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Good for you.Hope its another year before you look up the old girls skirt again 😉

1 x Litre should be fine, DOT 5.1 fluid

Avensis should be about 46mpg on paper combined, my reality about 41mpg. Auris 1.6 about 47mpg on paper reality about 47mpg. Both regular brim to brim and on same commute at same times of year etc so I believe a fair comparison. Drive is rural, about 14miles on free flowing but twisty roads. Avensis boot is same width as auris but about 4-5" deeper front to back (have an auris boot liner in the avensis (out of the previous auris I sold) so very easy to compare sizes - the liner fits the avensis relatively well!). Avensis is far nicer car to sit in, much heavier car to drive and has far better equipment. Rear legroom is MUCH better on the avensis. Roks - I had a 1.2 tourer for a couple of days on a test drive and much preferred my 1.6. 1.2 had more pull than 1.6 but over a shorter range. Not as smooth to drive, economy not much different that 1.6 as far as I could tell, can't put my finger on it but just didn't like the turbo engine - I'm sure others do! Add this reticence to the fact that the 1.2 hasn't been tried/tested for that long and I moved away from a new auris and towards the non turbo avensis. Personally I'd go for a 2014 1.6 over a 2014 1.2 but that's just me! I'm sure those who own the 1.2 would suggest to go for that!!!

Hi Just a thought guys... How about if i were to find a lonnng usb lead that fits my dashcam and then run this frim the dashcam, through the roof liner, down the A pillar, and down a side wall some where, and let it dangle very near to the cigarette port whereby i already have a usb charger plugged in. If such lonnng usb leads exist on ebay...then its an option. Agree???

This engine is the same as the Carina/Avensis of the same period and all the parts are the same. Haynes covers both the cars. By the way, your car is AT200. The AT202 is the 2.0l engine. You have got the part numbers correct. Have a look at the following link:- http://www.japan-parts.eu/toyota/eu/1998/celica/at200r-blmskw/3_252570_002_/tool-engine-fuel/1605_v-belt Here are the links to the part number from Conti and Gates:- http://www.gatesautocat.com/drive/TOYOTA/Celica/AT200/7AFE/11-93_11-99/102839 Drive belts, ALT 5PK970, power steering 3PK628, AC 4PK860 http://aam-europe.contitech.de/pages/web-katalog/web-katalog_en.cshtml Drive belts, ALT 5PK975, power steering 3PK630, AC 4PK860 - I fitted these actual belts to my old car. The Gates cambelt kit which was fitted to my old Avensis is part number K015386XS, and includes the tensioner. The discrepancies between the belt sizes are small, and the adjustments should take up the slack. Be careful when removing the crank pulley because it is has a rubber layer between the in and outer metal parts. Never use a puller on the out ring. Use the threaded holes. The pulley can cost between £40 to £300 to replace! Mine failed destroying the alternator and air-con belts. Lucky this happened as I left my house. The coolant pump being driven by the drive belts and 'NOT' the cambelt, can be changed independent of the cambelt. I can be changed without touching the cambelt. This is covered in the Avensis Haynes manual. If it has been already changed and not leaking, then leave. You can decide. The one good thing about the 7A-FE engine is that the engine is a non-interference engine. That means if anything happened, the engine should be safe. Some members have had broken belts and just replaced, like old Vauxhall and Maestro/Montego engines.

My own mechanic recommends replacing the pump just in case it leaks after the belt is replaced, U just bought the car I think better safe than sorry, and get year's of trouble free motoring by replacing all the bit's. I think.