claybr157

Ok now I am depressed. 1987 4runner 22re 210,00o mile and fifth onwer and now my Headgasket is blown. I can get it replaced and the timing chain done since i do not know the whole history of truck for 2300 dollars. Yes I did say wow to this. After speaking with the shop they can install a rebuilt motor for only 800 in labor plus misc supplies. Look on the internet find 22reperformance.com 1600 for a rebuilt. so I can get a rebuilt motor put into the for 2700 roughly. Sounds good. I only paid 1900 for this truck. Is this worth it or should I part this truck out. It ran great until the head gasket. No water in oil coming out of the exhaust. I really dont want to sell but man is it worth it. Any advise guys.

jynx

ur askin a question nobody can answer but u. if it is personal then yes its worth it. if its just practicallity ask yourself if u can get a better rig for the same or less

claybr157

your correct. maybe I should ask how much should it cost to have this work done by a shop, and has anyone heard anything good about 22reperformance.com? Just amking sure that I am not getting taken to bad or not taken at all.

jynx

1000 to1500 for a long block, bout the same to have a local shop rebuild yours. install depends on where u r at. here its about 1500 to 1800 (Oklahoma). at your milage i say go cheap and do the gasket and timing yourself or rebuild the whole thing

misterzee

So
Save your money.
Read the writeups.
Fix it yourself.

JCinPB

Do it yourself. Get a Factory Service manual (the real Toyota one, not the haynes/chilton). It takes time but if you follow along you can do it for a few hundred bucks in parts. Lots of good info on this forum and the internet. You'll just need a machine shop to do the head after you remove it.

Good luck!

toyotabull

engnbldr is on ebay, you can find a timing kit and head gasket or a complete engine kit from him, and its not that hard to do most of the work on a toyota except hooking up the vacuum hoses, well where they go. So if you choose to tackle this , get a camera and take a picture of everything that you take off or unhook. And mark all hoses, bag and tag all bolts. Good luck to you