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That existing surface will never seal.
Your choices are:
1. Sleeve it
2. Replace the crankshaft
3. Replace the motor (what else is wrong with the existing motor)
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I'm thinking I may give a sleeve a try. I'm just hoping I'm not doing this job again in 30k miles. I don't really want to go with a used motor.
The main thing wrong with the motor is the idiot that worked on it at the dealer prior to me owning it. It does burn some oil, but this car is well known for that. My buddy that I bought it from claims it did it since new, and I don't doubt him as every Toyota I have experience with burned oil, and it's well documented online for these.
The car had several oil leaks which I've just let leak. The clutch finally needed replacing and I figured this was a good time to go ahead and tackle some of the oil leaks while the motor and transmission were out.
Upon going through it, I've never seen so much RTV used in my life. They used RTV for the timing cover gaskets, every gasket that they've had off before has RTV on it, etc. It's crazy. They also overtightened pretty much everything. The lower timing cover was broken at all of the bolt holes, the crank position sensor threads were ruined, etc. I've been replacing the seals, heli-coiling the cps hole, changing the timing belt, etc.
I thought about a used junk yard motor, but I hate to spend $1,500+ for another used motor with high mileage. Which is what they seem to go for in this area. I guess they are in demand enough that they bring big money at the junk yards here. This makes me miss my Honda where they can't hardly sell the single cam motors and most of them can be picked up for $3-500.