I bought my 2000 for $500 w/74k , a cracked engine and a hole blown in the radiator.The previous owner knew nothing about maintenance. A used engine was $1000. Reman $1600. I got a brand new crate unit from my Chevy dealer for $1800 ( I know a guy ). After installing the engine ( and a bunch of other new parts ) and a fresh paint job I have an almost new 2000 S10. It may be primitive compared to todays trucks , but hey , it's mine and PAID FOR! Take care of your truck and it'll take care of you.
if people ever give you shit about it or call you crazy remember this...every month that truck is putting $500 back in your pocket compared to a truck payment. everything is paid back in a matter of months and then its cash back in your pocket for years and years along with reliability for years and years as well.
@@snowballjennjenn2825 nahh, the main thing to remember is that the person paying a note can't fix his electronic piece of plastic. The old vehicles are fixable
People abuse the hell outta these motors. Ive seen em blown at 50K, spun and melted the mains. I get so sick of hearing how bad they are, mines at 200k with no noise on the factory build. Simply from changing the oil early Enjoyed this video, planning to pull and do the same soon. They dont last forever
I got the vortec 2200 series iron block it’s a lot more fun it loves high rpms it’s got just under 197k and I still run the piss out of it. Also starved it of oil
I'm almost at the 200k mark! Had the head resurfaced at about 150k miles around when I first got it, but it's been a strong, reliable, gas saving truck! I change the oil on time/early and check everything regularly. 👍
@@williamhankins2904 i made several trips to and from florida/michigan. delivered pizza, hauled full loads scrap, towed a couple cars. No problems from the engine besides water pump. great on gas. gave it away when i bought my silverado they blew it up within 3 months driving it like a race car
Sometimes a car appears to be o.k. with that sort of mileage on it,my Australian built 2002 model Holden Commodore runs the Chevy LS1 V8 engine in it which I bought in 2008 with about 183,000 kilometres on the odometer. I replaced the oil pan gasket because it was leaky in 2013 & the engine started to make a clattering sound after the car was driven for 10 kilometres (6 miles),it appears that the lifters were gummed up (like toffee) with varnish & also sticking ,maybe replacing the oil pan allowed more fresh oil to flow up to the top which started freeing some of the stuck lifters up,note that the engine didn't run like a new one. This year I got a job & threw a new set of aftermarket LS7 hydraulic lifters in it & a new timing chain kit,the engine runs like new now (better than when I bought the car). I checked the engines compression which was within specs,it also didn't burn oil,the oil pressure tested good so the engines bearings were o.k.,all of the valves in the cylinder head sealed off when I tipped water into the inlet & exhaust ports of the cylinder heads when the cylinder heads were removed,they didn't leak. So,it cost me about $1000 AUD on EBay to get the V8 engine back to what it was when it came out of the factory, it has almost 338,000 kilometres on it now.
Did you go back with a completely stock 2.2 L or did you put in a cam or anything? I'm looking at rebuilding another motor having ready to replace my 2.2 L in my 99 single cab short wheelbase truck. I'm looking at going with a RV type cam that I think I'm going to have to have ground because they just want to damn much for something like a stage 2 cam. I just need a few more ponies to pull my boat. I like that fuel mileage though I just wish these engines had a little more balls to them I'm going to punch mine 30 over and deck the block . See if I can put some bigger intake and exhaust in it.
It was a stock engine rebuild with a few after market parts like better spark plugs and wires, intake and flowmaster style exhaust plus many other parts like shocks, wheel bearings, universal joints and driveshaft support bearing, swaybar end links, brake lines, pads and rotors, power steering pump, water pump and oil pump.
Nailed the presentation man just motivated me to pull the trigger on rebuilding my wifes mothers, she cant afford to take it to a shop and has been talkin bout scrapping cuz ordinance doesn't allow non runners where she lives. Engine looks sick btw
240K on mine. Regular Oil changes have got to be key to long engine life. They may be wimpy under powered motors, but they'll run many miles when taken care of. Nothing is abuse proof.
