Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 06:31:02 GMT From: no-replynopsam.bother.com (ah pook) Subject: Re: Another Camry 300K miles engine with real data
Well, maybe I'm the exception to the rule, but I've got a Camry that's a total lemon! 89 Camry wagon (cheaper 4 cyl model, don't know what the engine model is). 86k miles, driven gently by my wife until she got a 97 V70 GLT, which she is *much* happier with. Now I have it, though I'm shopping for a C70 for early next year. Engine knocks horribly on anything but premium gas. Big puffs of blue smoke when you start it from cold (though it passes smog tests when warm just fine), attributed to carbon buildup on the valve stems. Replaced the muffler twice when it holed, once at 7k miles (!) and again at 80k. The manual transmission is going out now; 3rd gear synchronizer is dying, and it starts clashing after driving for 20 minutes. Other problems not related to early failure are awful seat adjustments that are ergo nightmares, incredibly crappy stereo (much worse than the stock stereo on my 86 Accord), poor body trim quality... Very unhappy with this car. Never again! -=ah pook=- Ron Vopicka <cvopickanopsams.com> wrote: >> I have an 86 Camry that just turned 280,000 miles today. It has the 4 >> cylinder 2SE engine with an automatic transmission. I have owned it since >> new and have never had to replace anything in the engine or transmission. >> Compression is still within specifications and I still get 40 mpg freeway. >> I have two other 86 Camrys with 180,000 and 200,000 on them that are still >> running. I put on 100 miles a day and change the oil and filter every 5,000 >> miles. The weak spots on the 86 Camrys are the mufflers (replaced every 2 >> years so get one with a lifetime guarantee) and front lower control arms >> (replaced both sides once in all three Camrys because of bushing cracks). >> Timing belts must be changed as scheduled (every 60 k) and alternators need >> to be replaced at about 200,000 miles due to brush failure. > >I have an 86 Camry that just turned 273,000 miles. It has the 4 >cylinder 2SE engine with an manual transmission. I have owned it since >new and have never had to replace anything in the engine or >transmission. <snip>
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