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Re: Oh, Boy! It works! (Bragging? And a little advice, please...)
On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:51:25 -0500, Ray O wrote:
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> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
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>> Nice day today. Oiled up the Supra, yanked the charger and rolled it out
>> into the sunlight for the first time since November.
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>> Had a little "oil seal" smoke, but not as bad as before. I have been
>> using "High-Mileage" oil in it the last two changes, and I notice when
>> sitting there is less and less "oil seal" smoke (make that "valve
>> seal)...
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>> It was running a little rough, and after it warmed up it stalled twice
>> after high idling. Then I shut it down and noticed the TPS connector...
>> wasn't. Reattached the connecter and fired it up and Voila!
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>> I also noticed, before hooking up the TPS, that there was some smoke
>> coming from the engine at high idle for a while, but with the TPS
>> connected it seems OK. Must be just teething problems from sitting all
>> winter.
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>> Two disconcerting items...
>> First there was a very, very faint knock from somewhere under the hood.
>> At first I thought it may have been just parts waiting for the oil to
>> circulate (I didn't do my trick of disconnecting the coil wire and
>> cranking to get oil pressure up...). It seemd to go away after 20-25
>> minutes, and from inside the car it sounded like a water pump on the way
>> out. We were going to replace the WP 2.5 years ago when we did the
>> timing belt, but it is not driven bu the timing belt, so it's not really
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> I don't think a water pump noise would go away. A loose timing belt can
> make a sound that sounds like knocking, and flexing it may make it go
> away. If the noise does not return, don't worry about it.[/color]
It has sat for a while. The timing belt was replaced 2.5 years ago with a
Gates. I picked Gates because when we removed the Gates belt from my '95
Tercel with 70,000 mile on it, it looked NEW! I 'played' with it for a
while; no cracks, notches, etc. Real good shape!
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>> Then the big concern on my mind. After I rolled the car back I found a
>> bolt on the floor, near the fron of the car...it looks like it broke
>> off. Now, I can't recall dropping any bolts when I had it apart, and
>> everything went together as it should, so before it goes back on the
>> road it's going on the ramps and get checked out. I'm hoping it's just a
>> body bolt...[/color]
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> It is tough when extra parts are left over! Keep the bolt in the glove
> box so you will not need it. If you throw it away, then according to
> Murphy's Law, the missing bolt will become critical.[/color]
I'm hoping it fell out of my bin of Toyota nuts and bolts...but I don't
think so. It was way up near the front of the car, so I'm really hoping it
wasn't suspension! When it get warmer and more chance of sun than snow,
I'll get it up on the ramps. This worries me a lot more than the knocking!
After sitting 5 months, there's bound to be some noises...
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>> And now, to the advice part of our program. It's been 2.5 years and
>> about 20-25,000 miles (I guess...the Odo's broken, and I'm guesstimating
>> 8-12,000 miles per year, depending on the number of sunny days...)
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>> Since it looks like the water pump is coming out anyway, and it has been
>> over two years since the last complete coolant drain and fill, is there
>> any advantage to switching over to Toyota Red AF? I understand the
>> benefits for the new cars, and I think the radiator is original, but I
>> also know the girl that had it before me spent $1100 on the cooling
>> system, and I'm guessing a new HG. Should I switch (let's put it this
>> way...is there an advantage to switching on a car this old?) or should I
>> just fill it back up with green and drive on?
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> If the car is '"virgin" and has only had Toyota red, then there is an
> advantage to sticking to it. Once silicates have been introduced, there
> is no advantage to using silicate-free. Fill it with good quality green
> and drive on.[/color]
Thanks! I didn't really want to spend the $$$ unless there was a good
advantage to it!
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