Toyota 4Runner 5VZ 3.4L V6 Teardown. How Do You Kill One Of Toyota's Best Ever Engines?

If you're just finding this channel, I'll give you a brief summary. I tear blown up engines apart to figure out what happened, what survived, and hope to have some sellable parts at the end. At this point I've done nearly 80 teardowns of various engines ranging from viper engines, diesel engines, to a rotary and many things in between. Here are a some of my favorites: Mercedes OM642 Diesel, The MOST disgusting teardown to date:    • Mercedes OM642 3.0L TurboDiesel V6 Teardow...   Honda J30 V6. One of the worst bottom ends we've ever seen on the channel, that's NOT what I meant.    • Honda J Series V6 Teardown! How Did Someon...   Ford 6.8L 3-Valve V10. Full send with NO survivors.    • FORD 6.8L 3V V10 TEARDOWN! Big Engine With...   Dodge Viper 8.3L V10. Just a little worse than described    • VIPER V10 TEARDOWN! From Bad To More Bad, ...   Toyota Land Cruiser 80 Series 4.5L 1FZFE. Tightest Crank Bolt, Ever.    • LOCKED UP Toyota Land Cruiser 1FZ-FE Engin...   I read ALL of the comments. I can't count high enough to tell you how many times I've been asked to teardown a 5VZ-FE Toyota 3.4L V6. I didn't think it would happen BUT HERE. WE. ARE. The 5VZ-FE ran from 1995-2004 in the 4runner(96-02), T100 Truck(95-98), Tacoma (95-04), and the Tundra(00-04). There are others in the list of "Yeah, those don't blow up so I won't find them", but I do look. 4.0L Jeep, Ford 300 Straight 6, etc. I have a fondness for the 5VZ and it might be my favorite toyota engine ever. I don't judge how good engines are based on horsepower, or how well they respond to modifications, or even fuel economy. I consider engines "good" when they are reliable, easy and cheap to service, and most importantly, their tolerance for abuse and neglect. The 5VZ really shines in that manner. This bad engine was a core that was returned from an engine that I sold, the customers old engine. This is the first blown up 5VZ I've had hands on. As always, I like all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism. Catch you on the next one! -Eric