Fly Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 So I thought I was just about there with the last few jobs on the Supra. Checked all my new electrics and gauges, checked my water meth setup all fine so I cracked on. Got all my new oils and coolant in, set some new base settings on the emanage and thought what the hell ile see if she starts. So fired her up and she started!!! Awesome, until I realised she was very lumpy, thinking this was my mistake with the numbers one and two injector clips I swapped them over, no improvement. I then see my coolant bubbling over, it looked like the bath scene from Ghostbusters 2. So shut her off and set about looking over her, checked the oil level, pretty much off the bottom of the dipstick, it had been full before hand. It seems that somehow all my oil has escaped into the cooling system ( and my coolant looks like slime. All I can put this down to is that I either misread the torque settings for the head or my torque wrench isn't giving me the required torque setting and all the oil has passed into the cooling system in the head. Great!!.... So looks like I'm going to have to strip down the engine and check all my torque settings!! Oh and hope I haven't minced anything up. So that's put another two days of work on the list, and there was me thinking I would have her road ready by the end of the month. Back to the drawing board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Mate know how you feel gutted to see this need! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Man thats bad news Gutted for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjy Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Did you have the head skimmed before refitting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Nope, she was running fine and there were no scores on the face, I only changed the gasket because of wanting to run higher boost. I'm certain the head obviously isn't torqued correctly and the oil pressure is forcing into the cooling lines. Just hope I can re torque the head and flush everything out and she will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Aww man! Least you didnt pay someone to do it for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Very true, I'm hoping we both can just flush the engine and retorgue the head to spec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I dont hold any hope for mine, Hope yours is ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Check the oil cooler where the oil filter screws onto first, that'd be another obvious place for the oil and coolant to mix up and it's easier to remove than the head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee P Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Nope, she was running fine and there were no scores on the face, I only changed the gasket because of wanting to run higher boost. I'm certain the head obviously isn't torqued correctly and the oil pressure is forcing into the cooling lines. Just hope I can re torque the head and flush everything out and she will be fine. You should have checked the head was flat, they usually need a skim as they distort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjy Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 You should have checked the head was flat, they usually need a skim as they distort. Yep. What he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Check the oil cooler where the oil filter screws onto first, that'd be another obvious place for the oil and coolant to mix up and it's easier to remove than the head Even on the na? Didn't see anything out of the ordinary there. I'm going to pull the head and get it skimmed and refit, fingers crossed for the second attempt, I probably should have checked it was flat, I naively assumed it's as fine when I pulled it so it would be fine being refitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I don't know about the NA, sorry I've been told in the past that any removed head needs skimming, seems that's sound advice considering the ballache and cost involved if it's slightly distorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzi Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Money on the head not being skimmed. A long 6 cylinder alloy head that's 17+ years old is not really going to stay straight when removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPG Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Sorry to see this Nick, hopefully you get this fixed quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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