I couldn't help myself - I bought a another toyota van. It is a 1988 model year with 4wd and a 5 speed. I got it cheap because it has a possible blown head gasket from an overheating event. The van runs and drives but has no power on hills and the compression check (at operating temperature) is 90 psi. The backstory on it is that it ran great until is was run while low on coolant. The previous owner then poured cold water into it while hot (as I understand his story). It never ran right after that. So I suspect a blow head gasket or warped head or both and plan on doing the head work myself. There was no obvious white smoke coming from the tailpipe and the dipstick looks clean. Based on this I do not think there has been any mixing of oil and coolant. Is there anything else that could be damaged from the overheating event? I am looking for other peoples experience with overheating on their vans. The van is an LE model and has a 180K miles on it. Also has a new radiator and a new steering pump. The new radiator was installed after the event. I will be picking the van up this week and may learn more once I start tearing into it. I just wanted to do my homework on what to look for so that I can do it right the first time.

Thanks,

Rusty