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Old 04-01-2003, 01:27 PM
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Originally posted by The Warden
BTW, my grandmother has a '90 Corolla with less than 40K miles on it...probably it's because it's not driven much, but it's got a problem with carbon buildup in the cylinders or something similar, making it detonate whenever you apply throttle...I don't know if she's had any other problems with it, but again, it's a very low-mileage car...
If memory serves, the 90 Corolla with the 4AF engine has a carb. Modern fuel injected engines typically don't have build-up and fouling problems to the extent carburetted engines do under low use, low speed conditions.

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