You should check the cooling fan relay first to see of your radiator fan is switching on. Under the hood there’s a relay box with diagrams, you simply pull it out. Try switching the cooling fan with a similarly rated relay. In my crv, the cooling fan and the horn use the same relay so I can just switch those out to test, I don’t know if it’s the same with camrys. Start the car and wait about 15-20 min for the engine to reach temp and see if the radiator fan switches on. If it does, then that’s your problem.

The block wasn’t resurfaced, the machine shop told him it was good, and the head took three light passes they said. It wasn’t a severe overheat, I guess it was due to the car being old and everything was still from factory that’s why it blew through the gasket easily.

After researching I suspect it’s the oil too. I forgot to ask him what type he used but I saw the empty containers, castrol I think was the brand? He said it was cheap oil cause I will have to change it after a month anyway. What brand of break in oil would you recommend?