97 corolla blown motor

[07corollaDave]

i just bought a 97 corolla from a old woman. she blew the motor due to a oil leak and she locked it up. she sold me the car for $100 the car is brand new smelling and looking its a ce i think and i actually didnt pick the car up yet and only seen the car threw pics and from what my father tells me it was his best friends wife's car. what motor will fit in this car from other cars such as the celica or camry or where and how much will it cost to replace this motor or rebuild thank you for your time guys/girls

[NWMO 95 Prizm Lsi]

Dave,

To bad you aren't closer. I just got a 97 Prizm parts car with a good 1.6L motor and automatic tranny. It will surely be cheaper to find a used motor than pay for a rebuild, best of luck.

Chris

[07corollaDave]

so 97 prism will work? now if my car has the 1.8 in it and i want to put the 1.6 in i know its stupid to do that but all i found in my area is 1.6 motors every thing will work including the computer (plug and play)?

[zythr]

Originally Posted by 07corollaDave

so 97 prism will work? now if my car has the 1.8 in it and i want to put the 1.6 in i know its stupid to do that but all i found in my area is 1.6 motors every thing will work including the computer (plug and play)?

... It should.

[07corollaDave]

k i just found out its a 1996 corolla and the last 6 on the vin is 474066 if that means anything im still not sure what the engine size is but i seen that it had electric windows so its not a CE i have pics if that helps

[07corollaDave]

[07corollaDave]

is there a way to find out what motor you have by checking the vin i put the vin in a web site but only tells me its a 96 and its cashmere beige lol

[ganda1f]

Can't you see it on the valve cover? There should be a label on the front of the valve cover saying 4AFE or 7AFE.
4AFE is 1.6 litre and 7AFE is 1.8.
You can see it in one of the pics in this thread:
DIY Timing belt and water pump replacement Corolla 93-97

[07corollaDave]

yeah but the only problem is with that is the car is not in my possession yet

[PhatRoyale]

Originally Posted by 07corollaDave

is there a way to find out what motor you have by checking the vin i put the vin in a web site but only tells me its a 96 and its cashmere beige lol

Yes.

Check out toyodiy.com

Select the parts reference section on the left side and enter in your vin number there.

[07corollaDave]

ok sweet i got it so its a dx and it has the 4AFE motor so i can buy any 4AFE motor from any car right? celica corolla prism any other cars come with that motor any specific year

[NWMO 95 Prizm Lsi]

Dave,

The only thing I would think you could count on fitting for sure is a 4afe out of a 7th generation corrolla or prizm. As far as that goes, I think the 7afe would fit as well, but you need to make sure the motor mounts are the same. Are you using the same ECM or getting one with the donor motor?

I will add with the 7afe, there were a couple different distributors that I don't think the ECMs would swap on.

Chris

[07corollaDave]

We'll there is a junk yard 10 min down the road that has a 4afe motor with 124k on the clock with 90 day warrantee so I will pick that up the milage is really low for NC hehe. Cars here mostly have 200k on the clock if not more

[blumonster]

Under the hood (underside of the hood), there should be emissions labels affixed. If I remember correctly the engine code should appear there.

[07corollaDave]

i went to toyodiy and typed in the vin and it gave me every thing i needed to know. it is a 1.6 4afe motor with the 3 speed auto tranny it even gave me the color code lol. for 250 bucks plus a $450 motor from the junk yard i had an offer on the car one of my friends mothers will give me $3400 and a bj for it i told her id have to think about it lol i wanted to use the car for my self but she is hot lol sorry ima have to keep it pg-13 sorry for that but the car is in prime conditionbut the trunk is FULL of oil cartons lol and lil oily in the trunk it even has the original spare and jack lol its a really sweet deal i think as long as i can get the thing to go