dazstarlet

Welcome, yes it is for all Starlet models.

So looks like bottom end is gone on my EP91 NA. New shells did not help, and one of the cams has worn lobes at the corners. I have found a garage that has experience of these issues and they normally get the cranks sent off for a regrind. But they are encouraging me to get a whole engine change. I can see that would be a lot less hassle for them, but i'm not keen as what Starlet motor has not seen a lot of action... I don't want the same issue a year down the line on another engine. Should I look to replace the cam at the same time as a regrind and new bearing shells? Reading another post

Will try and get a video sorted...

This bloke was in Peterborough Sefton. Small world! I guess if they don't know what the problem is then you are on to a loser right from the offset, that's the problem I am finding more of these days. I mean the Starlet must be one of the simplest cars to work on! How much free labour will a garage give you before they find the root cause and fix it? The small guys don't have the expensive diagnostic machines, so it's a case of trial and error which eats the hours up and it's not something they seem to want to get involved with for maybe just a few hours of 'actual' fix labour. Plus if

Just posted in the engines section about my woes with a problem which despite shelling out over £200 to have fixed actually hasn't fixed the problem at all. This is becoming quite common in my experience with both mechanics and some DIY / home improvement tradesmen, as maybe skills are on the wane what with no apprenticeships and such like these days. But wondered how others deal with this sort of thing? Assuming you don't do your own work on your cars (and I know a lot do on the forum), do you drive a car away from a garage without paying first and take it back if it's not fixed teling th

Well it's not been a happy 2015 for my Starlet. What with continuing suspension issues now in last month it's developed a nasty sounding noise which seems to be coming from the engine. Noise is like a throaty 'thrumming / gargling' noise which is there all the time, and very noticeable when you lift off the gas and revs decrease or when you depress clutch and change gear. The noise got really bad and I took it to a garage near where I worked who said I should not drive it, and that it was a bottom end problem (garage took the to an engine 'specialist' and they said it was bottom not top en

An update, and touch wood it's good news. I have a two strikes and you are done policy with garages and mechanics, so it was never a possibility I would go back to the same guy for a 3rd time after he checked the car out and told me all was fine. So searching around for a good mechanic I had a gut feeling that this local old chap who specialised in Land Rovers would (or should) know his stuff when it came to suspension matters. So I trundled off to his garage before work yesterday so he could take a look. We went out for a road test, and although I could easily sense the same issue from th

Yes it's up now mate. Not too great I don't think to see anything.

I have created a video, maybe it will show something you guys can see is wrong. https://youtu.be/bix2J2X_Z3s

Thanks for all the replies. Appreciate it. I will check out the things you mention may be wrong. You are worrying me though in one way... I mentioned the pan rod as maybe a root cause to one of the people who has seen the car underneath and they told me it didn't have one Maybe that's the problem! Has it fallen off... I'd better get that checked out... Excuse my ignorance but is that adjustable or fixed on the UK model? The car was in a minor shunt on the drivers side, but it was only light panel damage afaik. Did not have the problems at that point or when the car came out of the bodyshop.

Hope you guys can help me out here, this problem is really making me crazy! Sorry for all the waffle in the detail bit, but hopefully the timeline history may help you to understand what the problem may be. Brief: Car feels like it's moving side to side at the back - this is at high speed or over big bumps etc. Seems to have lateral play in rear suspension even when you push on the side panels. Going around sharp corners there is a lot of oversteer and car feels like it's freewheeling. Detail: So first a rundown on the history of suspension work on the car. I decided to have new suspe

I am looking for a screw on type with backing plate that just says Toyota or Starlet, not the Toyota emblem or TRD or Toyota Sport like I see on Ebay. Not too hopeful as they don't seem to be a UK thing for EP91's afaik, but something like what they put on the standard EP91 JDM's or Remix version (red letters on black backing). Any coloured letters fine, as long as the condition is good.

I work in Peterborough mate, but travel up the A15 through Mkt Deeping rather than go on the bypass. I think that road from the church up to the roundabout is the most f*cked up road I have ever used except for a b road that got pretty destroyed in the floods a few years back. It's shocking, I'm surprised it's even allowed to be that bad. This weekend when I get 10 mins spare a letter of complaint is going to be written!

If anyone has any experience of dealing with those in power to get roads repaired, any advice welcome... Basically a familiar story, in a local town I have to drive through a road was dug up right across for a utility pipe or to connect up a specific building to the mains ... something like that. Anyway, the contract people that did it have left the road in a bloody awful state. The trench they dug has only been partially filled and re-tarmaced, leaving an enormous concave 'ditch' behind. I'd say for cyclists and motor bikers it's possible even dangerous, and I don't think it coincide

Cheers chaps... The cambelt was done @ 50k by when I bought the car. Other than that I think just oil and filters have been done when servicing. I'll get the things you mentioned priced up and changed though. Sounds like it might be cheaper than what I thought if I had the bearings and clutch replaced. Trouble is from what reviews i've read the Starlet clutch was mentioned as being able to be slipped even when new, so it's hard to know if it's degraded much. IDWorkz have a new ones on offer for £70 ish, so it's cheaper than a lot of other parts to replace to be on the safe side.

What do you think is best lads? I don't do my own repairs, and if you go to some garages they wonder why you want this or that replaced when it's not yet broken or totally worn out. But I prefer not to wait to something breaks (and car breaks down with it...). What do you think might need replacing at certain mileages? My EP91 has gone over 80k now, so was thinking it might be due new wheel bearings and a new clutch (sometimes I can't get it into reverse without several attempts). What about the radiator, is that something with a set lifespan? Anything else that might need to be replac

The way that forums and car 'scenes' change over time is because like others have said the cars get older and more popular, and so the prices devalue over time. In turn that brings them into price range and ownership of some pretty undesirable scallys / chavs who just abuse them, and so it starts a nasty spiral from there really. It seems to be a Jap car phenomenon as they are so much cheaper to run, longlasting and can take much more of a beating than Euro marques. Jap cars can be seriously messed about with and thrashed and still be runners. But it changes the whole scene when that start

Most Audi's are all as dull to drive as watching paint dry. A mate let me drive his 300bhp S3... yawn. Hell I'd take a Merc over an Audi.

I can't do this anymore using the URL link function - tried in a couple of different UKSO forums. The dialog box won't either OK or Cancel, and you have to abandon the post to come out of it. Never used to have any issues. Any ideas?

Is it possible to have the body colour matching paint removed from the bumpers to go back to the orginal moulding colour which I think is a black / grey similar to maybe Klyfax's Starlet on here? If not can a matt effect black be sprayed rather than a shiny gloss black? A gloss effect would not match up with the original black plastic body trim and wing mirror plastics on my EP91 S. What do people think about black bumpers, I know you only see them on vans these days but the Japs got some EP91 basic models with them and I really want to tidy my car up without respraying it all - the bumper

Nice collection chap. Great going. Really love these old Starlets. I have you ever stumbled across a Turbo R in your hunt for these? They are real sleepers to look at compared to the S, which I like.

I have on my EP91 tailgate a medium sized dent that has resulted in the paint cracking. It's only a faint crackline, but nonetheless it's there. I'm trying to avoid paying out for a full respray (which I'm led to believe if done properly will be £1k+). Can a small area be resprayed and blend in, or would it need the whole tailgate to be done at the mimimum. The car is the standard non-metallic white. I think with a good clean and polish and some small dents taken out it will come it really nice, and should not need spraying except for this cracked bit which needs more TLC (and the bumpers

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He was online on 11th December to accept thanks for another sale he made. Sounds like a standup guy from feedback. Perhaps you should use the forum for dispute mediation...