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I bought this car a little over a year ago for $1700, it ran great and I knew it was gonna take some work to fix it up nicely. However, I took it on a long road trip and blew the head gasket. Since then I have replaced the head gasket, water pump, timing belt, radiator, ignition coil, tires, steam c...

Hm, I've noticed the mention of coloration of smoke. I have not noticed blue smoke but I know my exhaust seems to let out a bit of smoke in general. Gonna be doing the compression check, address the leak coming from the oil pan, recheck the rocker arms, replace fuel filter all tomorrow. Hopefully we...

Wow thanks a ton folks for all the different tidbits of info here. I had a compression test done at an auto shop a while back and they said the results were good. I guess I'll get to learn how to do one myself since I am not sure they actually did a test anyways. Petros, one thing that is important ...

Hey folks, I have a 1985 tercel 5spd, I've been doing tons of work on it over the last few months since I overheated the engine and blew the head gasket. So far, new head gasket, new timing belt and front seals, battery, radiator, PCV grommit. (I think that's all I have replaced so far..) And now I ...

Hey folks, So I am new to this site, I've tried looking around the internet to get a better grasp to the common issues for Toyota Tercel 4wd cars. Mine is a 1985, everything ran perfectly fine all the way from Washington down to the grapevine mountain outside of LA (was taking it to Mexico for a roa...