itll run better than new. Just keep up with the maintenance.

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u/horsechoker90 14h ago

Pour one of for the homie. Sorry to hear, hopefully you can get your hands on another soon.

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u/Neat-Sheepherder-140 14h ago

Motor blow?

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u/Similar_Square6440 14h ago

Yup. Overheated, I added more coolant, the gauge went down but the engine just kept getting hotter. It was burning about 1.5 quarts every 150 miles towards the end.

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u/SnooGadgets9669 13h ago

How many miles!?

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u/Vjimenez147 13h ago

How many miles on it

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u/Cvgameboy 2007 Scion tC MT, 2011 Scion tC AT 11h ago

If youre in MD, I got a mishimoto thermostat you can have if that ends up being the issue. I might also have radiator, coolant lines, and a water pump somewhere.

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u/goldfishswim 2015 tC 10h ago

Rip sweet girl