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November 2003
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Re: How to buy a st162.
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Sun, 06 March 2005 12:32
 
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if looking for celica st162,
-kms dont matter if engine is looked after (mine 320,000 and climbing with no rebuild till 400,000)
-whens engines cold look for smoke when stating up (valve stemps, not too expensive but)
-should not smoke when revved hard
-do some hard/fast/tight loops and listen for knocking (cvs if there is)
-if auto, check gears kick down/change up proberly (if not very repsonsive could be computer which is like 500 or auto slipping in 1st/2nd??), either not good
-if manual, slipping cluth is slipping will need replacing
-check for rust around the sills, doors, sunroof or leaks in the boot (check if tyre is well wet)
-do not buy it if looked thrashed, or dodgily modified
-check power steering for leaks
-check all elctrics work
-since it is an old car things will need doing randomly (eg like raditors etc), see what has been done already, cause since it is a 'sports' car these parts like double coil radiatrs more expensive than commos/falcons,
-test drive a few cars to see what they fee like and how responsive they should be,
thats all i can htink of in regard s to my st162 atm.
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