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MOT time , another pass , no advisories Not bad for a 47 year old car !

Spotted this on holiday couple weeks ago. Fuerteventura

A few pics of some Celicas at East Coast Japanese cars and coffee meet at Ipswich a couple of weeks ago Theres a few more through the summer months , i'll post some details in the meetings section nearer the time of the next one if anyone is interested

E10 is going nowhere near my Celica, Shell V Power all the way . Alternator is back all shiny and gorgeous. Just got to get it back on now

Hello you bunch of Celica loving animals. It's 4 years now since I sold on my Gen 7 but I still miss it (and you lot). I have many fond memories of banter and advice in here. It's good to see so many of of the 'old timers' still around with a few exceptions even the Sherv is still active .... but he'll always be here I reckon. I now run a 2055 3 door Rav4 diesel and love it, it's a nippy little thing and fun to drive, I have back probs now and would love to slip into another Gen 7 but I'd never get out of one nowadays. I'm pushing 70 now but still young at heart. Take care all and enjoy your cars.

Well, if you are talking about which brand is best, a friend of mine was a PhD chemist working for an oil company. When asked which oil he used his reply was "Whichever big-name brand is on special offer in the supermarket". If we're taking viscosity, I go with Slybunda. Looking at Toyota Data, generally, over a period of years, they've moved to recommending thinner oils than they used to for a given engine. We still have relatively mild (warm) winters in the UK. It all goes back to the old oil advert which claimed that more engine wear was done starting up and reversing off the drive on a cold morning than in the next 100 miles. Whatever happened to oil adverts?

That is brilliant news!

That's what I mean - you didn't like me looking under the bonnet before . But you now have something that's all bright and twinkly!!

That is a bargain! Did they clean up the outer surface and polish it? So does this mean Merion that you are going to polish everything under your bonnet now?

Should be all good again

With e5 and e10, id try leaving as little as possible in the tank if its parked up for a while. Ive had loads of cars that have been parked for ages and the fuels come out clean and they have started after 3 or more years of being parked, with the ethanol content, it does turn to sludge a lot more, Other thing I find on cars that have been parked a while is that its worth taking the plugs out and giving them a clean and also take off the distributor cap and take off the build up inside on the tips

Believe me it's going to get one

Probably could do with the Italian tune-up before the MOT

There's a reason cars are often refered to as she. I have the same nonsense from Ezzy, the others are fine.

Yeah, I've known a car with two year old petrol in it start okay.

http://www.gt4dc.co.uk/info/howto/ecu/ecu_error_codes.htm

First step check fault codes, no special tools needed. Guide on gt4dc how to guides. Cap failure in gen 6 is still rare, I'd be looking at the more obvious first. See what the fault codes show. Check for spark while turning over.

Maybe it's time to check the capacitors in your ECU.

They surely must be the nicest standard wheels by far for a Gen6

I shouldn’t have taken this photo (we were forbidden to lol, hence why it’s so crap) but I couldn’t resist getting some form of photographic evidence that my Celica was bang in the middle of several shots on the film set last week Slightly intimidating company I must admit!

Awesome views on Dartmoor this week