My main bearings at the rear in my 02 were melted and the crank was scored to hell at 166k. Need a new crank lol. To be fair, I let the oil get too low once and I would hit 6k so much in it but whatever I'm rebuilding it and throwing in hypereutectic pistons and forged rods with a 57mm turbo so I dont care much
man that engine was a mess but there is a little something to clean it out called Z-max. I can swear by it.... my 2.2 has 133,227 miles currently and i popped the valve cover off and the engine internals look brand new thanks to the stuff and the sad thing is i was just experimenting with it. it even improved fuel mileage and performance!!
Did you do a stock rebuild or did you beef it up? I don't know anything about engines but I'm going to have to rebuild my 99 2.2 after 253,000 miles and want just a little more power to safely pull out in traffic and climb hills without bogging down.
quacksackerthegreat Starfire Stock rebuild but a few aftermarket parts like intake, spark plug wires, ngk iridium plugs, high flow cat and a thrush welded muffler. I was planning on upgrading the coil packs too but never got around to it. If you could somehow manage to fit a small turbo in there with a few psi of boost, that would make the most performance but then your mpg will drop significantly. These engines were chosen with fuel economy in mind so I would just tune it up and make it run as efficient as possible.
Thanks, for the advice, Nate. I ordered a rebuilt 2.2 just last week, a friend is going to put it in and change out all the hoses and belts for 300 dollars.. Once it wears out I'll drop a 350 or something in there to make a toy out of it....
Skeefoo Panama I'm not sure how often the previous owner changed the oil but suprizingly it wasn't running hot. After topping off the oil and a 6 hour drive home after purchasing, it started sounding like a washing machine and had a loud knocking sound. I was like, time to break out the tools already...
Joshua Pavao I bought the truck like that and Metallica is classic and also flowed nicely with the video. I listen to a variety of music like Slipknot/Stone Sour, Korn, 5FDP, A7fold, Static X...
re did mine 150k no oil change I had to take a screw driver and scrape the sludge from around the rockers and shop vac it out worst I ever seen in my life and I used Dex cool and alot of my gaskets leaked
joeandkristen08 Orange Dex cool is garbage, if you ever see it in your car, install a back flush kit, flush it out asap and convert it to green antifreeze or whatever is recommended for your car. But if your car calls for it, change it to green! Other types of antifreeze are ok, just avoid Dex Cool! I've seen the corrosive damages it has caused, pitting aluminum and causing gaskets to fail.
sweet 2.2 i need to do mine so bad lol 261k i want to cam port and polish the head and turbo it o and the head cinda looks lika a b16a lol or i want a b16a with a turbo in a s10 lol that wood rule
Santiago Posada From what I can remember it was around $500 but that also included a few non engine related parts plus I used discount codes, split orders to take full advantage of the codes and free shipping and searched for the best possible prices for the parts I needed from different locations.
My 99 s10 2.2 has 266,000 miles on it and I either want to rebuild it or go up to a 4.3. If I stick with the four cylinder can I increase hHP with a bigger camshaft or performance head? I don't want a muscle truck, just something with enough power to climb hills and safely pull out into traffic
Remember to buy a NV3500 transmission to go with that 4.3. The NV1500 won't work. Don't forget the radiator, instrument cluster, fuse box and all the wiring for the ecu, change the motor mounts, move the trans crossmember, Transmission mount for the NV3500, Exhaust manifolds for the 4.3, All related sensors o2/etc. for 4.3, change the a/c lines if you want air, then the rear end and drive shaft. Oh, and don't forget to get all of the fuel lines for the fuel pump assembly.
quacksacker Yeah, best way to do an engine upgrade like that would be to buy a 4.3L truck and start swapping everything over or just buy a nice 4.3L truck. There are a few things to make the 2.2 run more efficiently though like intake, wires, plugs, coil packs, remove the a/c, electric cooling fans, headers, high flow cat and muffler, tune your ecu. Or also camshaft, slightly bigger injectors, a small low boost turbo if you can fit it in there, the stock internals should be fine with a few psi of boost but keep in mind that anything that adds more air or fuel will drop your mpg.
