Ok this is the story; I am bought two trucks from a guy early 90's toyota trucks both have 22re's in them. Both trucks have been sitting from 2-5 years looking at the dates they were last registered. The thing is I only need one truck but I am going to have to swap out some body parts to get one good truck that part of the job is self explanatory. The story on the motors is somewhat different neither are currently running to my knowledge and I have not attempted to crank either truck didnt want to do more harm than good. According to the guy I bought the trucks from one truck has already been rebuilt about 20,000 miles ago the odometer reads about 150,000 but will not run well or has no compression according to previous owner. Guy seems to think its some kind of sensor. The other truck the guy says has a stuck valve in it and has never been rebuilt he says it runs but very poorly (is that possible with a stuck valve?) My main question is how do i proceed to check the condition of the motors that have been sitting so long? What should i do prior to trying to start the motors or should I try to start them at all? Or pull one and rebuild it and start fresh? I was advised to pull plugs and pour some type of oil in them and let it sit for a couple of days is this true? I was also told to run Seafoam through th fuel system while i am attempting to start these motors I dont know how to introduce Seafoam into the fuel system and dont know if it is good advice either. Other info I might provide to this situation is that the truck I am attempting to put together is for my son who is sixteen and will be needing this truck for school in the fall so I have time the other info is that I already own a 91 toyota truck with a 22re motor that is currently running good it is the exact same truck as the two I just purchased. I figured it has served me good so why not get one for my son. The only other piece of info that I can add to this is that the guy I purchased the trucks from is wheel chair bound and so for this reason I cant overlook the obvious when dealing with the motors.

 

change the oil, fuel filter,and drain off the old gas. (that would be a good starting point)

 

Charge battery, drain gas and replace with fresh stuff like said above, you could add some of the injector cleaner stuff, not sure if that suff even helps though. Drain oil and then return and tighten pan plug cuz its probably gona be pretty dirty but do not remove oil filter, now fill engine either with 4 L of diesel, or 4.1 L distilled water(more water because of viscosity reasons) and never use tap water. Run for above 5 minutes but do not rev, keep at a dead idol. This will clean all the sludge outa the engine.

 

allthough never herd of the water thing, and wouldnt reccomend it myself. id also pour some diesel straight into the cylinders and crank it over with plugs removed for 30 secs or so.

 

Ok this is the story; I bought two trucks from a guy. They are early 90's toyota trucks and both have 22re's in them. Both trucks have been sitting 2-5 years looking at the dates they were last registered. The thing is, I only need one truck but I am going to have to swap out some body parts to get one good truck. That part of the job is self explanatory.

The story on the motors is somewhat different. Neither are currently running to my knowledge and I have not attempted to crank either truck. I didnt want to do more harm than good. According to the guy I bought the trucks from, one has already been rebuilt about 20,000 miles ago. The odometer reads about 150,000 but will not run well or has no compression according to previous owner.

Guy seems to think its some kind of sensor. The guy says the other truck has a stuck valve in it and has never been rebuilt. He says it runs but very poorly. Is that possible with a stuck valve?

My main question is how do I proceed to check the condition of the motors that have been sitting so long? What should I do prior to trying to start the motors? Should I try to start them at all? Or should I pull one and rebuild it and start fresh?

I was advised to pull the plugs and pour some type of oil in them and let it sit for a couple of days. Is this true? I was also told to run Seafoam through the fuel system while I am attempting to start these motors. I don't know how to introduce Seafoam into the fuel system and I don't know if it is good advice either.

Other info I might provide is that the truck I am attempting to put together is for my son who is sixteen and will be needing this truck for school in the fall. So I have time.

I already own a 91 toyota truck with a 22re motor that is currently running well. It is the exact same truck as the two I just purchased. I figured it has served me well so why not get one for my son. The only other piece of info that I can add to this is that the guy I purchased the trucks from is wheel chair bound and so for this reason I can't overlook the obvious when dealing with the motors.


I had to edit it just so I could read it.

 

I think it would be a good idea to turn it over by hand a few times then with all plugs out turn it over for a few seconds and like said before change all fluids then put fresh plugs(Denso/Ngk) wires(toyota) and rotor cap(Denso) and see what happens.

 

its a 22re.... crank it over right now and see what happens.... then change/flush everything.

 

I really appreciate you guys taking the time to answer my question my son and I will be going to work on this project here pretty soon and will keep you posted with pics. Thanks

 

Good luck. Wish my old man had bought me a Toyota when I was a kid. LoL!