dead 1999 Corolla of Pleasure - fare thee well

[dozeydustman]

Current list of jobs:

1. replace o/s/f wing 
2. regas air con - done
3. change pollen filter - done
4. Change water pump
5. flush out cooling system - done
6. thoroughly clean interior - I did this, then madam went out and filled the car up with junk again, so needs another clean.
7. save up for respray? unless I can get a wing in the same metallic blue
8. Unseize track rod ends for purposes of wheel alignment and future replacement.
9. Change drop links - done
10. Locate another set of good alloy wheels (original Toyota) or save up for refurbishment of current set of wolfies.
11. New exhaust system - the current 20 y/o system is getting more and more rattly.
12. new brake consumables within next 6 months - drums/discs/pads/shoes and flexi hoses.
13. nee door seals

Brakes will be next jobs, but I have some advisories of the Suzuki to tend to as the MoT for that is up in January

[dozeydustman]

Just purchased an front wing for this beastie. Didn't realise it was in Ipswich until after I had paid as it was listed as free postage (by eBay, not the seller) which is a bumhat.

If anyone fancies a shitely from Ipswich to half way (say Dartford tunnel area) for some Pez money let me know.

[Carlo_Raffo_TDS]

I really like these. They seem to be everywhere in New Zealand, a welcome sight with that friendly face.

[Parky]

If it needs temp storage I live by J31 and am happy to offer a wing a foster home until it can be united with its forever family

[Parky]

3 hours ago, Carlo_Raffo_TDS said:

I really like these. They seem to be everywhere in New Zealand, a welcome sight with that friendly face.

Indeed they are, Trademe is full of them and Parky Jr is probably getting one as his first car in 1300 manual form

[dozeydustman]

2 hours ago, Parky said:

If it needs temp storage I live by J31 and am happy to offer a wing a foster home until it can be united with its forever family

A very kind offer Parky; I’ve had an offer from Sigma as his brother is in Ipswich, the eBay seller hasn’t responded to when can I pick this up but is fine for someone to collect on my behalf, as eBay now has no collection address on listings once it’s been paid for, which I think is bizarre.

I’ll give the guy a nudge and see when he needs it collecting by

5 hours ago, Carlo_Raffo_TDS said:

I really like these. They seem to be everywhere in New Zealand, a welcome sight with that friendly face.

This has been in the wife’s family since 2002; wife has had it since 2012. When we went on honeymoon to Iceland in 2016 it was either brand new 4x4s or E11 Corollas on the road....

[dozeydustman]

Wing collected last weekend, now just need to find half a day or so when good to swap over.

I’m also very keen to get the door seals changed ASAP, they really are In a poor state now.

[dozeydustman]

Wing progress.

Getting the arch liner out was a twat of a job. 22 year old plastic snap rivet things meant much recalcitrance to move.

Wing was in comparison a doddle.

I opted not to do a full bumper removal because lack of bothering. I did have to remove the grill though as O/S headlamp needed to come out. Again stubborn fixings meant this didn’t happen as I have  no power in the garage and waiting for cordless tools to arrive.

A good smattering of cavity wax/underseal combo should keep the grot away. It was like new under there.

Refitting is reverse blah blah blah. Panel gaps aren’t brilliant because pattern wing which had already been fitted to another car in the past.

TBH a slightly wonky wing is better than a dirty great dent. There was very little wiggle room around the mounting holes. Colour match is pretty good and the few blemishes in the new wing are in keeping with the rest of the car, so it looks like it hasn’t been swapped.

[dozeydustman]

On 02/09/2020 at 20:56, dozeydustman said:

Current list of jobs:

1. replace o/s/f wing - done
2. regas air con - done
3. change pollen filter - done
4. Change water pump
5. flush out cooling system - done
6. thoroughly clean interior - I did this, then madam went out and filled the car up with junk again, so needs another clean.
7. save up for respray? unless I can get a wing in the same metallic blue - no urgency as new wing is correct colour
8. Unseize track rod ends for purposes of wheel alignment and future replacement.
9. Change drop links - done
10. Locate another set of good alloy wheels (original Toyota) or save up for refurbishment of current set of wolfies.
11. New exhaust system - the current 20 y/o system is getting more and more rattly.
12. new brake consumables within next 6 months - drums/discs/pads/shoes and flexi hoses.
13. nee door seals

Brakes will be next jobs, but I have some advisories of the Suzuki to tend to as the MoT for that is up in January

I need to check the brakes over on this little car next; i’ll change the whole lot - discs pads drums shoes and fluid. Thankfully I have an Eezibleed.

The exhaust is starting to sound a little farty so I can imagine that’ll need replacement as well within a year.

I’m still struggling to find some good condition door seals

The car get cleaned regularly now as step-miss dustman treats it as a litter bin 😡 and can’t even be bothered to check the tyre pressures, which for someone who a couple years back was training to be a mechanic is not good, so she’s going to get a stern talking to about it.

Things I need

OS headlamp
Set of Door seals

if any shiter has one or both of the above let me know and I’ll make you an offer - cannot be bothered with eBay twats and local breakers want far too much for something not even off the car and shelved.

[dozeydustman]

Oh dear

Stepdaughter text me when she got to work that the car was spraying out oil. Oil filter wasn’t very tight or the sealing ring has gone so I have nipped it up by hand - I got a good 1/5 of a turn on it before it felt tight. New one ordered along with oil. I’ve got a crankshaft seal on order as well just in case it’s that.

Do thesr have a crankcase filter on them? HBOL makes no mention of one

[Three Speed]

That should have delayed the rusting process.

[dozeydustman]

The car has been sitting overnight and there is still a puddle of oil under it, however it’s now much smaller and it didn’t leave a trail on the road when madam brought it back yesterday evening. I’m hoping it’s just residual and I’ll clean it all up.

