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lol!
i'm in Kent which is on the East coast of England. Near ramsgate, margate, dover etc.
Anyway, do you know how much they normally charge for the engine and how much would a garage charge to fit it?

I'm located near canterbury in Kent.
the car still drives but has lost power! so can still prob travel a few miles if necessary to a garage.

Hi guys,

I had been losing oil recently but could not find out where it was going. There was no black/blue smoke from the exhaust, no leaks and I was only losing oil when driving on the motorway at high revs constantly(70mph).
This had been going on for about 6 months now and i kept topping oil after a long journey on the motorway.
Last week, whilst on the motorway, I realised that I'd lost some power and was finding overtaking really hard. Pulled over and in first gear, car was misfiring really badly and engine was juttering at idle.
Took of spark plugs and one of them had oil deposits on it (thus oil is entering that cylinder) and spark plug is not igniting.

Anyway, need some help now. What's my best option?
a)reconditioning the engine (which would cost me £600 plus fitting so we're looking at £1K)
b)getting a second hand engine and fitting it (prob around £600)
c)get a new car

I'm struggling to find places that do second hand celica engines. Do you guys know anyplace?and how much would it cost?

Thanks guys..any help would be appreciated greatly

Hi Guys,
thanks for your replies.appreciate it.
Scothaniel...how much did the valve seals problem cost you?
what do you guys estimate the cost?is it worth repairing, or selling it?
am based in the UK. you guys know of any toyota specialists around?

Hi Alltracman78,
I changed my spark plugs to NGK platimums, changed air filter, oil filter last week. No sign of oil on the sparkplugs. Engine runs fine.smooth.
I topped up with oil during this service and drove about 200 miles but it was basic short drives..(approx 10-15 miles drive).
Checked oil after the 200 or so miles and hadn't lost much oil. In fact, it was still showing 'F' on dipstick.
That morning, I then drove on the motorway for 120 miles. next monrning, checked dipstick and dipstick showed HALF!
so I'm basically losing oil when i'm driving at high speeds for a longer time.

Any suggestions?

temperature gauge doesn't rise above half so don't think it could be the head gaskets. and there's always coolant in the rad.so am not losing coolant.

i have a 1995 Celica 1.8ST. It's been losing lots of oil lately but can't seem to find any oil leaks. No black or blue smoke from the exhaust either. So not sure where the oil was going. Yesterday, I found out that when i rev the engine, the exhaust pipe spits out a mixture of oil and water. It's left stains on my drive so i know that it's oily. Not sure where to start from now. Please help