sherminator866

94 pickup 22re 135k 5spd 4x4. pretty sure the motor went today. just driving at about 50 and a big bang and then a lot of loud knocking. it still runs, but doesnt sound too great. last week the truck was serviced and the timing chain and guides and gears, oil pump, and a few other things were done to it. the timing gear was missing teeth and it wasnt running great. it ran awesome up until today. tons of power and really quiet.
so my questions are...
should i keep this motor and have it rebuilt?
buy a used motor and swap it in?
buy a crate motor and put that in?

i wouldnt be doing any of the work, but a friend is awesome with these motors and would do it a lot cheaper than a shop. just trying to weigh my options on what is going to work out better for me in the long run. any ideas and/or reccomendations?

thanks a ton guys, you are awesome

MaK92-4RnR

its a 22re... rebuild or replace it. if it were a 3.0 i'd suggest a 3.4 swap.

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Who serviced it?

:wabbit2:

kelvinb

89 4runner 22re -184k

i left for work about a month ago in mine when it started knocking really bad, i had no way to get it home and drove it home knocking about 2 miles. pulled the pan and all the main bearings on the cap side had scarred. i could not catch my finger nail on the crank anywhere so i replaced all the bearings including rod bearings and its been running great ever since.

donomite49

yea, 135k is way too soon for a 22r to blow.

runs-on-4

iTrader: (1)

my buddy bought a 93 single cab 22re with a blown motor 110k original miles clean truck grandpa owned ...thats way to soon sh** happens

donomite49

my first yota 20r went 200k pullin 33's and i beat on it pretty hard.
the second yota pu, 22re, i've had went 263k and ran great when i pulled it.

it is out of the ordinary for these motors not to go a lot longer.
i know stuff happens to any engine but a lot of times they have "help".

hemsingd

Depends on whats wrong with it. Is there a hole in the side of the block? Is the engine oil milky looking? Are the valves bent? What does the timing set look like? How is the oil pressure? etc.. If it's salvageable I might be inclined to do a rebuild if not then I'd rebuild a salvaged one.

sherminator866

well the guy who serviced it is the guy who would be rebuilding it. hes a 100% yota guy and he builds these all the time and is kinda like all of you guys on here. just really smart with them and can fix them with his eyes closed. i havent had a chance to get in touch with him yet, but i will be in the next couple days for sure. kinda wierd that it happened right after he worked on it, but im not going to assume anything yet. it always had a little wrist pin slap at higher rpms, so im thinking it finally let loose. my 92 i had before this went for over 300k no problems. just seeing what you guys are thinking on for a fix. which way to go and which way will i be better off.

fiasco8

I wonder if they dumped coolant into the oil pan when pulling the timing chain cover then forgot to flush it. I did this myself and was lucky to catch my error.

Not one of my brighter moments.

sherminator866

hmmm i will check that out in a little bit. im going to go out after work and see what i can find out, if anything. i was wondering if maybe something happened with the oil when he was working on it.

fiasco8

I had white foam in the oil cap the day after I idled it for 10 minutes. Luckilly, the only thing I did after the chain install was the 10 minute idle.

I would have hated to find out during my 100 mile trip to my work.

WHEELER8688

Jasper makes good replacement motors

motocrossaddict223

throw the motor through the guys window, throw in a 3rz

bone collector

2uz.....

Hilux4Life

If we are having wet dreams here I'd say a 2JZ-GTE without a doubt!