So I have a 1994 Toyota Truck 4x4 I just got with a 22re motor in it with only 23000 miles on it. It is a manual transmission. Anyways I am new to this motor and something just sounds weird to me? Maybe its just me? Anyways here is a short clip of the engine idling. What do you all think? Any help is appreciated. Thanks

 

Sounds like a vacuum leak to me. But I'm a 3 slow man, so can't say for sure...

 

Sounds just fine and dandy to me.

 

I think I am just paranoid! Better to be safe then sorry I guess!

 

I didn't hear anything out of the norm.

Looks like a nice clean engine. That header cover looks almost new.

 

IT should! The motor only has 22,000 on it, better yet the frame only has 130,000! I just bought it off a guy a few weeks back! It came with all the receipts and everything for the new motor!

 

I thought a heard a whine, like a bearing in the idler pulley is bad/dry.....

 

I'm kind of leaning toward yotaworx, I can hear a whine like the bearing on the pulley. I would do the following, check the chain (I know the motor has only 23,000 on it) and the pulley.

 

my idler pulley bearing sounded exactly like that. I removed the pulled, popped the bearing out, pulled off the dust covers and cleaned/regreased it. works great.

 

I will give that a try tomorrow. Sorry to be a noob, but which on is the idler pulley? What grease did you use?

 

Here's a pic of the front. There are 2 that could be checked. The A/C and the Idler, both have a bearing that gives issues, the Idler more so than the A/C. Hope this helps.

 

Idler Pulley bearing goes out from time to time. I have just always replaced it with a new bearing from the dealership. Its real cheap, 8 bucks I believe. It is a actually very easy to replace too.