Easton Hunt It sounded horrible after driving 6 hours home after buying it but perfomance wise it just felt a little sluggish going up hills. The sound was my red flag to pull the engine. It sounded kind of like a washing machine probably from the fresh oil I put in before the trip home and had a loud knocking coming from the bottom of the engine. Before the trip the engine sounded perfect...
tycobb83 Haha! But actually I'm promoting their music not stealing it, sort of like how you hear a song on the radio and then want to buy the song. I'm in no way claiming to have made this music so no stealing has happened here...Just a little background music instead of silence...lol
tycobb83 tycobb83 Haha! But actually I'm kind of promoting their music not stealing it, sort of like how you hear a song on the radio and then want to buy the song. I'm in no way claiming to have made this music so no stealing has happened here...Just a little background music instead of silence...lol
Luis Gerrero Both, cleaned everything then checked everything with a digital caliper and replaced all bearings(crankshaft, connecting rod, camshaft), valves, piston rings/honed cylinder walls, pushrods, oil pump, timing(chain, sprockets, tensioner), water pump and all new seals and gaskets. I also replaced on the truck an aftermarket intake and spark plug wires, spark plugs, fuel filter, belt, alternator, starter, outer tie rod, ball joints, sway bar end links, u joints, driveshaft support bearing, front hub bearings, all the shocks, front pads/rotors, wipers and a fuel cap...lol
LilRedMS3 Haha! Yeah I started experimenting with HHO and made my own HHO generator, it was fun to play around with but kind of a pain to tune the a/f ratio with an EFIE circuit to compensate for the HHO creating a hopefully more complete combustion then the plastic lid on my 5 gallon bucket which I had the fuel cell mounted in started cracking where I drilled holes for the hoses and electric to pass though, so I stopped using it. My generator actually produced a lot of very flammable gas from water, science is pretty cool!
I'm gonna call BS on that one. You may have made it to 420K without a rebuild by taking extremely good care of it (Mine went 363K & i had it rebuilt from bottom up in a great machine shop in Fayetteville NC - It now has 612K & a rod has been knocking for several thousand miles so time to rebuild again) It never spun tires in any gear at any time unless the road was muddy/snowy. The 2.2 is IMHO a very good engine for what it is- but not a tire spinner especially at 42OK.
Sorry, I made this video as an afterthought with pictures and videos I took just to document the process and what everything looked like taken apart. Then found an app that could put it all together into a video and add music so it wasn't silent...
@@nateleaman3299 Nate this was very good. I have a 95 with 611K (247K since rebuild). i would have enjoyed hearing you narrate also. Love classic rock but that heavy metal is like Rap - Garbage discordant noise.
Sorry, I made this video as an afterthought with pictures and videos I took just to document the process and what everything looked like taken apart. Then found an app that could put it all together into a video and add music so it wasn't silent...
I bought my 2000 for $500 w/74k , a cracked engine and a hole blown in the radiator.The previous owner knew nothing about maintenance. A used engine was $1000. Reman $1600. I got a brand new crate unit from my Chevy dealer for $1800 ( I know a guy ). After installing the engine ( and a bunch of other new parts ) and a fresh paint job I have an almost new 2000 S10. It may be primitive compared to todays trucks , but hey , it's mine and PAID FOR! Take care of your truck and it'll take care of you.
if people ever give you shit about it or call you crazy remember this...every month that truck is putting $500 back in your pocket compared to a truck payment. everything is paid back in a matter of months and then its cash back in your pocket for years and years along with reliability for years and years as well.
The guy you know, can he get a crated 2006 gmc canyon engine? Its one of those 5 cylinder beasts!
Damn right!
@@snowballjennjenn2825 nahh, the main thing to remember is that the person paying a note can't fix his electronic piece of plastic. The old vehicles are fixable
i need that engine for my 94 S10 Choptop Pickup It Hasent Ran In 11 Years where did that engine go to ?
Thats crazy I have 281,667 and it looks no where near that crazy. We still scootin too. love the jams 🤘
I'm going through the same scenario with mine 146k miles. thanks for the vid and tunes!!
People abuse the hell outta these motors. Ive seen em blown at 50K, spun and melted the mains. I get so sick of hearing how bad they are, mines at 200k with no noise on the factory build. Simply from changing the oil early
Enjoyed this video, planning to pull and do the same soon. They dont last forever
i keep the oil changed and the coolant full...and i only beat on it after oil temp has come up.
