Toyota 22R engine

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Toyota's 2.4L inline-four from 1981 to 1995, carbureted, fuel injected or turbocharged.

Maintenance

Services the sources say it needs. Faults that happen however well an engine is kept are under Watch out for. Tap one for what to ask.

Timing chain and its guides Every version Inspect when the front of the engine rattles, including at higher revs

Ask the seller: Ask whether the chain and its guides have been replaced.

If it was skipped: Four members in two threads say the timing chain is a known problem. One says the factory guides are plastic and wear out, and another that a missing guide is the likely cause of a rattle. One thread is about a 1988 4Runner and the other about a 1990.

Sources ^1,2

Reputation: what owners and the press report

Sought after: Hard to kill Every version

Hagerty calls the 22R engines virtually indestructible, with most 4Runners still on their original engine past 200,000 miles. LCE Performance says Pickups and 4Runners log 200,000 to 300,000 miles on their factory bottom ends.^3,4
Sought after: The turbo 22R-TE 22R-TE One source so far

Hagerty says the 22R-TE's reputation makes it highly desirable, and that owners are slow to part with one.³