Odometer tampered! HELP!

[ice15]

Sorry TS... So yung happiness mo driving the car for a month biglang nawala when you learned na tampered yung odo ng car mo?

Personally, di baleng mataas odo basta maintained yung sasakyan... Yung iba, baba nga ng odo di naman nag change oil kahit kelan.

I suggest na enjoy mo lang yung car...

In reality, nabili mo yang car na yan kasi yan kaya ng budget mo, nagustuhan mo sya and you felt good after the test drive...

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[RedZitti]

Kapag bumilika talaga ng 2nd hand car. Expected na yang mga problema na ganyan.

Share ko sa akin.

1st time bumili ng 2nd hand car and sabi Toyota or Mitsubishi para mas maraming parts available either orig/replacement or surplus.
Siste yung nabili ko Toyota Corolla small body. Ganda ng itsura naka pearl white pa and JDM pa yung front and rear bumpers.
Nagsama ako ng mekaniko, linterk galing Toyota Alabang pa. Sa sobrang tiwala ko sinilip lang ilalim,inalog-alog and start engine. Take note walang test driving.

To make the story short heto mga pinalitan ko in less than a year alone:

• Aircon major maintenance.
• Orig timing Belt.
• Transmission assembly orig parts used.
• All shock absorbers and stabilizer links.
• Replaced all tyres, break pads etc etc
• And never ending radiator leaks until binenta ko.

Pero after ng Small body mas natuto nako, kung baga bumili ka ng lesser yung pagawain. I've learned a lot from buying and using 2nd hand car. Since then kasi 2nd lang talaga ako and never bought a brand new car. After 3-4 of years of using binebenta ko na din po. Kung baga upgrade lang ako.

[Altuy]

Pero after ng Small body mas natuto nako, kung baga bumili ka ng lesser yung pagawain. I've learned a lot from buying and using 2nd hand car. Since then kasi 2nd lang talaga ako and never bought a brand new car. After 3-4 of years of using binebenta ko na din po. Kung baga upgrade lang ako.

Thanks for sharing!

May I know how much you've spent for acquiring and fixing your Corolla small body?

[ice15]

To make the story short heto mga pinalitan ko in less than a year alone:

• Aircon major maintenance.
• Orig timing Belt.
• Transmission assembly orig parts used.
• All shock absorbers and stabilizer links.
• Replaced all tyres, break pads etc etc
• And never ending radiator leaks until binenta ko.

Everything you mentioned is normal.

Except for the "Transmission assembly orig parts used" - although na experience ko na rin masiraan ng transmission (90's Lancer GLX), 1998 noon, uso pa drag at dala ng kabataan

- Aircon will need to be checked since di mo naman talaga masisilip kung pinalinis sya ng previous owner.
- Timing belt/brake pads (for peace of mind) - di mo rin ito masisilip during inspection bago bilihin
- Suspension, kung '92 yung E90 mo, it's more than 20 years na. May mga foreign forums na 5 years or 50k sa odo recommended na palit nila ng suspension (bushings and shocks). Yung E100 ko noon, on the 10th year pinalitan ko suspension, madaming nagsabi na di pa kailangan, pero ang sarap idrive after mapalitan...
- tires - normally ginagamit ko ito pang tawad kapag pudpod na
- radiator... if I remember correctly, both E90s (91 model, we had an XL5 and XL4)) namin napalitan ang radiator nila pareho around 97-98... Copper radiator na pinalit namin since kumunat yung plastic cover ng original radiator...