Nothing has gone wrong yet, and being a Toyota hopefully nothing will go wrong!
So far I've changed the oil and filter, air filter etc.
I bought this car from an auction simply because it stood out from all the other cars on the lot waiting to go through. I never intended to buy a Celica as I thought the running costs and insurance would be too high. I was wrong, I'm paying only £86 per year over what my Nissan Sunny was, and the economy from the DOHC engine seems great. The ride is quite hard, but I never expected it to be like a Jag in that respect, but handles great.
This is the 158bhp version which seems more than capable of hauling the car along at a swift pace.
My only gripe, is that its not really ideal for a DIY mechanic, serviceable items could be better located, and theres not a lot of room under the bonnet. The parts are not readily available in motor factors, and usually need to be ordered, or obtained from the dealer. Being a Toyota however should mean that parts won't need replacing that often!
The Toyota Celica is not a hard car to fix. If you have somewhat a good knowledge about what you are doing, then it isn't hard. I have a '91 GT-S and I do everything by myself and I'm only 17. But yeah keep those Celicas rollin! Peace.
Just an addition to my original entry, car now has 117,000 miles, all I've done since is changed cam belt and fuel filter (not in the easiest place!!) Car really is superb, goes and handles really well, general feeling of solidity throughout car, super reliable, and very good fuel consumption (just returned from a weekend away to Edinburgh from South Wales, 900 mile round trip, and averaged 41 mpg!) Didn't even bother arranging breakdown cover as I'm so confident in its reliability!
I have owned 3 Celica GT's in the past-late 70 models-now after a drunk driver hit me head-on in my 88 Nissan Pulsar (another good import by the way) the impact totaled it, my etire front end looked as if it were shoved into the car!!! Anyway that was 8 months ago and the 21yr. kid did not have insurance-my company had a lay off in 2001 I am still unemployed and obtaining another vehicle looked bleek until I thought about the best running, most inexpensive car that there is and it is my Celica's I decided to find one-I did. It is an 86-great condition of the body
but...
The owner let it sit for over 2yrs.she thought the a/c was out (I found it is just a wire off of it) due to prolonged non-running time it will not run without spray to the throttle body so I pulled the tank, took the fuel pump out and cleaned the laquered gas from it and freed it up and it works great (saved $198) but it is not getting past the fuel filter. So it appears to be the fuel rail with injectors (maybe clogged) the gas was lacqured after sitting getting into the injectors I do not understand and think it is something much simpler like a fuse ect. please hit my e-mail with any ideas or suggestions it sure would help so don't hesitate I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO PULL THE RAIL AND INJECTORS so let me hear from you if you know anything I need to try first or if this happened to you before and remember what solved it. I can't wait to finish and buy it because the price is $350 now and I KNOW it is going to be worth every penny people told me I am wasting my money, but I know better-I am female and doing most of the work myself so it is getting a major tune-up at the same time which lets me get to know the car VERY will. (pss did have help re-mounting the tank) I haven't driven it and I will be buying it without driving it probably. Toyota Celica's that good and maintained correctly last decades! I will leave this thought on Celica's "A Toyota Celica will treat you as you treat it" "Always Always change the oil at 3000 miles weather you think it needs it or not" If your looking to buy a second or student car I highly recommend
Toyota Celica-tried a Corolla-no way it stayed a side of
the road junker. I am seeking advice from anyone who knows someway to get gss from the fuel filter on forward. Thank-you and Enjoy!!
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