Opinions please: Questionable replacement 2GR-FE 3.5l V6.

[brigman]

Hi All,

If there are any people out there experienced with the replacement of Toyota V6 engines, specifically the 2GR-FE, I'd appreciate your comments on the suitability of the following engine. The supplier cited it as remarkably clean but it has clearly been exposed to water,. The supplier cites a three month warranty and talked about the cleaning process: They cleaned it with water and, judging by the pictures supplied by our mechanic, clearly forgot to drain it afterwards. See the pictures for more on that. The oil isn't oil anymore, but that's to be expected when you clean an engine out with water. As to why they did not clean it with a spirit based solvent that is safe for the non metallic components of the engine I don't know, but then, I really don't know much at all about how one would clean an engine -- and why you would want to do so if it was as good as they say.

There is sludge all inside the main seal, but I would like to clarify if this is just grease and is maybe typical of a motor that has done 100,000kms.

The cam is slightly pitted from rust, the timing belts on one side have surface rust, though it is unlikely to have penetrated deeply into the moving surfaces of the chain links and can probably be effectively cleaned with a stiff nylon brush.

As usual, a picture is worth a thousand words so please see below and know that all help is appreciated.