F87AA1EF-1A55-4F06-8A8A-C0C739AA3610.jpeg I forgot about last weekends little job , rocker cover gasket dripping so changed that , no cost as I had it in a head gasket set from a few years ago . I should have changed it when I done the head gasket but it looked ok and didn’t leak for a few years . ...

28353334-096F-447D-A708-E6ABA33448B6.jpeg The weather has been good so I treated the Corolla to a new drive shaft and two new front wheel bearings , my friend has got a hydraulic press I can use and everything came apart easily and the bearings pressed out and in nice . Total cost for the job : Dri...

fried onions wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:59 pm Smokey oil burner exhaust seems to be a thing with these old Japs, usually with an Asian gentleman behind the wheel.

She nearly fits the typical stereotype but she’s half Sri Lankan but drives like a crazy Italian!

The Corolla had its MOT on Saturday and ..... passed ! . I was expecting a fail on emissions because of its oil burning habit but it flew through the check , the tester commenting on the low numbers , clean running . Maybe he was standing on the test pipe I don’t know . It needs a cv joint when it’s...

Mr Drum
Page 105 , 2nd photo down in your post , behind the Land Rover.
What’s that !! it looks interesting ? Snow machine or forestry ?
Any more photos or info

7D1569B5-9DDE-49B7-866E-ED2E9D97D3CA.jpeg Yes it does look like a bad operation ! With its vitals flopped out the side ! I don’t know if Toyota designed it like that but it came apart really easily, everything unplugged and unclipped (even the fuel pipe/gear cable/throttle cable )from the right to ...

Even the Japs get it wrong sometimes, but rarely hence why they have a car industry and we don't. One failure on a 2002 car and a cheap fix - I'll go for that. Those engines are non interference so can be fixed with the engine in and head on. Yes I can’t complain it keeps going , I had to take engi...

Hello all Are Toyota Corolla s reliable ? My dad bought it new 2002 1-6 Vvti and had it serviced by Toyota by the book until 2011 , it had started to use oil needing topping up between services . It was a known problem on this engine dodgy oil rings . He was offered scrap money on a part exchange on...

Sorry. Mr sofasogood for my posting hello on your thread/post .
I have cleaned my glasses and screen so as not to repeat this blunder again.
Mr cros I will post in motoring about the Corolla

Hello all I’m a bit of a lurker on here , whatever on here jmac on the beige. I will take a seat at the back and keep quiet, that’s what I do . I’m in west wickham Kent if anyone needs a real life hand . Christ , this feels like a awkward job interview from years ago ! . 02 Corolla co driver and vw...