Homer Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 After a week of the car being stood I fired it up today and had a good minute of bottom end knock coming from the engine (though it cleared and runs fine again). They are one tough lump, this is what it took to kill it: 1) 2008: Pull engine out of an abused crashed supra 2) Drop engine on front end of said supra while removing it 3) Rag the hell out of it for 4 years 4) Not servicing it. Ever. Didn't even change the oil, filter, plugs, nothing, it's as it was when it was pulled out of the scrap yard 5) Not fixing the engine oil leak and letting it run with the oil level light on many times (and sometimes the oil pressure light) 6) Having a missus drive it 200 miles "with those two 'oil can' lights on" (She was clueless what they meant but drove it anyway). This was 6 months ago. 7) More ragging the hell out of it I'm amazed it lasted so long. Got to hand it to the 2JZ GE, it's difficult to break one I will treat the new one better, promise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 The thing is, they're so cheap, it's barely worth the cost of servicing them! (the GE, not the Supra in general) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Remind me to ignore any posts Homer has with the words "for sale" in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trebor69 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Disgraceful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPow Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Broke mine, sub 100k km... drove it like an arse. Paid the price. Going NA/T now tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Disgraceful. This Poor na bet your looking forward to the tt though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Didn't look after my first N/A supra that well and it never had any issue my second n/a had a fortune spent on it and spat it's guts up after 1 year. The best care for an N/A is not to care Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayfun.tugra Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Didn't look after my first N/A supra that well and it never had any issue my second n/a had a fortune spent on it and spat it's guts up after 1 year. The best care for an N/A is not to care just like a lot of things in life then. treat em like crap and they stick by your side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Bandicoot Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 just like a lot of things in life then. treat em like crap and they stick by your side Agree! Wholeheartedly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I'm on my third GE currently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 The thing is, they're so cheap, it's barely worth the cost of servicing them! (the GE, not the Supra in general) That's my view too. I never intended on keeping the lump as it was a scrap yard one and had not been taken care of before I fitted it into the shell. It cost £100 so servicing it would have cost more than just getting another good engine (and as things have played out), it would have cost me many times more as the lump is still worth more for it's few useful parts. Disgraceful. Not really, it's just a crappy NA engine. Though it possibly killed a good crank. My bad. GE's can be had for a pittance anyway. I don't care, it was a scrap yard engine and it's going back to the scrap yard (or being recycled) I'm thinking of getting it cleaned and made into a coffee table stand for my office once the TT is on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Oh and the car still drives fine. No smoke, no loss of the (albeit) small amount of power, once its warm its fine. Must admit I took it from the cold start right up to triple digits down the local carriageway and its just the same as always. I bet it could be driven like this for another year or two before it finally coughs. We'll see I love the GE lump, I really do. It's just keeps on going no matter what you do (or don't do) to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sri Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Good effort...!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I had a CA18DET lump blow up on me while driving, and in it's defence, it still got me home at a reasonable speed. The next morning, I fired it up and held the accelerator down full from cold. It destroyed itself in spectacular fashion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Sounds like the ideal engine for a track day car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOB B Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Homer, does it still make the same sound from a cold start? ie like when it's been sat over night, then after a few minuets, once warm, you don't hear it again till the next cold start? I thought that, if it was the big end you would hear it all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOGIE Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I feel sad for this engine homer...I actually feel myself wanting to give it a new home. even though I have one lying about doing nothing in my derelict/garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 It deserves to be made into a coffee table after all that, they are certainly tough engines... nothing like the newer engines these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulley Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 My current GE block is amazing, has withstood a year of NA revving trying to keep up with TT boys, and has now had a year of big single abuse, on its limit of stock bottom end, yet still hanging in there with no real issues Such a strong engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 It deserves this treatment now! Cost me about £40 to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Q Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 awesome. and much much nicer than my S series one. although mine was only £3.75 to build. it has had a donated square glass top fitted since this pic. homer- that NA did you proud sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest balloo Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 your mod status should be taken away for that cruelty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich.2211 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 awesome. and much much nicer than my S series one. although mine was only £3.75 to build. it has had a donated square glass top fitted since this pic. http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p27/Dan_Qsu/100_1428.jpg homer- that NA did you proud sir! Is yours still leaking oil on the far corner there? haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Q Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Is yours still leaking oil on the far corner there? haha ha ha yep you're right rich, it had a little wee wee after I first plonked it on the blocks LOL. advice to those with other halves who co own the carpet- if doing this, have the block dipped to avoid an argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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