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I bought a 22R engine for my old toyota truck I use as a second vehicle. The first engine I got had a weld mark on the block. I took it back with no fuss. Got another engine, installed it and drove it, on and off, for about 8 months. About 5 months into driving I started to slowly notice that after the engine was warm, it was difficult to restart. This difficulty to restart gradually grew worse. I drove to the store one day and it almost wouldn't restart. Once it did, it did not want to stay running unless i kept the rpm's high. Barely got home.\r
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I started it the next day cold. A LOT of water came out the tailpipe. Checked the radiator and it was down. Not a lot, but more than it should be. So…water might be getting into the engine. (Did the engine ever overheat? Absolutely not! Temp gauge works and it never got over normal. Over heat plugs never melted either.)\r
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Took the head off and brought it to a professional machine shop. One look and the guy guessed that the head was out of specs. He measured and sure enough, the head had been surfaced too many times and was out of specs. It was too thin by a lot! Taking off the lifters he found that the cam shaft was likely bent. He said it should turn easily with two fingers and this one wouldn't turn using a tool for leverage! \r
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So…two issues from the rebuilder (Engine World): 1) head was out of spec by being too thin 2) camshaft not straight\r
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Machinist said that the engine might work for a while if I change the head gasket, but it will be a continual problem. (I trust this guy as he does very high end work, including for companies such as Ferrari. AND he saw what was wrong on first glance. To him it was obvious.)\r
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My engine was out of the 6 month warranty, but I called anyway. At first I spoke with Nick. Told him that I was sold an engine out of spec. He said there is nothing he could do because it was out of warranty. He told me that their engines are always good.\r
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Next I spoke with Rico. Simply said…he is a punk. He told me straight out that: 1) he did not care at all about what happened, about me, or about anything I said 2) said that whatever happened, it was a problem with installation 3) that in 22 years of business that Engine World has NEVER made a mistake (I questioned him on this multiple times) 4) said that whatever happened, it was likely something that I had done.\r
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From my experience, the modus operandi of Engine World seems to be: 1)sell anything, whether it works or not 2) never admit anything 3) never apologize\r
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In summary- Engine World sold me an engine good for 8 months, with a 6 month warranty.\r
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NEVER BUY FROM THESE CROOKS!!!!!
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