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New here but been lurking since picking up what I have identified as a 3K Toyota engine. This is mounted on an early '70's Wheelhorse tractor! I picked it up a couple weeks ago at a local auction and have not started it yet. All of the fluids were drained before it was stored away over 15 years ago... not ideal IMO. The water pump (an agricultural pump used on tractors) was seized as was the fuel pump. Otherwise, the engine turns over by hand, and the machine seems to be pretty well taken care of. The guy I talked to at the auction said that the guy who dropped it off mowed with it! Probably just going to be a toy for me... something to take to the fair and maybe pull my boat around the driveway. I'm a big fan of Wheelhorse and also Toyota's so I figured I could give it a proper home. 🙂 I had a version of this engine in an old Corolla I drove in high school. I drove that car to the junkyard. Still ran great but had rust so bad that the drivers seat was ready to fall through the floor! Anyway, I have a couple questions if anyone would be so kind to chime in. First, There is no PCV valve or grommet so I bought both. I'm thinking about pulling the rocker cover off and taking a look in there to see if anything has fallen down in that hole and spray some fogging oil over the top end. I've already fogged the cylinders... The gasket looks like it's made of rubber and will not need replaced? I need to clean the broken grommet out of that hole and don't want stuff to fall into the engine. Second, I've already filled it with some Rotella 10W-30 before I read that this engine prefers a 20W-50 oil. I'm thinking about using Rotella 15W-40 in it just because I don't think it will see the heat that it would on the road... thoughts?