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Old 07-07-2018, 09:03 PM   #66
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Originally Posted by shaynek View Post
Many have had their engines fail due to getting the timing cover fixed. Apperantly some dealers use too much sealent and it seeps through which ends up clogging the oil lines inside the engine which eventually leads to catastrophic failures. I don’t want to misinform anyone but apperantly the early 2013 models with the block # 22212 are the ones that fail. Mine was a 22212 and it blew but older 13’s-16’s use block #22222


I spun the #3 on my 2013 which had a 22222 block. The replacement short block from Toyota is also a 22222.
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