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Originally Posted By: Bluestream Only on BITOG does a simple a question get 35 replies.... Here's one more. The 8th generation (1998-2002) Corolla engines (1ZZ-FE) were made with too small and too few oil ports under the piston oil ring. Over time the ports plugged up and resulted in oil...

Just wanted to say that I'm glad I found this old thread for how to remove a broken screw extractor. I used a carbide drill bit (full carbide, not just carbide tipped) and it worked great! Thanks to Bluestream for showing the way.

Pretty soon I need to do a valve adjustment on a '96 Civic and a '04 Corolla as part of maintenance. Do you always have to install a new valve cover gasket? How about if the gasket is only about 6 mo old?

If you pull the plugs and reinstall them (in a Honda of course to keep with the topic) once or twice or several times, should you put on new gaskets? Can you even buy new gaskets for, say, NGK plugs? Wouldn't an old gasket change the 2/3 turn past finger tight rule?

Thanks guys. I have a follow up question. BACKGROUND. A single drain and fill replaces a little more than 40% of my ATF. I plan to complete three drain and fills over the next few weeks for approximately an overall 80% renewal. Thereafter, I'll do a single D&F each year. On the 3rd D&F I will...

I put Valvoline MaxLife Dex/Merc ATF in the family's Rav4 and Corolla that call for T-IV. Is there anything to be gained by adding Lubegard ATF Protectant, or is that redundant? Currently, there are no obvious problems with either transmission.

2004 Toyota Corolla LE; 140,000 mi; 27 Oct 2012. Did a drain (about 3.3 qt) and fill with Valvoline MaxLife Dex/Merc ATF. Will follow up with at least 2 more drain and fills over the next two months, and then once annually from here on out.

2002 Toyota Rav4 2WD; 131,000 mi; 26 Oct 2012. Did a drain (about 3.5 qt) and fill of original (?) ATF with Valvoline MaxLife Dex/Merc ATF. Will follow up with at least 2 more drain and fills over the next two months, and then once annually from here on out.

2002 Toyota Rav4 2WD; 131,000 mi; 26 Oct 2012. Replaced old original (?) PSF with Valvoline MaxLife Dex/Merc ATF. Aspirated reservoir, replaced it with new fluid, detached return hose, and collected outflow of 3X lock-to-lock turn of steering wheel with pump running.

1996 Honda Civic DX; 103,739 mi; 6 Oct 2012. Replaced old Honda PSF with new Honda PSF. Removed about 75% of 0.9 qt capacity with detachment of return hose and 3X lock-to-lock turn of steering wheel.

1996 Honda Civic DX; 102,400 mi; 1 June 2012. Drain 2.9 qt and refill with Redline D4. 1998 Honda Civic LX; 106,400 mi; 1 June 2012. Drain 2.9 qt and refill with Redline D4. Both cars now have a mix of mostly Redline D4 and some Honda ATF after two drain and refills. The 1996 (subjectively)...

Originally Posted By: gibsonzero Is there a later Toyota engine that is compatible with the 2001 corolla that doesn't suffer from oil burn?(or at least is not notorious for it). I may have a few thousand dollars extra that I would not mind putting into a engine that would alleviate this bit of a...