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coilz347 · 10-10-2009, 04:09 PM

Hi everyone im new to this site and just bought a 1994 corolla 5spd as a commuter car. Is there anyone of knowing if i have a 1.6L or 1.8L engine in my car?

TI-CAVA · 10-10-2009, 04:18 PM

Welcome,

maybe you can look at the tail of your car, if it has a DX badge, u have 1.8, or if in the door sticker says AE102

***PhatRoyale*** · 10-10-2009, 05:42 PM

Enter your VIN number @ Toyodiy.com and it should decode it and tell you.

coilz347 · 10-10-2009, 05:49 PM

thanks guys...i found out its a 1.6L

***REN69*** · 10-13-2009, 01:58 AM

You could also look at the sticker under the hood, as long as it's the original hood it should tell you on the sticker.

trucknut1 · 10-13-2009, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by TI-CAVA

Welcome,

maybe you can look at the tail of your car, if it has a DX badge, u have 1.8, or if in the door sticker says AE102

about 3 weeks ago I was given a left for dead 95 rolla DX by my sister who had moved on to a late model Camry... it needed some body work around the rear wheels and rocker panels and an exhaust. body work is all done now with all new sheet metal welded in to place (i am not a bondo guy) and I have only glanced under the hood, the sticker clearly says 1.6 liter, I know the car, they have had it since new, nothing was every replaced... where some of the DX's shipped with 1.6? the car has no options what so ever... I will have to look at this a little closer I guess before I start t give it a tune up... and buy all the wrong parts lol

gold94corolla · 10-13-2009, 11:26 AM

well if it has no options, is it really a DX?

Check the sticker in the door like was suggested. OR>..... look at your oxygen sensor on the manifold, if it has 2 bolts holding it on , it is 1.8, if it is screw in, it is 1.6.

c_huynh32 · 10-13-2009, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TI-CAVA

Welcome,

maybe you can look at the tail of your car, if it has a DX badge, u have 1.8, or if in the door sticker says AE102

I got a DX auto and it's a 1.6L Engine

Bitter · 10-13-2009, 06:20 PM

underhood emissions sticker, check it.

iToaster · 10-13-2009, 07:33 PM

Any 1.8L automatic will have an overdrive button. No DXs were 1.6L, no 1.6L had overdrive.

ford_jj · 10-13-2009, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by coilz347

thanks guys...i found out its a 1.6L

You have many ways to know this things, eg. ask the sales man, see the explanation book etc. Do you think so?

trucknut1 · 10-13-2009, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by iToaster

Any 1.8L automatic will have an overdrive button. No DXs were 1.6L, no 1.6L had overdrive.

i have checked, its a corolla DX, and its a 1.6 liter... so your statement is incorrect

gold94corolla · 10-13-2009, 08:03 PM

so it's a DX because someone stuck a DX on the trunk, but you have no options and the weaker engine. You should take that DX off lol.

trucknut1 · 10-13-2009, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gold94corolla

so it's a DX because someone stuck a DX on the trunk, but you have no options and the weaker engine. You should take that DX off lol.

lol, they are both go cart engines anyway, 200cc more, seriously... its a 14 year old elderly lady class econobox that is a winter beater, i couldnt care less whether its a DX or not... nor will anyone else on the road...

just a thought, perhaps this has something to do with it being a Canadian corolla?? often trim levels differ between the 2 countries...

Bitter · 10-13-2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by trucknut1

lol, they are both go cart engines anyway, 200cc more, seriously... its a 14 year old elderly lady class econobox that is a winter beater, i couldnt care less whether its a DX or not... nor will anyone else on the road...

just a thought, perhaps this has something to do with it being a Canadian corolla?? often trim levels differ between the 2 countries...

its not so much the 200CC difference as it is the fact that the bore to stroke ratios are different (among other differences in the PCM) which give the 1.8 a much much nicer torque curve that makes driving alot nicer.