Hello all,
I'm going to be cheeky and ask two questions, but they are related.
Firstly, I noticed on Saturday whilst taking my 94 Supra RZ TT out for a play that there was a sort of tapping noise comming from the direction of the engine. It was only really noticable when accellarating hard-ish at around the 3000rpm mark, but it was definitely there. Sunday morning whilst parked on the drive I couldn't get it to happen, and for a while this morning I didn't notice it either. Then, on my way home having floored it some to join a very fast flowing dual carriage way, I noticed the sound had come back. Any ideas? Two things I've noticed that I think are slightly out of place but might not be relavent are...
1) sometimes, especially if it's been a damp night, the power steering pump can make a constant whine even when just idling. Not as much as when you start turning the steering wheel, but still noticeably louder.
2) the belt driven cooling fan seems to not be turning perfectly straight. Does that make sense? I gave it a good old tug (oh er misses!) and the thing seems perfectly solid, not lose at all. But as it rotates it looks like it's ossicallating back and force.
The car has to go in for a service in the next couple of weeks so I'll probably have to get them to look at it, but I'd like any advice prior so they don't try and con me into thinking that replacing the exhaust will fix the problem or something!
And that leads me nicely on to my next question. As anyone had any dealings with the Marshall Rolfe Toyota garage in Southampton with regards to servicing an import Supra? I don't want to leave my car with a bunch of monkeys! Or can anyone recommend another good Toyota garage in the Protsmouth, Southampton or Newbury areas?
If you've got this far then cheers!
Lee
Mk4 1994 Black Supra RZ TT
PS. Even more cheeky and slipping in a third question, how much am I looking to pay for a 60k miles service, and whats involved?