My 1991 Jay Blue Supra
- Thread starter gtsfirefighter
- Start date
Mk3runner;1205350 said:
I did not have to burp mine. The waterfall just quit on it's own after driving a little ways and then adding more coolant.
Well today I am happy to report that I took the car on a short road trip. Fort Worth to Georgetown which just north of Austin. It was about a 2.5 hr drive one way. My friend Dustin and I went down there to pick up a camera I bought from one of his family friends. All together I put a little over 400 miles on the car today and other than the very annoying intermittent vibration from the carrier bearing, the car did great!:icon_bigg I averaged about 24 mpg on the way down there. It would have done better but I had my foot in it a lot. I really really hate driving on I-35 because of all the stupid fucking cunts who can't decide how fast they want to go. Cruise control people!!! Use it!
Any way, the car did good and I was pleased.
Any way, the car did good and I was pleased.
gtsfirefighter;1208666 said:
You should get the than/then award, and have a little medal by your name!
Sounds like your car is gonna be fine. That trip should ease the mind a bit. Glad everything went well for you.
buckshotglass
I love all your sounds.
buckshotglass
I love all your sounds.
Tomorrow morning after I get home from work we are heading out on another roadtrip to Kentucky, not in the supra. The whole family is going so not enough room.
The car is still running good but not without some concerning issues though. The day after I took it on it's little road trip, I was leaving work and the birdcage lit up a couple of times going around corners. This means I'm still loosing coolant...somewhere. I have not seen a puddle under the car since that one time I mentioned ealier. I don't know where it's going but it goes very slow and scares me a little.
Second thing is I am beginning to think the machine shop did not do a very good job installing the valve guides on the valves they reseated. My car has begun to smoke rather badly upon start up every morning, or just when it has sat for a few hours. It then clears up and is ok. I haven't noticed any smoke while boosting.
I guess I'll just start saving $$$ to do an eventual rebuild or swap of somekind. For now it runs good and I may just drive like this for as long as possible. Valve guides can be replaced with the head on the block right? I know you can use compressed air to hold the valves in place with some vehicles. I may explore that avenue. I've also got to get that damn carrier bearing fixed. It drives me crazy!!!
The car is still running good but not without some concerning issues though. The day after I took it on it's little road trip, I was leaving work and the birdcage lit up a couple of times going around corners. This means I'm still loosing coolant...somewhere. I have not seen a puddle under the car since that one time I mentioned ealier. I don't know where it's going but it goes very slow and scares me a little.
Second thing is I am beginning to think the machine shop did not do a very good job installing the valve guides on the valves they reseated. My car has begun to smoke rather badly upon start up every morning, or just when it has sat for a few hours. It then clears up and is ok. I haven't noticed any smoke while boosting.
I guess I'll just start saving $$$ to do an eventual rebuild or swap of somekind. For now it runs good and I may just drive like this for as long as possible. Valve guides can be replaced with the head on the block right? I know you can use compressed air to hold the valves in place with some vehicles. I may explore that avenue. I've also got to get that damn carrier bearing fixed. It drives me crazy!!!
