Now before everyone starts yelling at me for not searching first, heres why: First of all its kind of a pain because half the threads posted on an issue dont have any information anyways, and sorting through the mess can be extremely time consuming. Second, some threads are old and there are a lot of new people who probably have some light to shed on a problem.

Now here's the deal:

My truck (1987 SR5 4x4 22re 5sp Manual) takes a long time to warm up, even on a realatively warm day (65-75 degrees). I have a brand new thermostat which works as it should. Its a 195 degree OEM style and gives me no problems with temp overshoot. I recently pulled out a 180 degree thermostat which I thought was stuck open but it turns out was just fine. My clutch fan seems to operate correctly as in I can hold the fan while the engine is running with little resistance. The coolant is less than a week old. When I replaced the Thermostat, I flushed the engine twice and loaded it with brand new 50-50 mix which is speced out correctly. And I have no check engine lights.

Is this common with the 22re? Is there a chance that something isnt working as it should. I think I may have a problem with my thermo start injector switch because ocassionally if I start my truck cold, I have to give it some throttle to start it, as in its not getting enough fuel. I have not been able to check the Cold start injector for operation, but I dont think that that is the issue because it starts perfectly every morning.

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

The same thing happens to my 1986 4Runner. I figure its better than overheating right? I just figured all 22re's were like this.

 

define "a long time"

 

Mine takes a good amount of miles like 10 miles doing a consistent 45mph

 

Are you going be the stock temp gauge reading ?, the temp gauges on these trucks is known for not being accurate.

 

A long time would be driving roughly 6-8 miles at 50-55mph after a good 30 second to 1 minute idle to allow proper oil pressure to build.

Myyota: No I am going by an aftermarket gauge that I installed with the sender in the same place as the stock sender.