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I looked at a 2000 Avalon, need input

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It has super high miles but is 2000 dollars. It has a clean title but when I took the oil cap off it looked like there was thick sluge or clumped oil. It was also on the dipstick.. The car didnt appear to leak oil or smoke and the transmission dip stick looked fine.
 
$2k for that car I'd do it basically irrespective of miles as long as you are totally ok with the chances of replacing parts of power train at some point, since that's cheaper than most 2000 Avalons would be. If it drives well/has no obvious problems.

However, if there truly was sludge on the dipstick as well I would not bother, that is unless you have a spare engine ready to go. Who knows when he last changed the oil?
 
I'd be a little hesitant. Some Toyota V6 engines have a sludge problem if the oil isn't changed on a regular basis.
 
woodie1 said:
I'd be a little hesitant. Some Toyota V6 engines have a sludge problem if the oil isn't changed on a regular basis.
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And that 3.0 1mz is the main one. If your interested in doing some work, that car could be prefect. At the very least, clean out that oil pan and scrape off all the sludge, run some quality oil known for its cleaning agent and run some oil cleaner as well. But that is if your looking to do some work, otherwise maybe not the car for you
 
If sludging is the only concern with this car I would run a quart of ATF, a bottle of seafoam, and a few quarts of fresh oil through it (i.e. drain current oil, run that mix through at idle for 20 minutes) and then do a fresh oil change, possibly with some more seafoam. There are some decent tricks for de-sludging engines if you're willing to take the time.
 
What kind of sludge, exactly? If it's black clumps then it's oil sludge, which is a gamble. You really don't know if the damage is already done, trying to thin it out and clean the sludge is also a risk.

If it's milkshake looking sludge then it could have a blown head gasket.


...I would probably offer $1500. That's low enough where you could maybe recoup some money if it ends up with more issues.
 
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