So much for Toyota reliability...

[Cahuna]

So, 15 months ago I found the oil level was a little low on the dipstick in the Corolla (actually it was off the bottom of the dipstick, but don't tell anyone that ) so I filled it back up, ignored the slight noise that the motor was making and went out racing again. And again. And again for an entire year.

And then today, after having it make those strange noises for well over a year the motor had the temerity to decide to run its bearings mid-way through an absolute flyer of a run on an awesome Hillclimb road. So much for Toyota reliability, I'm sure a Honda would have done 16 months in the same condition

Ah well, I knew there was a reason I bought a spare motor for the car - I guess that's one less thing I'll need to shift when I move house next month! And time to order a couple of bits from Mr Revhead as well...

[ChaosWarrior]

If you want a new Spare motor. I have one a 5e-fe 1500cc Injected manual.

[Boosted_162]

He runs a 16v 4AGE in it. Was a factory EE90 tho i think he told me?

Im not suprised you killed it after 15 months , after seeing how you abused it at the grass motorkhana

[Cahuna]

Yeah, it is a EE90 shell with AE92 FXGT running gear in it. Aready have a spare motor thanks - given the noises it was making for such a long time I bought Escortman's one late last year but never found time to put it in over Chrsitmas...

Oh well, the silver lining is that my mechanic is going to try to finish building my new closer-ratio box so that I only have to pull the motor once. Yay for new toys!

[Akane]

3S-GTE it So you can be non-competitive due to the massive amounts of wheelspin at motorkhana.

[fx gt]

i think they are reliabil if you put oil in them

[fuel]

My old mitsi did the same thing too. It finally made mince meat of the number one big end bearing at 411,000kms - infact there was so much clearance for the big end the piston crown was hitting the head and making a chronic noise - best thing was the engine still ran on all cylinders fine, apart from the horrible horrible noise. Completely original bottom end too, only the head had come off in its entire life.