Picked up a 2000 CE cheap. The city was threatening my neighbor to tow it away as an abandoned vehicle. The neighbor was dealing with a Toyota dealership for diagnostics and repair and could not afford the repairs so it sat for a couple of years. The engine light is on. Getting a temporary tag and taking it to an Auto Zone and got a reading, a misfire and bad coil on #1. It had misfired on me when I drove it so I went ahead and replaced the coil. Twenty miles later, the engine light comes on again. Took it to a different parts store and had it read. This time it was the cat converter. I figured as much having found this forum beforehand. Wondering what will show up after I replace the cat.
Additionally, this car is in excellent condition. It was used as a commuter car doing sixty miles a day during the week. The body has zero flaws in the paint other than the black trim around the windows. It has seen no road salt living in central NC. The seats and the floors were covered when it was new because she occasionally traveled with her dogs. They show very little wear.
Aside from this engine issue, it will need shocks all the way around. It has a bad window regulator on the driver's door which will get replaced tomorrow. The AC compressor is fine but no cold air. I'll fix that when all else is OK or sooner. Almost forgot the headliner, didn't notice the deterioration when I bought the car. Already have the materials for that.
The engine... This car had its engine replaced with one of those Japanese export engines. It has around 90 to 100 thousand miles on it. It has plenty of power. It was a quart low on oil when I got it. Haven't driven it enough to get a measure of its oil consumption. Expecting the worst, hoping for the best.
With all of this in mind, I have a few questions. Do you think that the Oxy sensors are OK if I am not getting an error message on them and only an error on the cat? Would you replace them anyways? Are there aftermarket pistons or solutions to correct this oil consumption thing once and for all?
The biggest problem for me when it's done is whether or not to keep it or sell it. it should be pretty tight at that point. I'm a Yotta freak, a forty year shade tree dude, former VW air cooled fanatic. The wife's car is a '13 Venza, mines a '95 4Runner, the son has a 2000 MR2, '98 Tacoma and a '82 Tercel (one of about a dozen still alive in the USA.) We likes em.
Thanks for the forum. You have helped me a lot already.
Additionally, this car is in excellent condition. It was used as a commuter car doing sixty miles a day during the week. The body has zero flaws in the paint other than the black trim around the windows. It has seen no road salt living in central NC. The seats and the floors were covered when it was new because she occasionally traveled with her dogs. They show very little wear.
Aside from this engine issue, it will need shocks all the way around. It has a bad window regulator on the driver's door which will get replaced tomorrow. The AC compressor is fine but no cold air. I'll fix that when all else is OK or sooner. Almost forgot the headliner, didn't notice the deterioration when I bought the car. Already have the materials for that.
The engine... This car had its engine replaced with one of those Japanese export engines. It has around 90 to 100 thousand miles on it. It has plenty of power. It was a quart low on oil when I got it. Haven't driven it enough to get a measure of its oil consumption. Expecting the worst, hoping for the best.
With all of this in mind, I have a few questions. Do you think that the Oxy sensors are OK if I am not getting an error message on them and only an error on the cat? Would you replace them anyways? Are there aftermarket pistons or solutions to correct this oil consumption thing once and for all?
The biggest problem for me when it's done is whether or not to keep it or sell it. it should be pretty tight at that point. I'm a Yotta freak, a forty year shade tree dude, former VW air cooled fanatic. The wife's car is a '13 Venza, mines a '95 4Runner, the son has a 2000 MR2, '98 Tacoma and a '82 Tercel (one of about a dozen still alive in the USA.) We likes em.
Thanks for the forum. You have helped me a lot already.
