DesertrunnerOR

Hi there new to the forum. (1st post). I recently bought my first toyota. 1992 4runner. 220k. Ran great before my friend and previous owner claims to have driven through a creek and it just died. Tried to start it but it just clunked. I suspect he hydro locked the engine. I've torn the engine down to the block to find that 3 cylinders are obviously not attached to the crank or the crank is broken. I haven't pulled the motor to get into the bottom end but I'm sure it's smoked.

Questions:

Any chance of the heads surviving this incident unscathed? I don't see any signs of slap but I'm not exactly a master tech haha.

How often would a broken rod or three leave the current block in a repairable state. Or got lucky in other words.

Any one in the central oregon area that's handy with 3vze's and would enjoy meeting a new friend and wheeling buddy that happens to live across the street from a growler filling station. Haha

I called around and found 3 4runners at the local u pull that all have mostly complete engines. I can pull the engine out of one for 200 bucks. My plan is to find one that has a crank that turns smoothly (or at all would be a plus at this point)salvage the bottom end and replace.

My other option after looking around is a rebuilt from a shop called NW Team Yota. $1000 with core. Anybody have any experience dealing with them.

As it sits now I'm into the runner for $570. Body's clean, interior is clean, nearly new 31x10.50. I'd like to continue the low budget theme and just rebuild a lower end but I've never done it. I'm confident in my skills but here's my final question if this increasingly expanding maiden post. Is the 3vze bottom end a finicky rebuild patient with tons of nuances and pain in the ass qualities or am I good using a FSM, following factory specs, and just rebuilding it by the book so to speak?

I thank you in advance and am happy to have joined the forum.

KM

250000_yota

The only way to tell for sure on the block being salvageable would be disassembly. I've seen motors that looked good on the outside, only to find that a slinging rod has taken out an internal portion of the casting, rendering the block non-usable.

Personally, I wouldn't bother swapping heads from one to another. You say you can get a motor if you pull it for $200? It's a crap shoot, but with as little as you have into this thing, I'd slap a complete motor in and not worry about parts swapping.

FourwheelinVT

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If the "New" motor from the U-Pull is complete (block, heads, intake, ect.) and just needs some accessories added or what not, then just swapping it would be a good place to start. You can quickly get several hundred dollars into a rebuild and still have a lot of worn parts that may or may not cause more headaches. If the U-Pull motor doesen't work out, then you wouldn't be out a lot of money and you could look into the team yota engine.

DesertrunnerOR

Thanks. I also have 30 days to return the engine if it's shot. I think I found my new u pull place.

HighLux

Best thread title ever.

teaMJPx

Ha! I had to check it out due to the title... jejeje

dropzone

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Actually probably one of the most honest thread titles in forum history