I’ve got an oil filter on order which I should be picking up this evening or tomorrow morning.

Oil and filter change first; if that doesn’t cure it then I’ll change the crankshaft seal (also on order). Failing that I’m at my wit’s end and there’s no oil cooler and no pipework for oil that I can easily see. Just hope it’s not some internal seal

[Talbot]

On 6/6/2021 at 3:24 PM, dozeydustman said:

Oil filter wasn’t very tight or the sealing ring has gone

Sealing ring may have popped out at one point, which has now been crushed as the filter was tightened.  You've probably got about 5mm with no seal, just metal-on-metal, which means it's leaking, just a little bit.

[dozeydustman]

4 hours ago, Talbot said:

Sealing ring may have popped out at one point, which has now been crushed as the filter was tightened.  You've probably got about 5mm with no seal, just metal-on-metal, which means it's leaking, just a little bit.

We shall find out tomorrow when I get a new filter. One of the fitters at work has said this is the most likely cause, but if it’s anything else he’d pop over and have a look

[dozeydustman]

Whipped old filter off after it fought me and dropped the oil.

the seal wasn’t in the best of health and as you can see in the top picture it has damage. Replaced filter and filled with oil.

Fresh leaks from next to the filter. Piss!

Given the 4E engine has a cam belt driven oil pump this seems a likely cause. Hopefully it’s a seal somewhere under the timing case and isn’t mega-£ to fix

[St.Jude]

47 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Whipped old filter off after it fought me and dropped the oil.

the seal wasn’t in the best of health and as you can see in the top picture it has damage. Replaced filter and filled with oil.

Fresh leaks from next to the filter. Piss!

 

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Given the 4E engine has a cam belt driven oil pump this seems a likely cause. Hopefully it’s a seal somewhere under the timing case and isn’t mega-£ to fix

From memory on my Corolla, the rocker gasket is about £11 for the seal.

The oil sump is just a tube of RTV.

The output Shaft seal (on the gearbox side) was about £20/30 I think.

[dozeydustman]

1 minute ago, St.Jude said:

From memory on my Corolla, the rocker gasket is about £11 for the seal.

The oil sump is just a tube of RTV.

The output Shaft seal (on the gearbox side) was about £20/30 I think.

it's the actual oil pump under the timing cover that's spraying oil everywhere. Cambelt off, sump off, strainer removed and change an o-ring by the looks of it.

[dozeydustman]

oh, and there's a nail in the offside front tyre as well :/

[St.Jude]

2 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

it's the actual oil pump under the timing cover that's spraying oil everywhere. Cambelt off, sump off, strainer removed and change an o-ring by the looks of it.

I'm not sure if you're a member, but there's a guy on the Toyota Owners Club called Parts King who works for a dealership in Wales. His prices are very good if you don't need the part today.

[artdjones]

[dozeydustman]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

That looks like the 1.6 according to the HBOL - mine is a 1.3

[dozeydustman]

I've managed to find an oil pump for a reasonable price. Autodoc. It's not so much of an issue if it's delayed as as a family we're going away for a week on Saturday and we can take the Suzuki. I can then change it when I get back.

 

It's my first time ordering from Autodoc, hopefully there's not too much of a delay on it arriving. For £74 including a bottom end gasket set I'm willing to spend that to keep the old thing alive. Mrs_dustman's dad bought it in 2000 when it was a year old, so it's a bit of a family heirloom!

[dozeydustman]

Definitely some major leakage in there

[dozeydustman]

This doesn’t look good

 

tiny line here, and i’ve wiped it several times yet oil collects here. I hope this isn’t a crack

[St.Jude]

You'd be mightly unlucky if that's cracked. 

Hard to tell though.

[dozeydustman]

That’s the thing @St.Jude. I know how resilient these 4E engines are. It’s just under 200k and was starting to lack some oomph so I did start thinking maybe in the next 3-4 years it would be rebuild time.

If it is a crack then I don’t have the space to rebuild the engine into a new block; a second hand engine is around £400 on eBay with some kind of guarantee or £250 for one without.

I was really hoping not to have to send this car off for a long time yet as it’s been in the wife’s family since 2000 (wife’s dad bought it at 6months old) so it’s certainly been a good hack for them.

[rickvw72]

Looks a bit like a crack, and looks like it’s been weeping for a while.

Before condemning it, might be worth trying some JB Weld or similar, as I sealed a corrosion hole in the block of a 205 GTI engine years back, and it survived 2 seasons as a sprint car after. That was coolant leak, though, not oil. 

[dozeydustman]

6 minutes ago, rickvw72 said:

Looks a bit like a crack, and looks like it’s been weeping for a while.

Before condemning it, might be worth trying some JB Weld or similar, as I sealed a corrosion hole in the block of a 205 GTI engine years back, and it survived 2 seasons as a sprint car after. That was coolant leak, though, not oil. 

I cleaned everything down again and the weep stopped. I had noticed further up a trickle running down the side of the block from the cam cover, so that needs doing. I think it's a casting mark as opposed to a crack.

As dropping the sump was not going to happen without removing the exhaust and a brace between the from bib and the subframe I nipped everything back up and refitted the belt. Amazingly there is now a much less frequent leak than there was previously; however this is very much not a permanent fix and I do see in the future the need to remove the engine and replace all the seals - crank, cams, pump, sump and valve cover. I don't have the space for this at home so I would need some assistance or borrow a workshop for a weekend.

[Crackers]

If you need an extra pair of (unskilled) hands, I'm only up the road.

[dozeydustman]

1 hour ago, Crackers said:

If you need an extra pair of (unskilled) hands, I'm only up the road.

Cheers for that Crackers, I will more than likely need an engine crane and stand for this job.