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corax · 10-18-2009, 06:14 AM

I just don't see the headgasket problems everyone else does with the 22RE. Before I did my swap, the factory original 22RE in my 4runner had ~250k miles on it - even looked like it had the factory timing chain guides (starting to break, of course).

I've heard the Toyota inline 6's - 7MGE & 2JZGE - are damn near bulletproof (though the 7M does have weak a weak link, it's easily corrected with higher head bolt torque). We'll see as I continue to beat on mine like a red-headed step child . . .

10-18-2009, 06:14 AM	#118 (permalink)
corax Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: eastern PA Posts: 631	I just don't see the headgasket problems everyone else does with the 22RE. Before I did my swap, the factory original 22RE in my 4runner had ~250k miles on it - even looked like it had the factory timing chain guides (starting to break, of course). I've heard the Toyota inline 6's - 7MGE & 2JZGE - are damn near bulletproof (though the 7M does have weak a weak link, it's easily corrected with higher head bolt torque). We'll see as I continue to beat on mine like a red-headed step child . . . __________________ -Keith- kb3scj '88 4runner SR5 - 3.0 7MGE eng swap - Marlin HD W56 - 4.56 V6 Thirds - '82 Toyota Celica Supra LSD up front - 33x10.5 BFG KM2's - NWMP Aux Gas Tank - home fab front and rear bumpers - Hannemann fenders - OME Dakar rear springs w/ Bilstein 5150 reservoir shocks Garage Thread "Speed doesn't kill, suddenly becoming stationary does." - Richard Hammond