Engine Motors dying out

Motors dying out

So I think my ringlands are fried and I will either need to overhaul my engine from my 99 corolla or drop a new motor in. The car is hesitating really bad and there is oil around the spark plugs constantly. I was wondering what goes into swapping in a 01-02 motor? Really rather put that in because its a stronger motor and will last longer. Any ideas of how much they go for from the junk yard and if possible what needs to be done to swap in a 01-02 motor?

go with an 03 plus block, and a 00-02 ECU if you dont want to change out your gauges... thats what im running and the 03 hardly have the oil consumption issues of the 00-02 1ZZs

junk yards socal run about 300 bucks.
my old S engine blew coz the oil thing. most shops charge somewhere around 1500 to do it. NEW 1zz are expensive. get used one and replace the rings/machine block. you'll be good.

1500? try 3000.


you can get a rebuilt one from monkeywrench for about 1000...thats completely rebuilt with internals and everything.

Yeah I ment a used one not a brand new one. Wow thats a lot of money going into the car. Might not even be worth putting another engine into it. does the 03 drop right in and all I need to do is get the ECU or is there a ton of wiring and what not to do also?

good luck finding a brand spanking new one...gently used (20k and above) were going for 1500...and 20k or less miles were 3000

yeah I ment to say used. Even something with 80k would be fine as long as it does not have a oil consumption problem and doesn't hesitate like my current motor is doing.

search around on the forums for when i was having my engine problems....someone posted a link with the used/newused 1zzs

I'd just rebuild the block if it was me...

gaskets, rings, resurfaced sleeves... maybe bigger pistons if they don't fit snuggly in the resurfaced sleeves

Yeah I will have to take it to the mechanic this weekend and have it checked out to see how bad it is.

replace head cover gaskets/gaskets around spark plugs. get new sparks just incase, and clean your injectors.

i dropped an 03 engine in no problems, hooked up to my 00 ECU and worked perfectly fine. On a side note i have some bad pictures to upload that there might be an engine and a lot of parts put up soon

you got shafted then. lol
but i got lucky with new motor 1500. labor and other parts it came out to 3300. clutch, flywheel, water pump, etc etc. at least i got a 100k warrenty

Yeah I put in new spark plugs. I might just pull the valve cover off this weekend and go to the dealer and get the gaskets for them and the valve cover and see if that helps. I don't think the oil getting into the cylinder can make it hesitate that bad, but who knows. I am definately not dropping over 1000 into car. Rather just drive it until it dies and get something else. Car isn't worth that much money anyways.

just drop a 98-99 motor and keep on doing it til you get tired of driving it and sale it.

when did you do yours? because i can guarantee you it wasnt a brand new motor, since they stopped producing them.