rayt32

Done oil change,replace front valve cover gasket, fix leaking power steering line hose, replace o2 sensor 4 days ago. Today fill up air to proper pressure on 4 wheels and replace tyre valve on the spare tyre and fill air and finally cleaning and vacuuming of the interior in preparation for the trip to Sydney (Brisbane-Sydney-Canberra vice versa) tomorrow morning.

Camry MCV20 underchassis configuration is identical with the Avalon thats why they have the same chassis parts. Each spring manufacturer has different spring set up on each model thats why they have different part number. On my case i bought front and rear heavy duty springs standard from Lovells Spring which have the same part number w/ the camry. King spring only have the rear standard, thats the reason why i bought Lovells spring so that i could have a match pair on the front and rear.

If you need to buy parts overseas go to Rockauto.com and look for for 1997-1999 Toyota Avalon (US Variant). I bought my timing belt kit (tensioners, roller, idler belt ) , water pump, brake parts hardware and they fit perfectly.

When i purchase my 2001 CSX Avalon three years ago w/ 136000ks on it, the average fuel consumption on the computer reads 11.5 liters /100 km. It suddenly becomes thirsty when the transmission started to slip which is understandable. When it undergoes a transmission transplant (from a wreck 2004 VXI) and still slipping and i was able to fix the slipping problem ( pour a small pouch of Lubeguard anti shudder fix), the computer reads 15.5 liter/100km. I also do manual computation in every fuel fill up and it comes close to the computer reading. I connect an OBD II scanner ,there is no indicated fault codes, countercheck it by bridging TC- E1 of the Data link connector found on the right hand side beside the strut tower (DIAGNOSIS) no fault either. The car now has 161,000Ks on the odometer and been doing research about the life expectancy of the O2 sensor on Avalon which is 250,000ks. I remove the front O2 sensor and had taken note of the part number (p# 89465-33160) and visited different O2 sensor manufacturers website. I open up the website of Rockauto.com and do a part search for 1997-1999 Avalon ( American Variant of the 2000-2002 Australian MCX10R) and search under Emission and found out that Standard Motor Products O2 sensor w/ part number SG368 upstream carries the parts interchange on our Australian Avalon. By the way i had experience using the Standard Motor Products O2 sensor on my 1991 Ford Telstar which i bought here in Brisbane for $80. I search on Ebay (US) and found $30 (discounted) a piece direct fit and bought 2 plus $15 freight. Ebay Australia and EFI supplier could only provide generic in which you have to cut the old sensor wire and make use of the connector. The sensors arrive yesterday and I fit it today and have a run on it. The computer reads 25 liters/100km at first and while the ECU is relaearning itself while i was driving in the highway the computer reading is becoming less and less until it got stuck to 10.8liters/100km. Just imagine i was losing around 4.8 liters/100 km because my O2 sensor is becoming Lazy. The front sensor is a straightforward replacement, while the rear is quite hard because of the space. If you need advice or question, post it in this thread and am willing to reply asap. Thanks for reading, rayt32