6G Celicas Forums

What's qualifies as general maintenance? Oil changes, etc, or are you reffering to the maintenace the Toyota dealerships often at 30k, 60k mileage and so on. So it's clear. Thanks!

Thanks hitcachi.

It certainly hasn't been driven hard but I assume 173k for miles is considered high. Been trying to determine if I should hold onto the car as some of these things that have come up are just normal maintenance or the sign of an aging car having problems.

Good info.

However, since I live in a townhouse with an HOA and don't have the right tools, I cannot work on my car here. I was curious myself about the rear motor mount. I'm not exactly sure what it means when they say torn. The only other bit of info I got was it was torn on one side (??). This place has done work for me on this car before and they seem legit. It's just that others have tried to scam me a few times over the years. Not just this car. Good thing is I busted two of them and a couple others I just walked away from and didn't let them do the work. This car has almost 173k for miles. I've done a great job of taking care of it. I'm curious if it will start "nickel and diming" me and if I should unload it or hold onto it. It's been paid off a whlie so. New vehicles are pricey. This car gets great mileage.

As for the rear motor mount the place I've been using says the total cost to replace is $175. The tell me they only use OEM parts. This seem like a fair price? I don't remember the guy telling me about his when I took it in for brake work. Otherwise I likely would have had him just do it. So, I've been driving another 450 miles or so with this "torn rear motor mount". I'm a novice here so should I get on this right away?

Since someone has posted a question about a rear motor mount.

I was recently in and had new front discs put on as mine were warping when the got hot. Almost 173,000 on the orginal set. Anyway, the mechanic tells me the rear motor mount should be replaced because "it's broken". I thought at the shop they said it was partially torn. Anyway, about 400 miles or so later I'm still going without the repair. I wonder what the odds are if this happening. I've had shops try to take advantage of me before. So far this place seems legit. Is there a way I can get under the car and check it out for myself? No idea where to look. The quoted $175 for part and labor.

Also, curious how many miles can you get out of a tranny. I have the orginal tranny and this same mechanice said it was over a quart low on fluid. Mentioned there must be a very slow leak somewhere. Any info would be very helpful.

Thanks..new to this site.