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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/11 17:18:12
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Nope, the "Guru" used green coolant
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/11 17:20:08
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MR2QIK. What do you make of waht i described in these two posts?
"Just spent the last 2 hours bleeding the coolant system. Followed all the usual guides and all went well. Funny thing is that the temp gauge never went over half way even though the car was running for nearly an hour and a half while being stationary. Rad fans came on a few times but ony on low speed."
"Whereas I bled the system yesterday and drove the car 3 times for 30 min at a time and the temp Temp only went up when I pulled into my driveway after the third run. Let it cool down and put another 500 ml of water in the system. Which isn't out of the ordinary if you believe all the bleeding guides"
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/11 17:43:41
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just say "a well known toyota mr2 specialist mechanic" who shall remain nameless did(or didn't do) such and such.
to all those not in your state it will never matter who the mechanic is.
anyhow, it sounds like your problem is now fixed yes? if so i'm happy for you that it's sorted at least.
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/11 17:47:32
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The Car still overheated yesterday after bleeding it. Haven't driven it today after bleeding it again, but the fact that it didn't overheat when running with the car on stands for an hour and a half has me confused.
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/11 17:52:18
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How are you driving it? is it seeing boost?
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/11 17:54:42
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Varied driving, does see boost a fair bit.
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/11 17:56:11
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Well if it's a bhg, the load @ idle may not be enough for it to overheat. Best way 2 really know is to drive it & give it some boost.
As for sitting, mine was dead on 85C for 1.5hrs on idle even with a cracked block & bhg. Stock gauge won't move till over 100C anyway.
As for him saying to use green, I'm honestly shocked such a Toyota enthusiast would say such a thing. Should be red. Green won't cause immediate problems, mainly in the long term. Green coolant isn't the problem, but it's not right.
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/11 18:06:14
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Unfortunately for you Id be leaning towards a blown head gasket or cracked block with what you've described
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/11 18:12:56
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I'd agree. It's known to happen with Gen2's. Doubt it's a cracked block since I don't think you're pushing a large amount of power.
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/11 18:37:43
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I also highly doubt that green will cause an issue. But thats pretty dumb if he knows MR's :(
But did you change the engine oil at all or get it flushed ?
Let me share this with you Toyota Corolla > 600,000 kms no issue in its life except for 2 alternators 3 batteries one starter.
Service says oil sludge in the sump, recommend total flush . 1 hr latter dead engine head gasket. He killed her
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/11 19:42:40
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BHG or cracked block even though it had a comp test and pressure test?
Well that's just peachy. No one would happen to have a gen 2 long block for sale?
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/11 19:44:48
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I'm having one of those top gear Jeremy clarkson pre challenge moments. "changing a blown head gasket? How hard can it be?"
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/11 22:57:37
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Rizo has already named the mechanic involved (on page 3).
There are clearly no guarantees on 20 year old (complex) cars.
If the mechanic has done the best he can, that may be all that is required, however irritating that may be.
I suggest he describes the problem he is now facing and an outline of what he has paid for so far.
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/12 00:23:27
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it's also possible the head is lifting under boost, hence why your not seeing issues at idle etc, but after giving a bit of a hard drive?
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Re:Overheating Mr2 Turbo
2012/05/12 07:25:11
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No guarantees? I didn't ask for any gaurantees. I asked for an honest effort not the piss poor one i got. I asked for specific parts to be replaced not for him to replace anything he damn well pleased. I asked for a specific issue to be resolved and I got more problems with the car now than before I took it to him in the first place. I asked to be treated like a human bieng not like a piece of s**t. Tell you what let's do a little experiment. Come to my house, give me $2000 and I'll laugh in your face and call you a bitch. Because essentially that's what happened to me. Then we will see what tune you will sing. Or better yet PM md and get the whole story before you make your judgement.
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