madmunky

I need a hard top rad pipe and silicon connectors (black or orange) and rad cap (trd or something) anyone able to ship one out today for next week? need them for next weekend

after some more reading it looks like a sniffer test is the best way of checking the HG, ill get the coil pack connectors fixed i think then get it up to the garage.

Thanks for the replies as there any sure way to test the head gasket then?

Christmas eve the car overheated on my way home from the shops, the temp went up to around 3/4 of the way any ways got home and steam was coming out the expansion tank, let the car cooled down and the topped up the water / antifreeze run the car and it was ok so went up the road and again it started to get hot so back home i went after that i removed the thermostat which isn't working but also when looking at the oil cap the top of the cap looked creamy and oil inside and on the dip stick is fine. Just done a compression test and all cylinders are running 160 to 180psi. I just want to know if people think the head gasket is ok, im waiting on a new thermostat at the moment, whats also the best way of checking the water pump? Also while im on the subject does anyone know if you can buy the connectors which connect the main loom to the coil packs as the connectors just seem to full apart when i disconnected some of them.

Well my car died the other day and its the head gasket so I thought i might as well do everything in one go, I would like all parts to be new but would be nice if one person could supply everything, what i need is... Water Pump Polished top rad pipe Head Gasket (might go for a upgraded one) ARP Head studs Greedy Timing Belt Tensioner kit Blue/Polished/Chrome Pulleys TRD Rad cap 2x HKS Cam Pulleys Expansion tank If anyones able to do a deal on all the above please let me know or if anyone can recommend anything else worth doing.

Not to worry quick search and looks like a theres bolts holding it in and its toyota for the fuse.

what a pain in the arse, trying to do it from the top i glad i got skinny arms! Well thermostat removed and looks like that was causing the problem but i blown the bloody alternator fuse whiles doing it so going to have to wait to get to halfords tomorrow and then give it a test drive. Stupid question but how the hell does the alternator fuse come out

Does anyone know the sizes of the bolts?

Answered this myself, found the following guide which is very help full, so its just two bolts on the bottom rad pipe, anyone got any tips of how to get the the bots? Cooling.pdf

Is there any guides to getting to the thermostat on the supra ive done a search but cant seem to find anything

Just been looking up guides on the matrix, Im going to check all the pipes around the engine bay tomorrow and the water pump etc then if no luck I guess the heater matrix, I've had most the dash of a few times but not the whole thing so its doesnt look too bad and i've got a week to get it sorted Cheers everyone for the replys

If the heater matrix is the problem would the engine still over heat or would to just blow out cold air in the car? Are the any guides about fixing the matrix?

The car kinds smelt like fish when the heating was on, going to try have a good look tomorrow, thanks everyone for the replies will keep the thread updated

umm ok will have another check tomorrow it felt like it pressurised the coolant though when i reconnected it and the car stopped spluttering

I found a pipe which had popped of this isnt my engine bay but you can see the pipe, whats this pipe for and would it have caused the problem?

No it was driven may 100yards, I drove it first thing this morning and it was fine it only happened after i topped up the rad.

No just steam

steam sorry

No stopped as soon as i noticed the smoke

Just when you think things could get any worse this time of year, well today i topped up my rad and went down the tesco and noticed when i put the heating on (not aircon) smoke started it come out the air vents, then the water temp started to go up and down, got home and smoke was pouring out the overflow pipe. I let the car cool down and topped up the rad again with water and coolant and left the car to run for a bit with the cap off and steam started pouring out the top of the rad again. Im not too good with these things so has anyone got any idea on things i can check or do (i checked the oil made sure that hadnt gone white)

So ordering these after christmas

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Could try the spray shop in lancing, they did my car and i think they did a good job.

lol thanks

Got my christmas present a little early and wanted to work out how to use it for christmas day its a Fuji Finepix S8000fd really impressed with the camera and did these two shots today. Am a newbie to all this stuff so just playing around ill post links as i think the pictures are around 4meg each