Water pumps galore! Have replaced it 3 times.
Loves CV joints dearly!
The 12 valve engine is noisy and not very fuel efficient for a car of this size.
Sounds like a food processor from the 70's.
This is my second Turd-cel my previous one also 1989 died of cancer, the body literally rotted to pieces. So I took it's heart out (the engine) and put it in my next Thirdcell, through some miracle this engine lasted 2 more years and finally died in the street at 265,000.Mercifully I only paid $400 for this car. My neighbour bought it for parts when it died for $100,so it was't a total constructive loss!
The gas mileage is horrible for a 4 cylinder car-it isn't much better than either of the 3 Toyota 4Runners I have owned.
These cars are OK if and only if you are mechanically inclined and have a spare car for parts!
A somewhat depressing car, but if you get one with standard transmission it is tolerable, the automatics must be real heaps!
I have a 89' Tercel, stick.
Tore the catalytic converter off, replaced it with much bigger 2-3/4 inch exhaust with a resonator and performance muffler.
Tore off the air filter crap and put on a K&N air filter only.
If I max the air pressure in the tires, and just tuned up with stock dist. cap, neon blue high performance 8mm solid core spark plug wires with matched NGK spark plugs, high test gas, and drive 50mph, I'm getting 40mpg. If I drive normal 60mph going thru the gears, I'm getting 35 mpg,
Air in air out is how you get better mpg.
I did have to spend $895.00 fixing a dropped exhaust valve, that included new drive belt, alt belt, air conditioner belt. and labor. Great little car at 149000 miles; hope to double that.
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