speedkar9

This my first time removing an engine from a car. It was an amazing learning experience, and I did (most) of it myself! I documented some of the major steps in the video below:


The engine and transmission were removed from my 2001 Toyota Corolla. I opted to disassemble major components off of the engine in the car before removing the assembly. If your doing a straight engine swap, you can skip those steps.

Here’s a few photos of the procedure:

Lower radiator hose, water pump and thermostat

Radiator

A/c Compressor

Air intake, battery and air box

Exhaust manifold

Now the engine bay should look like this

A/C condenser

Power steering pump

Starter

Transmission shift cable and linkage

Hoses, fuel lines and wiring harness. Note, the manual says to remove the harness from the ECU inside the car.

Drain fluids

Axle nut

BF pry bar to remove axles

Engine has four engine mounts, front, rear (under the steering rack), transmission and engine side

Support engine

Rear mount bolts

Front mount bolts. Mine was stuck in the bushing

Tranny mount will have to come off the fender to be lifted up

Engine side mount

Now everything is resting on the jack stands below

Strap it up. I used a big chain and seat belts to stabilize it.
Once its high enough, I rolled the car backward

That wheel gap!

Finally installed the engine on its stand

mmarshall

Nice post, speedkar, but this is probably better-suited for the Maintenance forum.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/maintenance-11/

Aron9000

Looks like an up north car, how many of those rusted *** bolts gave you a fight?????

Also just wondering, how many miles on the car?? And why did you decide to replace the engine, rather than move onto something else. . . .

I know here in the south, where cars don't rust, if we saw something that rusty and needed serious engine work, its off the the junk yard. We don't work on rusty **** here in the south.

speedkar9

Thanks, but since this engine isn't used directly in any Lexus, I figured it would be general discussion.

Car has 204,000 km (124K miles) and ran fine. I live in Canada, so we do get salt on the roads in the winter. I didn't find any of the bolts rusted solid, except the front mount bolt that froze to the bushing. All your seeing is surface rust, this car isn't that bad.

I'm tearing this car apart to learn how it works, this is purely for fun and learning, I'm not putting it back together
That being said, do you want to see videos on how anything else works?

pman6

man, cars are so disposable. look at that clunker.

put that engine in a go-kart.

speedkar9

I'd say disposable cars are the newer ones that are so compact in the engine bay its not worth changing parts because the labor is too high.
And yes the engine in this car is quite small once you strip down all the components around the engine bay.

Alaina15

Thanks for explaining this. It is really informative.