I got the vortec 2200 series iron block it’s a lot more fun it loves high rpms it’s got just under 197k and I still run the piss out of it. Also starved it of oil
I'm almost at the 200k mark! Had the head resurfaced at about 150k miles around when I first got it, but it's been a strong, reliable, gas saving truck! I change the oil on time/early and check everything regularly. 👍
i have 420k and still running great
@@williamhankins2904 i made several trips to and from florida/michigan. delivered pizza, hauled full loads scrap, towed a couple cars. No problems from the engine besides water pump. great on gas. gave it away when i bought my silverado they blew it up within 3 months driving it like a race car
I daily drive a 1997 Pontiac Sunfire Coupe with the 2.2L LN2 engine and a the 3 speed MD9 auto. Great car. I beat the piss out of it
so far my 96 is still running strong 248k don't smoke at all .oil filter change every 2500 oil change at 5k since new 5w30 penz
Sometimes a car appears to be o.k. with that sort of mileage on it,my Australian built 2002 model Holden Commodore runs the Chevy LS1 V8 engine in it which I bought in 2008 with about 183,000 kilometres on the odometer.
I replaced the oil pan gasket because it was leaky in 2013 & the engine started to make a clattering sound after the car was driven for 10 kilometres (6 miles),it appears that the lifters were gummed up (like toffee) with varnish & also sticking ,maybe replacing the oil pan allowed more fresh oil to flow up to the top which started freeing some of the stuck lifters up,note that the engine didn't run like a new one.
This year I got a job & threw a new set of aftermarket LS7 hydraulic lifters in it & a new timing chain kit,the engine runs like new now (better than when I bought the car).
I checked the engines compression which was within specs,it also didn't burn oil,the oil pressure tested good so the engines bearings were o.k.,all of the valves in the cylinder head sealed off when I tipped water into the inlet & exhaust ports of the cylinder heads when the cylinder heads were removed,they didn't leak.
So,it cost me about $1000 AUD on EBay to get the V8 engine back to what it was when it came out of the factory, it has almost 338,000 kilometres on it now.
WOW Nice job.❤
good job ,nice touch with paint job
tree wang Thank you!
Very nice work
DaBuGzLiFe Thank you!
GM couldn't build a decent engine to save the world........
Did you go back with a completely stock 2.2 L or did you put in a cam or anything? I'm looking at rebuilding another motor having ready to replace my 2.2 L in my 99 single cab short wheelbase truck. I'm looking at going with a RV type cam that I think I'm going to have to have ground because they just want to damn much for something like a stage 2 cam. I just need a few more ponies to pull my boat. I like that fuel mileage though I just wish these engines had a little more balls to them I'm going to punch mine 30 over and deck the block . See if I can put some bigger intake and exhaust in it.
It was a stock engine rebuild with a few after market parts like better spark plugs and wires, intake and flowmaster style exhaust plus many other parts like shocks, wheel bearings, universal joints and driveshaft support bearing, swaybar end links, brake lines, pads and rotors, power steering pump, water pump and oil pump.
Nailed the presentation man just motivated me to pull the trigger on rebuilding my wifes mothers, she cant afford to take it to a shop and has been talkin bout scrapping cuz ordinance doesn't allow non runners where she lives. Engine looks sick btw
My 03 2.2 is at 228,000 still running great , nice work , is that the stock head you are putting on your build?
Thank you! Yes that was the stock head.
my 2.2 is at 219,xxx miles running strong
240K on mine. Regular Oil changes have got to be key to long engine life. They may be wimpy under powered motors, but they'll run many miles when taken care of. Nothing is abuse proof.
98 Standard cab.
Fuck yeah man, I got a 2000 s10 with 257,000mi on it, and still running good, just gotta clean it up a bit, and do some small things to it.
***** Yup! And sadly, it's been abused. I bought it off of my mom and she didn't take all that great care of it.
I have to do mine, but in the mean time I bought a brand new one from the dealer. It was 1800 tax included. 3 year warranty.
Looks like nobody EVER changed the oil before you got the truck.
Excellent job
Dj X Korpion Thank you!
