Wow! Our 1987 Toyota Corolla 385,000 miles is dying.

[89ARIES]

Butch, please chime in. After the engine was rebuilt less than 8 months ago for $2500 and the trunk rebuilt after the car was totalled in an accident for $3300, the car is having PROBLEMS
again. The engine isn't just running rough now. It is seriously underpowered and is lugging so bad at idle that the fuel gauge needle bounces up and down, the dash shakes. rattles, and roll, and it gets worse
when I put on the brake. The engine is burning 2 quarts of oil every 500 miles. 16 mpg. Blue and black smoke billow out of the car when being initially started. It also bogs down and tries to stall out until warmed up. The rythmic lugging at idle becomes like a "whop, whop, whop, whop"when going 65. I won't force it over 70 anymore. The suspension is completely shot. One can push the car up and down. Everytime I sit in it and make turns, I hear, feel serious loud squeaky metallic creaks and noises. Butch, can you fix the car?

[MyDodgeDip]

The best fix for that is to drive it through the front of the shop that rebuilt the engine so poorly...

[89ARIES]

I agree. Wow, could you please post photos of your new 87 LeBaron?

[Jacks1986Lebaron]

The best fix for that is to drive it through the front of the shop that rebuilt the engine so poorly...

...... I concur!!!

[88 aries]

find a nice concrete wall and ghost drive that thing

[nszotovich]

At that mileage, I would not sink another penny into that car. No sense spending good money after bad. Start saving your money for something else. If you are trying to brake some new mileage record, it will be a very expensive proposition.

[89ARIES]

Wow. Anyone want a ride in it? Hhm, can't we just throw $10,000 at it and it will be as good as new, lol.

[K-CAR_WAGON]

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[89ARIES]

Today, it stalled on me 4 times. I thought the mechanic did a total engine rebuilt not less than 8 months ago, so what went wrong?

[MyDodgeDip]

for the $2,500 engine rebuild, you could have saved 4 or 5 K cars easily.