Toyota Trucks: Price of a 22R rebuild?

On 2-Feb-2004, Yost <> wrote:
 

I'd suspect a leak rather than burning. That's fairly high oil consumption
without smoking.


max-income
Every day is a good day- it's just that some are better than others.

Clean the engine with 'engine bright' or the like and then check for leaks
at the front main oil seal(behind the crankshaft pully), the half moons in
the valve cover area, and see if any oil is dripping from the vent in
tranny bell housing (rear main seal). I'd also consider replacing the
timing chain and guides. Get the steel backed ones from DOAracing.com.
Before you consider a rebuild do a compression and leak down test.
Regarding cost of rebuild, I had a performance machine shop rebuild mine,
bored to 30 over with new pistons, rods and all bearing plus, new exhaust
valves and full head inspection/resurface for $1700.00 USD. If you have to
rebuild go to a reputable local shop so you can stop by and see the progress
and get all your old parts. You never know the state of the core on a crate
rebuild, or the quality of the parts used in the rebuild. Go local if you
have to do it.
HTH
Nathan
<Yost> wrote in message news:com... 

<Yost> wrote in message news:com... 

My '84 had 240k when the head went. My mechanic said I should rebuild the
lower end while we had it apart, but lacking funds I declined. I should
have done what he said because it cost extra to take it apart again. If you
rebuild it, also replace the oil pump, crank bearings and rings, along with
honing or boring depending on wear. The water pump and the timing chain and
basically all moving parts should be replaced if you take the engine apart.
The cylinder pressure should be the deciding factor for rebuild. Mine was
99 psi. Toyota said it shouldn't even run below 125 psi, but it did. I had
to downshift to take overpasses. My mechanic sayes that it now has the best
epa specs he has ever seen. It is running very clean and strong. Since I
took the engine apart twice I basically paid $1,500.00 twice. I suppose it
would have cost me around 2,000-2,500 to do it the first time through a
reliable mechanic. I have a good relationship with mine though I have to
watch him like a hawk. I had the clutch rebuilt too.

Here in El Paso, TX I had a 22re head and block machined, all new lower end, pistons, rings, bearings, ect.. done by OK Machine Shop for about $90 for the head and $400 for the block. Checker's Felpro Full gasket Kit $100, thermostat and oil pressure sending unit, oil and filter, coolant, new alt belt, ect $60. Ebay seller partsdinosaur, new oil pump, steel backed timing kit and new timing cover for $150. That brought me to about $800 on the basic build, then took the money I saved and bought LC Engineering's EFI Power Package $895 came with new cam, headers, overbored throttle body, and K&N filtercharger. Then new 2 1/2 inch exhaust free flow cat, and Masterflow muffler from Ernie's Muffler $240. About $2000 for an engine that runs SUPER. Not one problem in the 20k I've clocked since May 2003. Checker Auto has a block from Evergreen cost me about $550 w/ exchange. Runs just fine in my other yota. Basic Yota parts are super cheap but you gotta know where to shop, spend the extra cash get the bottom end done, but don't get suckered in to paying too much. 22rs are simple engines and the basic parts will be just fine for a daily driver.

-FROST-