Well i got my lucky little lemon used for about 900, and it had a spot less engine, "which probably meant it was just cleaned", no noticeable problems, "which is probably why they coulndn't fidn the dealer plate, for a longer drive". So i get it home and have my first of many radiator blow outs, some nitwit forgot to replace the flush kit's twist cap, hmm, easy to fix. Then drove it around town a few days, and noticed the temp gauge never movedoff cool, but never really bothered to look. Drove it to work to pickup my check , and one of my co-workers noticed i had a broken section of the overflow resevior, and the local autozone, said goto toyota for it, woohoo, a drive to the dealership, which causes it to over heat and die Twice, thus blowing the water inlet hose, which is a pain to replace without removing the engine, also the 2 replacement part alone set me back 50, plus the tow to get it home another 100. After getting the hose's replaced a new thermostat, a found broken temp/fuel sensor 50!!, the f-in thing still overheats after about 10 minutes of driving, i use a 50/50 prestone solution, premixed. And am in desperate need of help for this one, thanks in advance, kye.
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17 years ago