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I have owned the car for 3 years. It has been a daily driver all this time.

My family is in desperate need for a new car. I have my 1987 N/A Supra that I just did the motor on last summer. It also has a new rack, and a ton of new parts and runs and drives like a brand new car. Anyway.... we have been trying to sell it for $3500.00 with no bites and are down to $3350.00...

$80.00 is a good price. keep in mind, that price means you are bringing them a stripped block ready for cleaning and surfacing. $500.00 for a BHG??? No way.. no how. I was quoted $1700.00 if the head didn't need any repairs. That didn't include any new parts except for a water pump. The...

Make sure you have a towing service like AAA because you are gonna need it. If you do the complete BHG job yourself correctly it should run you around $750.00 in parts. If you bring it to a repair shop it should cost between $1500.00 and $2000.00 depending on how the head looks. It has to be...

Not necessarily. Mine went at 105K. Car was pretty much babied its entire life. Still is. 150K is not uncommon for a BHG to go for the first time. You need to get a leak down test performed. If you take it to a shop they should charge you around $90.00

Me too. Car ran great up until the day I tore it apart. It even ran great after the BHG really started to let go. It took almost 9 months for it to go from bad to real bad. The progression during 9 months was: adding coolant every few weeks adding coolant every week adding coolant a few...

you filled up the "3rd" valve cover with degreaser and it loosened all the caked up oil in there. Thats what is boiling. I am 100% positive the valley inbetween your valve covers is completely filled up with water. You need to blow it out with an air gun (or a leave blower). Also.. dry off your...

how many miles on the motor and has the head gasket ever been replaced?

Bottom line.. get your money back. You are entitled to it regardless of what you signed. Tell the business owner that you are going to contact an attorney and the newspaper. Word of mouth and reputation is everything to a shop like that. Believe me.. if you put the pressure on correctly and as...

It is a band-aid for sure. When a Supra gets a BHG you have 2 choices. Fix it correctly or junk it. Fixing it correctly means removing and having the head resurfaced, replacing the head gasget, new head bolts (or ARP studs) and torquing the head down to 73ft/lbs and retorquing after 5 head...

is there coolant in your oil? Make sure they do a leak down test on the motor. If it is a head gasket make sure they use the proper head gasket, new head bolts (or ARP studs) and they torque them down to 72ft/lbs. The factory manual calls out 58ft/lbs which is incorrect. Sounds to me like you...

I get people rolling up on me looking for a race all the time. Then.. when they see that I am an old guy not looking to race, they back off. Most of the comments are from older people who know what the car is. My 1987 is the car that everybody wanted back in 1987 but few could afford. Heck.. it...

Hello everybody, it is finally warm enough here in Connecticut to paint the new dash and so far I have been having no luck finding the correct shade of gray at any of the local stores. I would like to use SEMS dye but I will need to order it online. In order to do that.. I need to know what...

That is exactly what mine looked like when it blew. Mine went in the same cylinder at the same spot too.

I know... I actually felt guilty when I put it in. I replaced the radiator cap too. I knew it was going for almost 6 months but I didn't want to admit it.

Are you located in Waterford, CT??? I am in Milford. If you need any help let me know.

You should jack the car up using the proper jacking locations. What did you find out regarding your original problems. Just an FYI... a knock in the motor could be a MAJOR problem.

I would do a search on thir forum or post the question in a new thread.

I based my response on all the advise I got here on this forum. When I retorqued my head I found that a few of the bolts were almost 20 ft/lbs less. The guys here are so good that they even told me which bolts to look out for. This is the first time I ever did a retorque and I have been...

I believe there is an addendem to the TSRM. I don't believe that Toyota ever had a factory recall. All the experts here highly recommend new head bolts or ARP studs. The addendem calls for a torque setting of 73ft/lbs I believe. The retorque is only called out for head bolts. I am pretty sure...