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some of you may remember a few months ago i had an annoying whistle sound from car, which wasnt a boost leak. ( http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?264246-boost-whistling-issue-not-boost-leak ) havent been using the car yet this year hardly, now the summers here finally got round to looking at it after a visit to craig/dr jekyl on here, few fellow members suggested possibly turbo failure. whipped off the turbo intake pipe to the 1st turbo, ONE of the fins were damaged, looks like a chip taken out right on the end. didnt take a pic of it as phone died, but was similar to this, (where the one fin has a chip out of) going to remove the 1st turbo and send off to get re-firbished. couple questions: 1) can i just remove the 1st turbo, or do they come off together, then have to split. 2) will i need new oil lines aswell as gaskets? or just new gaskets? ive had all the turbo pipes & heatshiled off before so i know its just a few rusty nuts/studs which need soaking in WD40. any views or tips welcome

Or just not have them connected...

Its easy to remove. Asuming your tt here, 2 12mm nuts and 2 12mm bolts. Need a longish extension bar for the bottom nuts

i took my throttle body off to clean mine. its only 2 bolts, and 2 nuts. (and think there are 1or2 water pipes going to it to) didnt like the idea of all that gunk going into the intake manifold

they are about an inch long, and do up with a 12mm socket but thats as technical i can be sorry! dont know how to measure them

Unsure whats come off what withought looking at mine. Has anyyhong snapped? Or isit a case of nirs not being done up tight enough?

can the op advise if noticible difference in fuel?

I would keep the front part just incase ye even if na

what engine was it on? i ran one on my CA18DET 200sx and i loved it co-incidently i blew that engine up too lol. however mine blew up as the turbo seals were shot, and i burned off all the engine oil and the bottom end went. i thaught that they damaged engines with rocker arm stoppers only? (whatever the hell a rocker arm stopper is!) im not sure if id have one on a 2jz GTE, but yea it was class on my 200sx one time i hit the limiter, did a huge bang, a woman fell on the floor and dropped her shopping everywhere!! it was a mental sound

my heaters have been crap lately, searched on the forum and found this. looked under my glove box and my rod was dis-connected too! what a easy fix, that i would have never in a million years thought of looking. i assumed it was all digitally controlled due to the number of connectors behind the dash lol

sometimes you can lose sleep over a car problem, when its sorted tho you forget all about it

id like to see these pics 1998 is kinda retro now

make sure you put the pads in the correct way, if you hear scraping after youv done the job youv done it wrong. easy mate, if you have UK brakes even easier, just need to take wheel off, take the 2 pins out with your fingers (no tools) then just remove the old pads (wiggle them out with a screw driver) press the piston/pistons back with something like a bar, slip the new pads in

craig i have one, got it on ebay about 4 quid. works perfect, mine is a solid brass one but different to the others you normally see as mine is about an inch long. and no it doesnt scrape the floor, as the sump key isnt on the bottom of the sump, its diagonally on the corner. il see if i can get you the link of the part i have now...... EDIT: here you go mate this is the style, i think its M14 thread size for the Sump, then 1/8 NPT for the gauge (they usually all 1/8NPT) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Oil-Temperature-Sump-Plug-sensor-gauge-adapter-bung-M14-/280617377526?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4156195ef6

so say you have a GE block, change the pistons, add the oil jets, as good as/the same as a GTE block. is the GE head & intake manifold worse than the GTE head & manifold? i know they look completely different, just wondering if there is any performance differences. Jekyl i was looking at your thread other day noticed 500BHP Na-t impressive

i think calcium batteries are ok as they are full of milk

could be low pads or the dust shield catching. wheel off remove pads and have a good look round :-)

itl still cool the radiator withought the shroud, just not as effective i ran my 300zx withought one and never had issues.

ah i get you. i was trying to wiggle it back using the aircon bracket. so it needs sliding back the same way you push brake pistons back. maul grips or just a thin bar i asume should do it. thanks guys :-)

right so ive decided to re-fit the air con bracket, as withought one its making my fan belt screech. so i got the bracket like this..... i cant seem to get it to slot into place between the power steering bracket though? heres a pic i drew, imagine as a birds eye view.... the red is the bracket for the power steering pump, and the blue is the new air con bracket should just slot in nice and easy... however inside the bracket for the power steering pump, there is something in the way? looks like its suposed to be there, but its proventing the air con bracket slipping in nicely? do i just need to get underneath the car and hammer the air con bracket in? or the part ive drawn in green has that come out of the power steering bracket hole and need to be pressed back?

that seems very steep. if your an NA as above the engines are cheap as chips be cheaper to an engine swap

i love stickers, but having them down the door is out dated amd chavy. i would just have say one sticker on tje door for example. just leave the trd one. other than that car looks sweet and clean :-)

hmm yea i dont think id spray my supra, but my corsa, its a 2001 car, i use it as a work horse really. but it would look much better from.... http://img.cars.cozot.co.uk/pics/uk/2011/09/22/Vauxhall-Corsa-1-51-reg-3dr-Pink-Met-48-000-Petrol-20110922063738.jpg to...

do the tipex test, easy to determine then PS i just had mine changed now. part is £220 new just to let you know

i have a vauxhall corsa that i had given to me, trouble is its salmon colour was thinking of painting it black. i have painted alloys before and rocker covers etc etc with cans, but obviously im going to get propper spray gun & compressor for this. am just going to do things like the bumpers first to see how they come out. if they are good i may even spray the skirts on my supra (as they need sorting) has anyone ever done it with no experience? with good results? clean, prep, spray gun & thats it?? i have a garage to do it in by the way