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Old Jan 5, 2011 | 11:36 AM
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Default 99 rx300 bad engine, what will work?

i'm looking for a used engine for my rx300 awd.....was told by some that a sienna van motor would work....can anyone here tell me for sure which engines will work? i know i will have to change pretty much everything...just need to know if the long block(head/bottom end) will interchange
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Old Jan 5, 2011 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by bayirdmoto
i'm looking for a used engine for my rx300 awd.....was told by some that a sienna van motor would work....can anyone here tell me for sure which engines will work? i know i will have to change pretty much everything...just need to know if the long block(head/bottom end) will interchange
You should do an advanced search....IIRC the 1MZ-FE motors from other vehicles are slightly different....I believe someone swapped in a highlander motor or maybe it was a tranny, but had to mod it in someway.
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Based on this older post, some of the mounting points that are drilled into the block are different, and that is just between the RX300 FWD and AWD motors.

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