I went to start my 22RE for the first time... and had oil gushing out of a hole in the block on the passenger side between the 2 sides of the motor mount... what's supposed to go there?!

 

without a pic i'd say maybe oil sender

 

Here's a pic from Bleeder's thread. The hole that the oil is coming from is the hole directly between the two top bolts of the motor mout on the block.

 

Right under the oil filter?

Or are you talking about the freeze plugs?

 

nothing that i know of? if its RIGHT above the motor mount...get a bolt and seal the threads and plug it?

 

There is a bracket of the motor mount that bolts to the block. the hole I am referring to sits right beween the 2 sides of that bracket. Notice the top 2 bolts of the bracket... my hole in the block is smack dab in the middle of those 2 bolts

 

Alright, here's a way better pic. The hole is below and foreward of the oil filter. it is directly centered between all 4 motor mount holes.

It looks like it is just plugged with a bolt, is that right?? If so, what do I seal the threads off with?

 

teflon tape? and make sure you get the right sized bolt

 

Any idea what that hole is for?

 

I had the same problem. The line from the Oil pressure sending unit broke and it turned into a high pressure jet.

m10x1.0 find a bolt and some teflon tape. make sure it's sealed. Or buy an oil pressure gauge and make use of the hole.

 

It's a tapered plug, like pipe fitting had the same issue once. Has the same thread as the oil pressure sender. You can use it for a mechanical oil gauge and keep your stock set to boot or put a plug back in.

 

Right on. Thanks guys!

 

Edit: *delete*
I basically said the same thing as muddpigg

 

it's ACTUALLY a secondary oil pressure sender location, for the motor going in different applications, like the Celica's

It's a metric thread, but you can use a 1/8" pipe thread plug with a little teflon tape to seal it up


The same thing happened when my buddy built his new 22re for his 90; he started it up, oil started POURING everywhere, and he flipped out, lmao "OMG OMG OMG, NOT THE NEW MOTOR; IT'S BROKEN, OMG!!!"


it was kinda funny actually, lol



if that hoist looks familiar, it's because it's the exact one I used for my swap, lol