Hi All,
I have a 2003 LX470 that - like many of us - I've personalized quite a bit. Brand new 33" tires, brakes, rotors, bearings, custom bamboo tailgate cover / drawer system, lithium ion battery system, front and rear lockers, 4.30 gearing (5spd normally 4.11), completely rebuilt front and rear suspension, new Toyota CV axles, dissent bumper, gamiviti rack, etc... Ongoing exhaust manifold leaks, and very mild rear main seal leak. No other concerns on the rig, transmission consistently in clean bill of health.
Immediately after I finished the front-end rebuilds and got brand spankin new Nokian tires mounted, I blew a spark plug out of cylinder 7. I had it towed directly to a mechanic once it sounded horrible and they found the damage (see pics below). Note the tip of the spark-plug fell into the cylinder. Owner of the shop has a built 100 series, but they aren't Toyota specific. Shop is recommending putting either a used engine in, or a reman from FVP Powertrain (FVP Engines & Transmissions | Underhood Powertrain | FVP Parts - https://www.fvpparts.com/products/underhood/powertrain/engines-transmissions). Their experience with FVP is favorable, and the reman will have 4 year unlimited mile warranty. I have found 2 other reman suppliers with 7year warranties.
All installed, used would be ~12k, reman ~14k. I'm sure I could do this myself, but I'm not going to. I'm not looking for another project right now.
Reading the forum, consensus seems to be against reman engines, but my mechanic thinks it's better to get the warranty on a reman than to spend nearly the same on a rebuild. I'm concerned used at this point would be a crapshoot and I don't want to spend months searching for a "nice" used engine.
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I need a better of diagnosis of exactly what's wrong and current condition of all the bits, but does anyone have suggestions to source a solid engine? If I spend money like this on this rig, I'd like to know I have another 200k+ on it and still a super reliable vehicle.
Also, any great ideas on how it could be rebuilt to be more... interesting?
Thanks for any advice!!
I have a 2003 LX470 that - like many of us - I've personalized quite a bit. Brand new 33" tires, brakes, rotors, bearings, custom bamboo tailgate cover / drawer system, lithium ion battery system, front and rear lockers, 4.30 gearing (5spd normally 4.11), completely rebuilt front and rear suspension, new Toyota CV axles, dissent bumper, gamiviti rack, etc... Ongoing exhaust manifold leaks, and very mild rear main seal leak. No other concerns on the rig, transmission consistently in clean bill of health.
Immediately after I finished the front-end rebuilds and got brand spankin new Nokian tires mounted, I blew a spark plug out of cylinder 7. I had it towed directly to a mechanic once it sounded horrible and they found the damage (see pics below). Note the tip of the spark-plug fell into the cylinder. Owner of the shop has a built 100 series, but they aren't Toyota specific. Shop is recommending putting either a used engine in, or a reman from FVP Powertrain (FVP Engines & Transmissions | Underhood Powertrain | FVP Parts - https://www.fvpparts.com/products/underhood/powertrain/engines-transmissions). Their experience with FVP is favorable, and the reman will have 4 year unlimited mile warranty. I have found 2 other reman suppliers with 7year warranties.
All installed, used would be ~12k, reman ~14k. I'm sure I could do this myself, but I'm not going to. I'm not looking for another project right now.
Reading the forum, consensus seems to be against reman engines, but my mechanic thinks it's better to get the warranty on a reman than to spend nearly the same on a rebuild. I'm concerned used at this point would be a crapshoot and I don't want to spend months searching for a "nice" used engine.
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I need a better of diagnosis of exactly what's wrong and current condition of all the bits, but does anyone have suggestions to source a solid engine? If I spend money like this on this rig, I'd like to know I have another 200k+ on it and still a super reliable vehicle.
Also, any great ideas on how it could be rebuilt to be more... interesting?
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| REMAN long block (fvp powertrain) | 5964.29 |
| coolant | 100.28 |
| engine coolant thermostat | 37.34 |
| spark plug | 162.48 |
| coil packs | 1342.88 |
| drive belt | 74.11 |
| supplies | 37.95 |
| Engine mounts | 300 |
| Headers / exhaust manifolds | 700 |
| tax | 1070 |
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| Inspection | 129.95 |
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