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I know where they all went. They went to the same place the Chevy Vega went to. Because almost 100% of our MKIII's experience a BHG at between 75k-100K it happens when they are senior citizens. The owners take their cars to the repairman and are quoted approx $1700.00 for the repair pending...

get a leak down test done before you start dumping money into that car. A tune up will not cure a BHG. Also.. I would be more concerned about the slight knocking. Instead of spending the money on other things.. have a leak down test performed to rule out a BHG. If your car has 52K on it and...

Yes it does. I would suggest having a machine shop look at the head. If it overheated it very possibly warped. The original headbolts stretch if you use them over again. Your torque was wrong too. Let me give you an example. I did my head over the summer. I replaced everything and followed...

The head has to be checked for straightness. If it isn't perfectly straight they have to plain it (or deck it). This is an extremely important part of doing a BHG correctly. Make sure you torque the head down in the correct sequence using the proper torque specs (around 73ft/lb if I recall)...

exactly. I was in BHGD for almost 9 months before it actually let go. I had to add coolant occasionaly. I had an extremely minor leak between the rear water jacket and an exhaust passage. It would leak in and burn off in the exhaust but not enough to set off a full blown BHG until.. one day.. it...

I exposed myself too. I was in BHGD for almost 9 months!!!

I knew this was gonna be a good thread!!

and another thing. When my car had its first temp spike I went into BHGD and replaced the thermostat. The temp didn't spike for almost 3 weeks after that. Then.. my hose started leaking exactly where yours did. I tightened the hose clamp and it seemed fine. Then... a few weeks later the temp...

My BHGD thread was directed at everybody who posts here. Not just you bro. Mine went over the summer. I asked the same questions as you. Has your head gasket been replaced? If so... has the head been torqued correctly? Was it retorqued? Did you use new head bolts or ARP studs? I was trying...

Did anybody ever start a thread regarding BHG Denial?? You know.. the person posting that their car is overheating or blowing steam out of the vents or the mystery coolant dissapearing or temperature fluctuations or the birdcage light coming on etc.... Because of what I call "BHGD", owners...

Mine ran great too until the gasket let go. I had the same issues as you for almost a year. Get a leak down test done.

Before you go through all the hassle of ripping out your dashboard, what hose blew?? Also... did you ever get a leak down test done? My guess is you have a BHG. The steam is coming from your engine bay. When you put the heat on it draws air from it and the steam came in. If you heater core is...

Same exact thing happened to me. It was the HG. Basically it was slightly leaking into one of the exhaust ports and burning off. I never had a leak but the temp would fluctuate and I had to add coolant once a week. Have a leak down test done. My guess is its the head gasket.

The crank bolt is extremely difficult to loosen. You won't believe how tight it is! That estimate of 1 hour to do a timing belt on a Mark III is not realistic. I suppose that guy must have already had the radiator out and was in a pro shop filled with power tools and tons of experience doing the...

mine runs every day, rain show sleet... whetever.

while you are at it you might want to replace the injector o-rings and the cushions. Cheap and easy to do.

Another think that happened to him is when he degreased the motor he probably filled up the 3rd valve cover valley up with water which is not helping the spark out at all. You simply cannot fix a BHG on a 7mge motor with that copper additive. You only use that stuff if you only need to get your...

Yea.. I need those! I sent you a PM. Thanks...

I just picked up a 1987 AM/FM Cassette factory radio for my sons 1987 Supra. It didn't come with the side brackets to mount it in the car. Where the heck do I get those? What do they even look like? It looks like the radio bolts in with 2 screws on each side so I assume the brackets must be...

Yea, mine isn't working. Nothing flashing on the dash, no horn, no nothing... I am going to throw an aftermarket alarm in because I want to get a proximity alarm anyway.