so im picking up a 22rte for 400$ it comes with the engine wiring harness ecu and the gauge cluster, the only thing that is wrong with it that i know of is that its got a blown head gasket,

So my question is good deal? because my father is freaking out over the turbo portion of it, just need a little advise on how reliable these engines are compared to the 22re

 

Price a replacement turbo because it will probley need one sooner or later, probley sooner. They have problems with the housings cracking.

 

Tell your dad, you can sell everything tomorrow as is, for $500.00

 

I got a RTE partially dissembled with a bunch of parts(link is sig) I've been trying to sell for months... It's a decent motor. Highly recommend you spend $30 on a turbo timer. That sucker burns hot for a tiny turbo.

 

Nooooo, reallllllly?


"As time rolled by, Turbo Engineering Center (TEC). Of Magalia, California found that the life expectancy of the CT-20 was in the neighborhood of 60,000 miles. When it comes time to replace or repair these units, Toyota only offers a replacement turbo for $1850-no service or repairs. TEC traced the CT-20's short life span to the routing of the oil supply line. The line ran directly under the turbine housing and was joined to it. This allowed a great deal of heat transfer and TEC believes oil was ultimately restricted which led to turbo failure. Another shortcoming of the Toyota turbo was the backpressure it produced. TEC tested a CT-20 and found at 9 psi there was 22 psi of backpressure and high exhaust gas temperatures. The conditions were ripe for failure."


OP, search is your friend. There are about 3 current on-going threads in 86-95's tech...

Search: CT20, POS, and CT26.

 

what about a t3 t4 hybrid turbo? or rebuilding the stock ct20?