Time to say goodbye?

Xcellor

Despite my best efforts and fixing up everything I could my Toyota avensis 2002 has failed on

Primary Structure Corrosion on both door sills.
CV Boot
Continuos oil leak.

The lad said they were small enough things. But car has over 200,000 miles on the clock now. She's given me a lot more than she's ever taken but I suppose from here it would just be job after job.

Is it worth fixing for the above or just call it a day? Everything else is perfect

Ubbquittious

CV boot is easy, oil leak might be easy to fix too

Door sills could be a bit of a bollix though.

colm_mcm

You'll pick up the newer model for small money these days.

Tropheus

Get an estimate and see what sort of money you're talking about. As was said CV Boot is handy, oil leak could be just something simple like the rocker cover gasket. Sills are likely your bigger problem, but depends on how bad they are.

CJhaughey

I bought sills for my t22 estate from rexbo.eu cheap enough just get them tacked over the bad spots. They will see the car out.

Toyotafanboi

It's hard to make a case for keeping it as you'd get a cheap and cheerful Mk2 Avensis for the price of fixing that one.

At the same time, there's something satisfying about driving an intergalactic mileage car and it's a shame to put the girl down for the sake of a C.V. boot and a bit of welding after it's put on such a good show for you.

If you could repair it for sub €500 I'd be tempted to do it, for the sake of love if nothing else.

Needles73

Xcellor wrote: »

Despite my best efforts and fixing up everything I could my Toyota avensis 2002 has failed on

Primary Structure Corrosion on both door sills.
CV Boot
Continuos oil leak.

The lad said they were small enough things. But car has over 200,000 miles on the clock now. She's given me a lot more than she's ever taken but I suppose from here it would just be job after job.

Is it worth fixing for the above or just call it a day? Everything else is perfect

Call it a day. I'm a Toyota fan but it's almost 16years old and doesn't make economic sense.

Leonard Hofstadter

Doing the sills won't be too cheap. If it wasn't for that I would have said fix it, there's another few years in the rest of the car for sure.

Xcellor

CJhaughey wrote: »

I bought sills for my t22 estate from rexbo.eu cheap enough just get them tacked over the bad spots. They will see the car out.

What is involved in tacking? If I bought the above is it DIY territory?

fryup

its time to say goodbye

Needles73

Xcellor wrote: »

What is involved in tacking? If I bought the above is it DIY territory?

I'm no expert but tacking new sill over old sounds like a bodge as in you are hiding problem. Is the goal not to cut out corrosion and patch in new sill with tacks and then weld entire seem all way around ?

CJhaughey

If it was anything like mine, the corrosion is limited to a small area immediately below the drivers door.
The actual structural strength is not really compromised by that corrosion but because its a structural member it is a fail.
The sills are cheap enough and a competent welder with a mig can just cut out the section thats bad and weld in whatever section of the new sill is needed.
The hard part is getting the curve of the sill correct if you use sheet steel.
https://www.rexbo.eu/toyota/avensis-t22-97/1-6-at220-7943/cross-member-100155

Sexual Chocolate

I discovered my car had a bad oil leak about 6 months ago, oil on the ground and burning smell from it dripping onto the exhaust. Got it looked looked at on a ramp and was told it was coming from the rocker, chain cover and head gasket. Minimum 1500 to repair which is more then I paid for the car.

End up getting a second opinion on it, 260 quid later and no more leak. End up only being the rocker on the back 3 cylinders.

Get a second opinion, however as said already you'll pick up a cheap mk2 avensis.