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mega87 · 01-20-2006, 10:27 AM

Well I know this might be of sad notice to all of the toyota owners my 1MZFE engine with over 160k miles has blown....

In changing the oil religously every 3k to 4k miles when I took my oil pan off one day I had many chucks of metal shaving clogging my oil screen below...and now she just doesn't turn anymore...

So but there is still good news....I recently got intouch with a salvage auto center using car-parts.com and I found a used engine with 41K miles only!!! So I bought it and it's comming on it's way down here to the south in New Orleans....

My main question what would be a good idea to do before I drop my new engine in the car? Any suggestions would be helpful since I will have access to everything on the engine before it goes in the old camry....

***ASG14*** · 01-20-2006, 10:32 AM

Change all the fluids, and I'd saw, just for safety, change the vavle cover gaskets ($15 for front, and same for back bank) from the dealer. Those seem to go often enough.

Digger1 · 01-20-2006, 10:36 AM

Mega,

Just curious....are you the original owner of the car w/ the blown engine?

If so, what kind of motor oil were you using?

TIA!

Cyorke · 01-20-2006, 11:05 AM

do afull tune up n the engine. all fitlers, plugs a nd fluids. I would probably go ahead and replace the timing belt and any associated parts like seals and water pump type stuff. I know you say it only has 41k miles on it and it should not need to be replaced until 60 or 90k miles depending on the year of the engine. But since you have it out and it is easily accessible I would go ahead and take care of it now so you dont have to at a later date. Unless the engine is only a couple of years old and has that mileage on it. if it is more than five years old though I would definitely do all of that.

Replace the thermostat also.

Basically any maintenance items that you can do now with the engine out of the car I would do. the labor will be so much easier on you with it out.

Gary_602Z · 01-20-2006, 12:17 PM

Drop the pan and look for metal! Rear mainseal also.

Gary

mega87 · 01-20-2006, 12:43 PM

actaully no i was not the original owner....When I did the oil change of my car I took it to the dealer and I kept an eye on the lvl of the oil all the time....But before the engine went out...Not too long ago I just got the timming belt changed, water pump, oil pump, valve covers gaskets changed and also the seals...I got this done 3 weeks ago and everything was working fine until BOOM it just gave up and when i looked on the oil pan when i got my car towed I had A SH!T load of metal shavings in the pan and also it was clogged up badly...I bought the car with 45K miles and I always did mantinence on it and kept it up...

I will take off the new timming belt, water pump, oil pump, off the old engine and put it in the new engine.....

johnnyzee · 01-20-2006, 01:22 PM

I'll tell you why. My mom had a 97 cam 4cyl, blew a hole right thru the block. It is due to engine sludge. Read more here:

http://yotarepair.com/Sludge_Zone.html

So clean it out before you do

johnnyzee · 01-20-2006, 01:22 PM

but they fixed that problem in gen5's and up

mega87 · 01-20-2006, 01:29 PM

Yeah when I took my car to get the engine valve covers seals replaced the mechanic (my friend also) told me that there was alot of sludge and the best thing to do was to leave it alone and not to distrub it...

***2wickedtoyz*** · 01-20-2006, 06:16 PM

i had this same problem 40k miles ago

replace all the seals even the front pump seal on the tranny. remove the oil pan and clean it out inspect the pick up make sure it has no crap in it. remove your oit pressure sensor and throw it as far as you can . replace it with an oil pressure gauge. change the timing belt and put all you new parts on there.

also keep all your coil packs tps knock sensors and what not they are pricy and take time to get if they go bad. also you might want to remove your plenum and clean it out with degreaser. it did a hell of a job breathing new life into my car.

search for : free v6 mod

***Eye8Pussies*** · 01-20-2006, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 2wickedtoyz

i had this same problem 40k miles ago

replace all the seals even the front pump seal on the tranny. remove the oil pan and clean it out inspect the pick up make sure it has no crap in it. remove your oit pressure sensor and throw it as far as you can . replace it with an oil pressure gauge. change the timing belt and put all you new parts on there.

also keep all your coil packs tps knock sensors and what not they are pricy and take time to get if they go bad. also you might want to remove your plenum and clean it out with degreaser. it did a hell of a job breathing new life into my car.

search for : free v6 mod

+ what cyorke said as well about all maintenance that you can do with the engine out, since it'll make life easier

if you're also thinking performance, tranny swap wouldn't be too much more work considering you've already pulled the engine and parted it from the tranny, or at least a highstall tc

and keep your old block- depending what it was that actually blew on it, you should be able to keep the head at least and get it p&p'd along with all intake parts/throttlebody, and then you won't have to worry about downtime on your new engine while you're getting them worked on- all you'll have to do is drop them in