agabaI23:

Where did you buy it?

dominique:

you bought a used car, what else do you expect?
you can get a second opinion from another mechanic and repair whatever is damaged before your car becomes history.

Kunle-A:

Doesn't really matter. its last year july 

agabaI23:

Nothing wrong with buying a used car if you know what you are looking for.
Oga Kunle, I wanted to know if he bought it in naija or even in Nairaland. It does matter anyway.
Again what was the mileage when it was bought? NL would have assisted her in checking the history before committing your money.
Oga Kunle u be dealer and know importance of mileage as regards longevity of the engine.

i bought a toyota camry 1998 model last year july. recently the car started shorting oil and emmiting smoke abnormally. now mechanics are saying that it has serious engine fault. what do i do? pls i need help.

sultaan:

I believe he bought a god used car with a good engine(not new), failed to properly maintain his engine, now its complaining.

@ poster,
What is the color of your enigine oil?
Howmany times have you done your oil change(with filter)?
What weight and type of engine oil did you use?

Your check engine light has been on for a while, what code did your mechanic pull before he diagnosed it as "a serious engine fault"?

The car might not be the problem here, its servicing.

Oil leaking past seals, getting burned causing smoke only happens when you use wrong type of oil& no oil.

now mechanics are saying that it has serious engine fault

suegbe:

T[b]he headline was quite misleading and totally wrong[/b]. Going by your explanation, you were not duped as you rightly got the car as bargained. You should have done a proper check before making final purchase and possibly got a trusted professional to assess the car.

In anything mechanical/electronic, any thing can happen even if you bought it newly talkless of when you bought a 11 year old used car. THe problem could be a matter of handling/maintenance on your part because you have used the car for about 6 months before you discovered the problem, Anything could have happenned, wrong parts/accessories, engine oil, inefficiency on the part of your mechanic etc.

Nonetheless, i feel you cos i've had a similar experience in the past. i bought a Maxima car and used it for about 3 months before deciding to take it for servicing though the ''Service Required'' was not on. And that was it!. . Mr Mechanic had a problem removing the oil filter, he called Mr Welder to assist in firing it. At the end of the day, the brain box was damaged since battery head was not removed and right there and then, the never ending problems with brain box started and till i sold the car about 6 months later, it never fully recovered. It was painful because the car was in perfect condition before i thought i should service it.

So Bros, sorry about this