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From: mark hoffman on 24 Oct 2009 20:18
I just bought a 1998 Toyota Avalon, 163,000 miles, cold air, all the power
stuff works, good headliner, 3.0 L v-6, 24 valve engine.

Drives and rides nice, got it for an "around town and short trips" car.
First 30 miles was getting it home from the dealer I bought it from.

Any advice, words of wisdom, etc? I have already ordered an owners manual
and a dealer brochure from Ebay.

Thanks

From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 24 Oct 2009 19:36
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:18:42 -0500, mark hoffman wrote:

> I just bought a 1998 Toyota Avalon, 163,000 miles, cold air, all the power
> stuff works, good headliner, 3.0 L v-6, 24 valve engine.
>
> Drives and rides nice, got it for an "around town and short trips" car.
> First 30 miles was getting it home from the dealer I bought it from.
>
> Any advice, words of wisdom, etc? I have already ordered an owners manual
> and a dealer brochure from Ebay.
>
> Thanks

Change the oil. I think these were the sludge prone engines, and regular
oil changes (no more than ~5,000 miles or less) will keep it from sludging.

Other than that, with 163K on it, it's still a baby.

These are pretty nice cars. I think they are prettier than the later
models.



From: Mike Hunter on 24 Oct 2009 21:05
Did you have it checked for Toyotas engine sludge problem?


"mark hoffman" <betrtimes(a)windstream.net> wrote in message
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>I just bought a 1998 Toyota Avalon, 163,000 miles, cold air, all the power
>stuff works, good headliner, 3.0 L v-6, 24 valve engine.
>
> Drives and rides nice, got it for an "around town and short trips" car.
> First 30 miles was getting it home from the dealer I bought it from.
>
> Any advice, words of wisdom, etc? I have already ordered an owners manual
> and a dealer brochure from Ebay.
>
> Thanks


From: Mike Hunter on 24 Oct 2009 21:09


Don't forget Toyota recommends synthetic oil exclusively, as well as the
early oil change intervals, for those sludge prone engines.



"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:18:42 -0500, mark hoffman wrote:
>
>> I just bought a 1998 Toyota Avalon, 163,000 miles, cold air, all the
>> power
>> stuff works, good headliner, 3.0 L v-6, 24 valve engine.
>>
>> Drives and rides nice, got it for an "around town and short trips" car.
>> First 30 miles was getting it home from the dealer I bought it from.
>>
>> Any advice, words of wisdom, etc? I have already ordered an owners manual
>> and a dealer brochure from Ebay.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Change the oil. I think these were the sludge prone engines, and regular
> oil changes (no more than ~5,000 miles or less) will keep it from
> sludging.
>
> Other than that, with 163K on it, it's still a baby.
>
> These are pretty nice cars. I think they are prettier than the later
> models.
>
>
>
>


From: mark hoffman on 24 Oct 2009 22:23
Mike Hunter wrote:
> Did you have it checked for Toyotas engine sludge problem?


I know there is lots of regular oil change receipts in an envelope in the
glove box. I love buying a car that has some documentation of servicing.

In the envelope, is the sales contract when she bought the car, a check stub
that indicates she was a traveling nurse, etc, and a warning ticket from the
highway patrol.. couldn't make out what the ticket was for though.

Mike, what brand of synthetic do you recommend? this car will be an around
town use, with an occasional 2 hr round trip to Texarkana, etc.

thanks

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