mikyrc Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Just talked to a guy about that 100.000miles supra i'm planning to buy and he warned me that probably the differential and the manual transmission can be in their last days of life. He told me that he had to replace his differential with only 50.000 miles. Is that truth? I have always been told that supras were overengineered and they had a strong differential and transmissions. (not like the mitsu 3000gt VR4) What do you guys say about it? What's the common failures on the supras? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W2 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Its not normally a problem with any of the Supra gearboxes. Especially the 6 speed Getrag version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 The wrong choice of fluids would cause the life of both boxes to severly shorten. So if your contact is changing these items regularly he's probably using the wrong oils and so he's right...it's probably knackered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W2 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 That said I drove around with a gearbox (auto) half full of oil for about three months. Put some oil in it when I found out and ran perfectly for the last 10 months. It's always down to the question of how well things have been looked after (including the use of the right oils as Alex mentioned). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 My diff went tits after about 70k miles. - just for the other side of the story!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikyrc Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 See, that proved that he wasn't the only one. HE told me he had a huge leak and the rebuild was more expensive than buying a new trd one. He bought the trd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith C Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Have never heard of it being a problem. One car I know of has done 500,000km on one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 The gearbox and diff on my car are toast. After 4000 miles of ownership decided to service it, the diff oil was like treacle with added gear shavings and there was virtually no oil in the box (less than 200ml!). Its a credit to the gerbox that it can last this long but I now have to double de-clutch to get 1st and 2nd when its cold! Leason learn - get the car fully serviced as soon as you buy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Just talked to a guy about that 100.000miles supra i'm planning to buy and he warned me that probably the differential and the manual transmission can be in their last days of life. He told me that he had to replace his differential with only 50.000 miles. Is that truth? I have always been told that supras were overengineered and they had a strong differential and transmissions. (not like the mitsu 3000gt VR4) What do you guys say about it? What's the common failures on the supras? Thanks. They are very tough, if serviced regularly and with the right lubricants they will go for a long time. A UK MKIV is going stong at 300,000+ miles with only brakes and a few pumps changed. Only use what toyota recomends for each lubricant and you but remember it is you who will picks up the repair bill when things go wrong. As said above the main problems with boxes and diffs have been caused by the use of non approve lubricants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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