Pardon my ignorance, but are there any significant difference in the JDM engine vs US?

That engine looks a bit different than the one in my '97 4Runner...oil filter is further back towards the rear, and mine doesn't have those 2 big hoses across the top.

And coming from Canada there likely would be customs fees as well as slower shipping time.

Ted

I've been curious about those JDM engines with the oddly placed heater hoses. The Wikipedia entry on the 5VZ-FE informs us that the engine was used in the Toyota Granvia, a minivan. A bit of Internet searching turned up the photos below, of a Granvia sale, from an Australian web site. The first, obviously, is of the car's engine. It's clearly a 5VZ-FE, and the heater core is in a very different location from 4Runners and Tacomas, the 5VZ-FE equipped vehicles most familiar to Americans and Canadians.

The 2nd photo is from that same vehicle's cabin. It's not clear to me that the engine cover comes off - it might - allowing access to the spark plugs and what not.

It's easy to imagine that this vehicle's engine, positioned as it is in a minivan, needs to have the oil filter in a different location. Also, as the eBay engine shows, the Granvia engines are not equipped with an oil cooler. Instead, that location is capped off.

Given the 1st photo showing the engine sited far back in the bay and under the dash, and not knowing how much cabin access is available, let's hear no more complaints from North Americans about spark plug changing and valve cover access on this engine.

Finally, you can read 2 Wikipedia sites for information on why these JDM engines exist.

Japanese domestic market - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor-v...pection_(Japan)

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I just bought a JDM engine from this place:

5VZ-FE 3.4L 96-03 4Runner / 95-99 T100 / 95-03 Toyota Tacoma 99-03 Tundra (V6 Only) Engine JDM 5VZFE

Ask for Will and tell him bryan christman sent you. He was a good guy and did pics and a video of compression test for me before i picked it up.

Not sure what shipping is as i picked mine up but it was $927 out the door.

My mechanic said it looked like it was in great shape with very low miles.

My only problem with it is that my oil pressure light comes on under 1000rpm. I have to put a pressure gauge on it next week to see if it's just a sending unit part, or the oil pump is actually bad.

But it runs great.

I have got many motors from them 3.0 and 3.4 they all have been very clean. So if the van 3.4 you need to switch over all you stuff from oil pan to all the top end stuff the same goes for the 3.0 everything. Brackets and all to make it all easier... I always replace the oil pumps and water pumps on all the motors we swap in. You never know how long they have been seating and what has made a home in the small opening. I have found mud wasp nest inside water pumps and what looked to me mouse nest in rad hoses as well. I always take them down to a long block and install all the stuff from the old more with fresh oil pumps and water pumps most of the time I just reuse the timing belts most look brand new and make sure you clean the oil pan out really well when you install them. I alway run them about 500 miles then. Do a fresh oil and filter change just to make sure they have the best start on a new life.

Hahah me too.

After getting it towed to the shop the only thing the mechanic had to say was "Dios Mios" immediately after popping the hood. Great..

I just bought this truck from a dealership and stupidly figured they would of at least inspected it before selling it! Anyways, i'm in the process of trying to get them to take it back guess i'll see how that goes.