May need a new engine or something?

[Neog2]

Well a while back I was asking for some upgrades to my
1994 LE Camry, I listed the amount of my I could spare on this
car and I got some pretty good answers back.

Then more recently I had the problems with all my brake lights going out and not being able to shift out of park, and you people helped again and I changed the brake stop light switch myself and that solved that problem.

Now I'm looking for a little advice once again.

Alot of people told me a long time ago to get a new engine because of the sheer amount of miles I have put on this car.

Almost 200,000 And I got the car new back in september 1994.
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Well the other day My car started making this cruel loud dolphin sounding noise. The noise is emitting from the side that the altenator is one and sounds like it could be coming from the belt thats connected to the altenator. But the belt seems to be in fairly good condition, and the altenator was replaced about 8months ago.

On the way to a mechanic I noticed the car seemed to be jerking when accelerating. Like something was slipping and then catching while I was pushing the accell pedal while doing about 25mph.

When I got to one of the mechanic's houses I usually go to. That fixes some of my other car's trucks when they have problems.

He told me to start the car. The dolphin echo location noise started and he said I probably need a new engine, but he told me to pop the hood, and he revved up the engine from other the hood and told me to stop driving it because it would probably get stuck in gear or something of that sorts. Then went on to explain something about the timing belt probably screwed up something. I wasnt really paying attention. Should have been though.

When I left there I drove the car back to my house and parked it, and thats when I noticed my car was running hot. (Strange.) So I turned the car off and sure enough all my antifreeze was leaking out from underneath the car. At first I thought one of my hoses had come loose are the radiator had a leak. But I just replaced my radiator and I seriously doubted that was the problem. So I jacked up my car and saw something I had never seen before. ON any of my cars.

The antifreeze was actually leaking from the freaking engine.I could see that the antifreeze was coming from two spots. One directly under the altenator under the car. It seems to be like a pan or something attacthed to the engine. The antifreeze was coming between the pan and the engine. Not a crack but coming through the seal.

And the other leak witch was leaking more was about a foot back fromt the first leak and it was dripping more.

So what do you guys think?

1. Try to get it fixed even though I have 200,000 miles

2. Or get a new engine. I have other cars so its not an transporation issue, but I due like my camry so I want to keep it, for atleast another 2 years.

How much am I looking to spend On an new engine.
And any estimates on price to get it installed say by the dealer (I know they charge $80 an hour.) Any where else I go will be cheaper.

Any help as always will be greatly appreciated.

[2wickedtoyz]

i paid 1263usd for mine and that included shipping i looked in the phone book for "national parts finders" and it was an 866 number the motor came and it was nice and clean with everything on it and a warranty. here is the #18662580360
the web site is www.ezfindparts.com they will try and find you the best deal for a motor

[Neog2]

$1263 with everything on it. What do you mean everything on it.
Belts Starter, Altenator, pistons, spark plugs, cam?

Everything for 1263 now that sounds way to good to be true.
But what engine did you get? The stock 5SFE or something else.

And how long have you had it.

[2wickedtoyz]

i got a jdm 1mzfe but it didn't come with all the bells and whistles just the main motor with a full un cut wire harness and the intake tube. i still replaced the timing belt, water pump, rear main seal,cam seals ,crank seal, timing belt idle pulley and the other pulleys, motor mounts, axles, struts, fuel filter cleaned out the entire intake manifold, cleaned the injectors, ported the tb,and replaced the thermastat. i just wanted to be safe it's been atleast a year now. and it still runs sweet

[cam2Xrunner]

www.car-part.com

[bowlofturtle]

just out of curious how much does a 5sfe go for everything included i would say 2500USD

[chronoti]

http://www.toysport.com/ they dont have the stock 5sfe but they have some other nice engines if your looking for a little boost but i dont know which will mount to your tranny ... personaly i was thinking about the 3mg ..... mmmmmm now i need money