My main bearings at the rear in my 02 were melted and the crank was scored to hell at 166k. Need a new crank lol. To be fair, I let the oil get too low once and I would hit 6k so much in it but whatever I'm rebuilding it and throwing in hypereutectic pistons and forged rods with a 57mm turbo so I dont care much
man that engine was a mess but there is a little something to clean it out called Z-max. I can swear by it.... my 2.2 has 133,227 miles currently and i popped the valve cover off and the engine internals look brand new thanks to the stuff and the sad thing is i was just experimenting with it. it even improved fuel mileage and performance!!
regular oil changes contributed more than ZMAX, I can swear by it...
mine sat for a good while and when i first started driving it, it was fine for a day then it blew up the next
Did you do a stock rebuild or did you beef it up? I don't know anything about engines but I'm going to have to rebuild my 99 2.2 after 253,000 miles and want just a little more power to safely pull out in traffic and climb hills without bogging down.
theres not much that can be done to a 2.2 without spending big $$$
quacksackerthegreat Starfire Stock rebuild but a few aftermarket parts like intake, spark plug wires, ngk iridium plugs, high flow cat and a thrush welded muffler. I was planning on upgrading the coil packs too but never got around to it. If you could somehow manage to fit a small turbo in there with a few psi of boost, that would make the most performance but then your mpg will drop significantly. These engines were chosen with fuel economy in mind so I would just tune it up and make it run as efficient as possible.
Thanks, for the advice, Nate. I ordered a rebuilt 2.2 just last week, a friend is going to put it in and change out all the hoses and belts for 300 dollars.. Once it wears out I'll drop a 350 or something in there to make a toy out of it....
my 1998 gmc 2.2 has 277000 miles and it's running rough now I'm looking for a rebuilt engine
That's from using garbage oil and going 9,000 kms between changes. Was that motor running hot?
Skeefoo Panama I'm not sure how often the previous owner changed the oil but suprizingly it wasn't running hot. After topping off the oil and a 6 hour drive home after purchasing, it started sounding like a washing machine and had a loud knocking sound. I was like, time to break out the tools already...
@@nateleaman3299 Did you have to get the crank reground?
No, crank was surprisingly still within specs but the camshaft needed oversized bearing and ground down a tiny bit.
I'm not sure which one is worse... your oil or your choice of music I would change both....
hell no, metallica kicks ass!
Yeah....metallica does kick ass
Joshua Pavao I bought the truck like that and Metallica is classic and also flowed nicely with the video. I listen to a variety of music like Slipknot/Stone Sour, Korn, 5FDP, A7fold, Static X...
re did mine 150k no oil change I had to take a screw driver and scrape the sludge from around the rockers and shop vac it out worst I ever seen in my life and I used Dex cool and alot of my gaskets leaked
joeandkristen08 Orange Dex cool is garbage, if you ever see it in your car, install a back flush kit, flush it out asap and convert it to green antifreeze or whatever is recommended for your car. But if your car calls for it, change it to green! Other types of antifreeze are ok, just avoid Dex Cool! I've seen the corrosive damages it has caused, pitting aluminum and causing gaskets to fail.
sweet 2.2 i need to do mine so bad lol 261k i want to cam port and polish the head and turbo it o and the head cinda looks lika a b16a lol or i want a b16a with a turbo in a s10 lol that wood rule
how much did you spend on parts??
Santiago Posada From what I can remember it was around $500 but that also included a few non engine related parts plus I used discount codes, split orders to take full advantage of the codes and free shipping and searched for the best possible prices for the parts I needed from different locations.
I put a new motor in a 94 s10 the previous owner did burnouts all the time and abused that truck
My 99 s10 2.2 has 266,000 miles on it and I either want to rebuild it or go up to a 4.3. If I stick with the four cylinder can I increase hHP with a bigger camshaft or performance head? I don't want a muscle truck, just something with enough power to climb hills and safely pull out into traffic
Remember to buy a NV3500 transmission to go with that 4.3. The NV1500 won't work. Don't forget the radiator, instrument cluster, fuse box and all the wiring for the ecu, change the motor mounts, move the trans crossmember, Transmission mount for the NV3500, Exhaust manifolds for the 4.3, All related sensors o2/etc. for 4.3, change the a/c lines if you want air, then the rear end and drive shaft. Oh, and don't forget to get all of the fuel lines for the fuel pump assembly.
+MFXdump has to be an S10 nv3500 too, the half ton NV3500 has a different output shaft (and shifter)
Damn, that sucks.
quacksacker Yeah, best way to do an engine upgrade like that would be to buy a 4.3L truck and start swapping everything over or just buy a nice 4.3L truck. There are a few things to make the 2.2 run more efficiently though like intake, wires, plugs, coil packs, remove the a/c, electric cooling fans, headers, high flow cat and muffler, tune your ecu.
