What engine in 1990 Celica? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Nuke209 · 11-13-2005, 10:41 PM

My friend is going to drop his celica over at my house, so we can take out the motor and give the car to the junk yard (it crashed, but everything in the bay seems fine)

So i was wondering, what kind of engine is it?

He says it's a 4 cylinder

lcarocha · 11-14-2005, 07:29 AM

What trim? 5th Gen Celicas had 3 different engine options depending on the model trim:

ST/ST-X= 4A-FE, 1.6 lts
GT/GT-S = 5S-FE 2.2 lts
Alltrac/GT4 = 3S-GTE 2.0 lts

90celicaGT-S · 11-14-2005, 11:16 AM

4afe- 103hp
5sfe- 130hp
3sgte-200hp

just a little more info

Nuke209 · 11-14-2005, 12:00 PM

thanks for the info, I'll know when he brings it by next week...

btw, how easy is it to remove the engine?

any guides? tips?

only time I ever did anything was a civic swap, that was pretty simple

But this time, we're just removing

Dr Tweak · 11-15-2005, 12:47 AM

What are you doing with it? I need one.

Nuke209 · 11-15-2005, 11:23 AM

we were just going to store it or sell off parts or something like that, we dont know yet...but you need an engine?

Cyorke · 11-15-2005, 01:10 PM

If you ahve done a Civic swap then you shouldnt have problems pulling hte Celica engine. Pretty straigh forward.

Disconnect all wiring, drain fluids, pull motor mounts and you should be jsut about there. Yeah I know there is more to it but really pulling an engine is not that big of a project. Now putting it abck and making sure you ahve everything where it goes is another story.

locker · 11-15-2005, 06:36 PM

the easiest way of removing the engine is from below. Disconnect everything and leave the two side mounts. Have the car on the ground and pull the car off the motor. Pulling it isn't too bad.... just make sure that on your hoist you tranny side has a good 4 inches of slack so it pulls up after the cam side

Nuke209 · 11-22-2005, 10:57 PM

ok, got mostly everything out but it seems the engine wont come out, i think there's a mount somewhere close to the tranny, is that's what's causing it not to come out?

locker · 11-23-2005, 01:33 PM

did you remove both cross members? there are two mounts on the cross member one on the cam side of the motor and one on the top of the tranny.

Are you pulling the motor or dropping it?

Nuke209 · 11-24-2005, 01:10 AM

pulling

locker · 11-24-2005, 06:24 AM

sometimes the acutal mounting piece for the rear mount can get caught by your power steering rack. You may want to start by removing that. its 2 14mm bolts

Nuke209 · 11-25-2005, 01:39 AM

thanks, will try saturday and give update asap