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180,625miles!...wow...looks like you lucked out considering thats a 3ee. to be honest I'll say this much to save you the headache. look into possibly changing the motor to a 5efe or maybe even a 5efhe. many people told me this and i didnt want to belive them. turned out 1.5 years later and after going thru 1 motor change to a 3ee, then having 2 blown head gaskets (within another 1.5 years) i just changed the engine and haven't had a problem since. the 3ee is known for bad head issues. warping, cracked walls, blown head gaskets. i honestly think the 3e was intended solely as a carbed engine instead of moving it to fuel injected. and by the way everytime my 3ee was swapped or fixed(headgasket) it was done by a professional. the only time i had an influence was when i installed the 5efhe myself.(by then i had done enuff studying and looking around for info)
even my sisters 92 tercel is having crazy problems as well. it eats oil. 3ee are also known for having a serious oil eating problem. majority of the time it stems from the valve stem seals. other times its from the piston rings(this case usually occurs when the engine is taken to redline often. as a conservative single overhead cam engine this would be the last thing you want to do.)
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