Tricky-Ricky

That's the one, sold it to a Dutch guy and I think it got sold on to a German guy who was drag racing it, he did get in touch once after I put out a "where is it now"thread but not heard anything since, wish I hadn't sold it.

Just thought I would check in a have a look ...things have changed here, couldn't log in at first, and I am not sure my old content is still linked, anyway how are you all doing? Me I'm running a mundane diesel these days since I retired, can't afford to run a Supra these days, you will all be doing electric transplants no doubt with the price of fuel, Christ I wish I hadn't sold mine looking at the current prices, best thrill I can get is riding a bike in the summer, anyway will pop in from time to time just see how the Supra's are progressing, take care.

I know but it does make some difference especially if its not too great at maintaining viscosity at hight temps which is what the question pertains to.

This is related to my bike but anyone with experience of using a thicker oil may be able to help, as above which is the best for maintaining hot pressure and can deal with perhaps a little fuel contamination?

Sold to Greg...many thanks mate, mods please move of close.

OK mate will PM you.

As above in pretty good condition, may have the odd mark or a few dog eared pages, it was one of a batch that was professionally printed by a member years ago. Pics to follow. Advertising here, before they go on Ebay. £50 +P&P would guess £10-15 due to weight. Can take PayPal but as a gift.

At least you now know you can do a handbrake turn...:p:innocent:

Pretty confident you will find its the turbo seals, take it for a spin and give it some gas then close the throttle and look in the mirror or get someone to follw and you will see lots of smoke.

The are definitely glass, and you can use a paint polishing compound on glass i have got out mild scratches from my windscreens before now.

I certainly wouldn't use that crank without a grind, even a polish is going to remove a couple of thou which could put the bearing clearance beyond tolerance especially with the abuse the motor has already had due to oil contamination.

Amen!

No worry's fella, i wish you all the best and hope it doesn't end up costing you an arm and a leg to get it sorted, you also might want to edit this part of your reply to Chris further up as you can see what it imply s, hence my comment.

43 cars needing 43 engine replacements....somebody saw you coming my friend, On the subject of sludge, i find it very hard to believe that any Japanese import would be suffering from this as servicing is very easy and second nature to the almost anal Japanese, you can find a dedicated oil change/service garage as easy as you can find fuel in Japan, and as i said before modern oils are very very resistant to forming sludge, i still call the "black death" diagnosis as a money making exercise, but then your never going to know for sure now. Should have taken it to Chris or Lee P at least then you would know for sure what was the cause and it would get fixed properly, but good luck anyway.

Very true, and apply s double to bike engines, the advent of orange Hermetite in the late 70s its cause the demise of so many classic bike engines.