I am starting a new thread to outline some of the differences between the 2L-T and the 2L-TII.
My original 2L-T had 300,000 km on the clock and so I decided it was time to drop in a new engine.
I saw a "2L-T" with R151F attached for sale in the next state over from a JDM Importer for 2K delievered to my house. I thought, wow, how lucky. Turns out, what was delivered was a 2L-II.
Both engines have 2L-T emblazoned on them, but that is really where the similarities start to end from what I can tell at this point. So to avoid doing what I did, to differentiate the 2 engines:
1> Look for the 2L-T on the valve cover itself, not the turbo cross over tube.
2> 2L-T Turbo has a flange on the Turbo over the valve cover, 2L-T2 does not.
3> 2L-T has the valve cover bolts in the center of the valve cover (valve cover probably black)
4> 2L-T2 has the valve cover bolts around the valve cover (valve cover probably gold)
5> Injection pump on 2L-T has no coolant lines running to it as the 2L-T2 does.
If you ask any JDM importer details about these engines, such as type and what year vehicle it came out of, they can not or will not elaborate. This makes is more difficult sourcing parts for that particular motor. Moveover, Toyodiy does not seem to differentiate between 2L-T and 2L-T2. Best I can tell, if it is post 1990, and says, 2L-T (on toyodiy), it is probably a 2L-T2. I tried researching my motor on Toyodiy, on the Japanese model, and it jumps right from old school 2L-T to 2L-TE.
I'm gonna try and make this work or else I have a 2k paperweight. My big concerns right now are:
1. Matching my LJ70 wiring harness to the 2L-T2 wiring harness.
2. Remove all the vacuum and EGR crap.
3. Remove butterfly valve/throttle plate inside the intake on the 2L-TII.
4. The flywheel, pressure plate, and friction plate are different on each model.
5. The Injection Pump on the 2L-TII motor has a TPS and Coolant line inputs. Will It run correctly after all the EGR inputs are removed.
My original 2L-T had 300,000 km on the clock and so I decided it was time to drop in a new engine.
I saw a "2L-T" with R151F attached for sale in the next state over from a JDM Importer for 2K delievered to my house. I thought, wow, how lucky. Turns out, what was delivered was a 2L-II.
Both engines have 2L-T emblazoned on them, but that is really where the similarities start to end from what I can tell at this point. So to avoid doing what I did, to differentiate the 2 engines:
1> Look for the 2L-T on the valve cover itself, not the turbo cross over tube.
2> 2L-T Turbo has a flange on the Turbo over the valve cover, 2L-T2 does not.
3> 2L-T has the valve cover bolts in the center of the valve cover (valve cover probably black)
4> 2L-T2 has the valve cover bolts around the valve cover (valve cover probably gold)
5> Injection pump on 2L-T has no coolant lines running to it as the 2L-T2 does.
If you ask any JDM importer details about these engines, such as type and what year vehicle it came out of, they can not or will not elaborate. This makes is more difficult sourcing parts for that particular motor. Moveover, Toyodiy does not seem to differentiate between 2L-T and 2L-T2. Best I can tell, if it is post 1990, and says, 2L-T (on toyodiy), it is probably a 2L-T2. I tried researching my motor on Toyodiy, on the Japanese model, and it jumps right from old school 2L-T to 2L-TE.
I'm gonna try and make this work or else I have a 2k paperweight. My big concerns right now are:
1. Matching my LJ70 wiring harness to the 2L-T2 wiring harness.
2. Remove all the vacuum and EGR crap.
3. Remove butterfly valve/throttle plate inside the intake on the 2L-TII.
4. The flywheel, pressure plate, and friction plate are different on each model.
5. The Injection Pump on the 2L-TII motor has a TPS and Coolant line inputs. Will It run correctly after all the EGR inputs are removed.
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