cracked block

[82toyo]

I have a 82 toyota 4x4 and I just dropped a new rebuilt engine into it because the old one cracked the block because of bad motor mounts, or so I thought. After only 160 miles I noticed a puddle of oil under the truck so I went under and looked and noticed that the block was cracked in almost the same spot. Everything is still tight, the motor and tranny mounts are still good so I am wondering if anyone has any ideas of why this is happening. I love my truck but I am at the point now of running it off a cliff.

[slacker]

cracked block ? its almose unheard of on a 22 series engine ...

you have any pics ? more info is require to help you ......

[Sidney]

Originally Posted by 82toyo

I have a 82 toyota 4x4 and I just dropped a new rebuilt engine into it because the old one cracked the block because of bad motor mounts, or so I thought. After only 160 miles I noticed a puddle of oil under the truck so I went under and looked and noticed that the block was cracked in almost the same spot. Everything is still tight, the motor and tranny mounts are still good so I am wondering if anyone has any ideas of why this is happening. I love my truck but I am at the point now of running it off a cliff.

Actually if you run it off a cliff you still will not be able to kill your Toyota.

This is a great video from Top Gear featuring a 1985 Toyota 2L Hilux diesel that is put through some astonishing torture tests in an attempt to "break it".

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http://stan.cc.swin.edu.au/~jeff/car...nbreakable.wmv

http://finalgear.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/prog28/toyota.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/downloa..._broadband.ram
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/downloa...narrowband.ram
http://toyotadiesel.com/uploads/videos/topgear1.WMV
http://toyotadiesel.com/uploads/videos/topgear2.WMV

http://toyotadiesel.com/uploads/vide...x%20diesel.mov
http://www.yankeetoys.org/documents/full.mov
http://http.dvlabs.com/adcritic/t/o/...girlfriend.mov

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[ElmerFudd]

AH HA, that video was great!

[82toyo]

cool vid-problem is my truck is killing itself. To explain the problem more it is cracking on the passenger side between the last stud and bolt hole for the oil pan towards the rear of the engine. The crack goes from where the oil pan mounts against up about four inches in the block. I have a vibration around 65 MPH and I think that is the problem but don't know what is causing it. I have changed the gears both front and back, changed the rear axle, had the transfer case gone through, had the drive line checked and have replaced the tires and rims-still have vibration. If anyone has any ideas let me know what to look at, thanks

[80toy]

holy crap that was freakin awesome.