I was wondering does the cruisers have problems with the timing belt wearing throught the water jacket like the mini trucks do when they get a lot of miles on them?
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I just assumed he meant chain. In fact I think I actually read it that way, since the motor I assumed (Yeah, yeah; too much assuming...) he was referring to also has a chain, namely the 22R(E), which indeed is known for breaching the water jacket when the plastic chain guides fail.
Curtis
Curtis
Um, REAL Cruisers (solid axles) then......heh
I've never heard of this issue on the 1FZ though I suspect ANY engine would be internally damaged if the timing chain were allowed to run against something due to worn guides. But as far as the 1FZ I have never heard of it.
DougM
I've never heard of this issue on the 1FZ though I suspect ANY engine would be internally damaged if the timing chain were allowed to run against something due to worn guides. But as far as the 1FZ I have never heard of it.
DougM
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Reason I am asking these questions is that I have run across a nice FJ-80 to buy for cheap and it is almost to good to be true which concerns me. I was wanting to know what I should be looking for on an FJ-80 with about 175,000 miles on it. I trying not to get burnt on this deal.
Reason I am asking these questions is that I have run across a nice FJ-80 to buy for cheap and it is almost to good to be true which concerns me. I was wanting to know what I should be looking for on an FJ-80 with about 175,000 miles on it. I trying not to get burnt on this deal.
when you say FJ80 do you mean a 91 or 92? if so the 3FE is a push rod engine, does not even have a chain, the cam is low near the crank and direct gear driven,
the 93-97 FZJ80 1FZ-FE engine is dual overhead cam with a chain as said above. no problems with cutting into water but there have been some isolated cases of the chain guide/slipper breaking on earlier engines, it was redesigned for the later years of 1FZ, I have not heard of a case of this lately.
there is a cold start rattle that is associated with the chain slipper, so far it has just been a annoyance and not a reliability problem with several engines going into the 300K mile range.