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Lose your timing belt, lose your engine
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Re: Lose your timing belt, lose your engine -
04-07-2007
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Hachiroku ???? wrote: On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:23:18 -0500, Gordon McGrew wrote: OTOH, I know a guy who had one of those turbo Mitsubishi awd sports cars that were sold under the (Chrysler) Eagle brand back in the 90's. He went over the 45K recommended interval by about 1000 miles and the belt broke and trashed the engine. He fixed it and swore he would never miss another change interval. The next belt broke at 44K. Moral of the story: stick to Honda and Toyota. Mitsu's are notorious for throwing belts! And, if I were your friend, I would think about a 40,000 mile interval!!! He dumped that car and bought an Isuzu mini SUV. Some guys never learn. LOL! How do you say "Blown head gasket" in Japanese? It's either Isuzu or Supra, I can't remember now... Yup. Supra MKIII turbos. Mine was one of many with blown head gaskets. Pity, such a beautiful car. CD |
Was your Supra stock? Ever overheat or leak coolant?
I'm just curious because I have been following the issue (own a Supra) for a long time.
Thanks
Dan
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"Codifus" <codifus (AT) optonline (DOT) net> wrote Hachiroku ???? wrote: On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:23:18 -0500, Gordon McGrew wrote: OTOH, I know a guy who had one of those turbo Mitsubishi awd sports cars that were sold under the (Chrysler) Eagle brand back in the 90's. He went over the 45K recommended interval by about 1000 miles and the belt broke and trashed the engine. He fixed it and swore he would never miss another change interval. The next belt broke at 44K. Moral of the story: stick to Honda and Toyota. Mitsu's are notorious for throwing belts! And, if I were your friend, I would think about a 40,000 mile interval!!! He dumped that car and bought an Isuzu mini SUV. Some guys never learn. LOL! How do you say "Blown head gasket" in Japanese? It's either Isuzu or Supra, I can't remember now... Yup. Supra MKIII turbos. Mine was one of many with blown head gaskets. Pity, such a beautiful car. CD Was your Supra stock? Ever overheat or leak coolant? I'm just curious because I have been following the issue (own a Supra) or a long time. Thanks Dan Classic symptoms of a blown head gasket: |
Car overheats and the overflow tanks boils over. You stop the car and
let it cool down. Surprisingly, it cools down rather quickly. You fill
the radiator and overflow with coolant and drive off. The car is fine
for some time, like a week or so before it does it again.
I kept that going for a year, then one day the car was totally sick. No
power, exhaust was pure smoke. I knew the the head gasket just blew a
whole chunk by then and coolant was going directly into the combustion
chamber.
Had the gasket replaced and car was good after that.
CD
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Mine was a fan clutch that wasn't working right. After I replaced it, everthing was fine. But, one time the overflow bottle was boiling... Or at least had steam bubbling up in it. |
overflow tank, yours was on the way out. Keep in mind that it varies
driving style. For my style, let's just say that I would stop the car at
night and pop the hood to see the turbo glowing bright orange . . . . .
.. .and it was definitely NOT from any neon lights
CD
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