Or also camshaft, slightly bigger injectors, a small low boost turbo if you can fit it in there, the stock internals should be fine with a few psi of boost but keep in mind that anything that adds more air or fuel will drop your mpg.
out of curiosity was the engine running fine before you rebuilt it or did the sludge cause it to run poorly?
Easton Hunt It sounded horrible after driving 6 hours home after buying it but perfomance wise it just felt a little sluggish going up hills. The sound was my red flag to pull the engine. It sounded kind of like a washing machine probably from the fresh oil I put in before the trip home and had a loud knocking coming from the bottom of the engine. Before the trip the engine sounded perfect...
How many miles are on this engine?
Should just do an LS swap at this point.
Lars can't afford his gold plated shark bar for his pool when you steal Metallica songs.
Gimmie Cash! Gimmie Rolls! Gimmie Golden Toilet Bowls!
tycobb83 Haha! But actually I'm promoting their music not stealing it, sort of like how you hear a song on the radio and then want to buy the song. I'm in no way claiming to have made this music so no stealing has happened here...Just a little background music instead of silence...lol
tycobb83 tycobb83 Haha! But actually I'm kind of promoting their music not stealing it, sort of like how you hear a song on the radio and then want to buy the song. I'm in no way claiming to have made this music so no stealing has happened here...Just a little background music instead of silence...lol
tycobb83 If UA-cam had a problem with the copyright, they'd removed the video by now.
Sorry, had to mute the sound.
Swaybar bearings on 1995f150
did you just washed the part or did you replaced them? so if you just washed the pistons ... then that is not engine rebuild just a good cleaning work
Luis Gerrero Both, cleaned everything then checked everything with a digital caliper and replaced all bearings(crankshaft, connecting rod, camshaft), valves, piston rings/honed cylinder walls, pushrods, oil pump, timing(chain, sprockets, tensioner), water pump and all new seals and gaskets.
I also replaced on the truck an aftermarket intake and spark plug wires, spark plugs, fuel filter, belt, alternator, starter, outer tie rod, ball joints, sway bar end links, u joints, driveshaft support bearing, front hub bearings, all the shocks, front pads/rotors, wipers and a fuel cap...lol
Luis Gerrero My mental dictionary says that rebuild means to unbuild and build again. Isn't that what just happened to the engine?
que ta cantando? qual musica?
103,000 miles
...hydrogen fuel cell....wut?
LilRedMS3 Haha! Yeah I started experimenting with HHO and made my own HHO generator, it was fun to play around with but kind of a pain to tune the a/f ratio with an EFIE circuit to compensate for the HHO creating a hopefully more complete combustion then the plastic lid on my 5 gallon bucket which I had the fuel cell mounted in started cracking where I drilled holes for the hoses and electric to pass though, so I stopped using it. My generator actually produced a lot of very flammable gas from water, science is pretty cool!
Have video
i have 420k and still spins tires in to third gear
That's awesome!!!
I'm gonna call BS on that one. You may have made it to 420K without a rebuild by taking extremely good care of it (Mine went 363K & i had it rebuilt from bottom up in a great machine shop in Fayetteville NC - It now has 612K & a rod has been knocking for several thousand miles so time to rebuild again) It never spun tires in any gear at any time unless the road was muddy/snowy. The 2.2 is IMHO a very good engine for what it is- but not a tire spinner especially at 42OK.
Quiero comprar motor nuevo así como el de el vídeo
I would have loved to watch this video with some narration and not the hard rock BS!
Sorry, I made this video as an afterthought with pictures and videos I took just to document the process and what everything looked like taken apart. Then found an app that could put it all together into a video and add music so it wasn't silent...
@@nateleaman3299 Nate this was very good. I have a 95 with 611K (247K since rebuild). i would have enjoyed hearing you narrate also. Love classic rock but that heavy metal is like Rap - Garbage discordant noise.
What a waste of time watching this video. Norhing but music with no narrative.
Sorry, I made this video as an afterthought with pictures and videos I took just to document the process and what everything looked like taken apart. Then found an app that could put it all together into a video and add music so it wasn't silent...
Sorry for all the delayed comments. I forgot my google login info and it wouldn't let me comment...but I'm back now!