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Seems like a part search would tell you which you have My 1993 Corolla w/1.6 definitely has a timing belt turning the cam shaft. I am positive because I have the spare belt I bought for it in the trunk. <g> A chain would last as long as the engine I would imagine. Although I did have a...

Almost 300,000 on the timing belt The guy with the high mileage (267K or whatever it was he has) uses the car as the yard-car / service truck at a marina. So while he also uses the car to run into town and do general normal errands he mostly uses the car at 20 mph or less around the boat...

1993 Corolla Base w/1.6 engine. I do not want to lower the car but I would like to carry more weight at times. Is there anywhere that I can get heavier duty rear springs? Are station wagon springs heavier than for my standard four-door?

My manual was big too On my 5-speed the fill bolt head was/is either 7/8" or 15/16". Although it's not an automatic I can easily find out for you if you want because I left the right sized socket in the truck. <g> You can always measure carefully across the flats to get the bolt size. And...

sounds like it may be overheating First check the actual engine temperature and make sure it is not too high. You said the coolant was nasty - any chance there are passages plugged or restricted in the engine? Is the coolant nice and clean now? Also have the radiator cap checked to see if...

I went taller not wider - On my 1993 I went from 185/70 series Goodyear tires to taller 185/75 series Michelin Harmony tires. It added about 1 mpg to my gas mileage average.

I recently bought a nice 1993 Corolla base with 122K miles. Nice tires, new brakes, new rotors, drums, & master cylinder. Only two previous owners and both had obviously taken very nice care of the car. I test-drove on city streets and it was fine - but later on the highway it seemed to...

1993 Corolla w/1.6 The timing belt was replaced at 64,000 miles. There are 123,000 miles on it now. I have been meaning to replace the timing belt. But last week I met a guy with a 1993 Corolla - the same as mine except his has a 1.8 engine - and he has 267,000 miles on the original...

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I don't see your e-mail here and the manual I have seems quite vague on this particular latch - being more focused on door latches. If I were there I would remove the inner panel of the rear hatch and then the screws/bolts which secure the latch would be accessible. I know it's a big world but...

Sounds like it might be a dry bearing Especially if it's worse in cold weather - the bearing squeals until the friction makes it hot enough to make some remaining bit of lube run onto it. <g> Why not pull it out and oil both ends of the shaft? At the shaft end you can either pull the wheel...

The oil is OK - but the price isn't A quart of oil used in 3000 miles isn't bad - although it's probably more than that in actual practice. <g> Probably valve seals rather than rings though - assuming that it's always had good oil and routine changes. A "decent enough car", or any used car...

Manuals which are still in print are copy writed materials That's the usual problem with finding them available for the taking on line. If a individual person sends you a PDF copy of their owned (or stolen <g>) version of a manual it would be pretty hard for the manual's owners to know or to...

the blower motor is one speed - What car makers typical do to provide blower speed control is to wire the power to the blower motor through various sized resistors - one for each lower-than-high speed. These are usually mounted in the air stream of the blower to cool them. When they get dirty...

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On my 2006 I live in southern New Jersey. On my 2006 Corolla the original factory supplied tires were pretty much crap and the car would slide around even on a dry road. I could smoke the fronts without any effort and on wet roads the car was like driving on oil. It was sort of fun for me...

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Get an independent alignment shop to check it Explain the problem you are having to a Real front end guy (I always ask to see the oldest guy there <g>) and tell him that you want everything in the suspension checked for loose-ness and then to have all four wheels aligned properly. But also...

There is a shortage of used cars What is the $400. fee for in Florida? I was looking at a 1999 Prizm in Tarpon Springs a month ago and the car lot guy laid that " $400. for tags" number on me. I thought he was making it up. <g> That recent Sandy Storm, and some others with heavy flooding...

You can do it - But if it were me I would pull the engine and strip it to the bare block first. Then engage an engine rebuilding machine shop to check and make sure the bores are clean, straight, true, and can be properly honed. I would also have them check the crankshaft and cam. If the...