well i put 40 miles on the car yesterday onlly for it to lose idle and leave me stranded so i had it towed
San antonio
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nicole43105;1577264 said:
If you start it back up can you keep the idle up with a little throttle? Or will it not stay on at all? There a big vacuum line towards the front of the intake manifold that if it comes loose your car will not idle. It would just keep dying. I had that thing pop off on me once, and that's what it was doing... dying. Luckily I was able to find it, plug it back in, and go. I'll see if I can find something on it.
im not sure took it to toyota and said fuck it i need a break, it sheared the timing belt to pieces though i found out this afternoon and should be fixed thursday evening
Funny you should mention that. I drove from NW (Oregon) to Killeen, took me a few days, yesterday during the day when it was hot as shit, I started to get idle/rpm problems. It would sputter, backfire, and blow black smoke out the tail pipe. The AFR readings were off the chart at like 9-10.1 on "cruising" at ~ 2K +. Got stranded more than once on the freeway for a few hours at a time. Anyway, my exhaust temp reached as high as ~11.5k, my guess is that there is way too much heat in the engine compartment, that and you guys got shitty 90 octane gas in all these small towns I passed. Now I'm gonna go and try to find a place that can fab some kind of hood scoop/cut out crap to get that hot air out of there... can't think of anything else that would solve the heat problem. well, maybe an oil cooler aswell.nicole43105;1577264 said:
I don't think It had anything to do with the "shitty gas". Nor do I think the heat under the hood had anything to do with it. You might what to leave your car in Oregon next time. If it can't handle the heat now, I don't know what your gonna do when summer starts.
Really? I was pretty sure it was the heat, since turbo was running really hot and felt like it couldn't get in enough air (less density).
Lower octane makes my exhaust temps go higher.
Also, I'm not talking about little 1 or 2 hour drives here.. I do around 10-16 hours a day at ~3k rpm for the most part with exhaust temps going ~800-900F, which would make the turbocharger run ~200-300F hotter than exhaust... that is a lot of heat build up under the hood.. am I wrong?
Lower octane makes my exhaust temps go higher.
Also, I'm not talking about little 1 or 2 hour drives here.. I do around 10-16 hours a day at ~3k rpm for the most part with exhaust temps going ~800-900F, which would make the turbocharger run ~200-300F hotter than exhaust... that is a lot of heat build up under the hood.. am I wrong?
I'm just saying last year in San Antonio, Austin area we went 100 Plus day in a roll with temps of a 100 or more.
You have no heat buildup issues at all?
Gonna go test it out now, see if acts normal after "sleeping" overnight.
Gonna go test it out now, see if acts normal after "sleeping" overnight.
Nope. I don't drive more then 4 hrs at a time. But I run her hard and never had a heat issue. There is a lot of heat that comes off my 60-1 so I bought a heat blanket for it. It's a 1jz.
if your car is operating properly then you should be able to drive all day across texas with the shitty gas and not have a engine temp problem.
i drove my car from here to florida (14hrs) and had zero problems.
i drove my car from here to florida (14hrs) and had zero problems.
I have no engine temp problem. My coolant/engine stays at the same temp no matter what, I have real good coolant alternative 
The problem is withe the turbo getting hot on hot day/days+long drive seems like I'm getting heatsoak, like it can't get enough cool air at times.. I'm also suspecting my igniter+tps for the weird RPMs at times. just got a tps, gonna put it on later and see if that fixes it. had no probs on my little ~10 mile drive through traffic just now thu.
P.S. I drove all the way to the east coast, than back to west, and now down to TX in the past 5 months, and crap load of places in between. didn't have probs like this, although I got to admit, it was bal*s cold on previous drives.
The problem is withe the turbo getting hot on hot day/days+long drive seems like I'm getting heatsoak, like it can't get enough cool air at times.. I'm also suspecting my igniter+tps for the weird RPMs at times. just got a tps, gonna put it on later and see if that fixes it. had no probs on my little ~10 mile drive through traffic just now thu.
P.S. I drove all the way to the east coast, than back to west, and now down to TX in the past 5 months, and crap load of places in between. didn't have probs like this, although I got to admit, it was bal*s cold on previous drives.
Hey guys, I've started my last class here at SPCSWC. It's a plastics/fiberglass repair class. I brought my front bumper cover in to repair it, but I'm missing some pieces and it doesn't look like it's going to be a keeper. I'll do what I can on it, but in the meantime I'm looking for an 89+ from bumper cover and lip. If you guys spot one for sale locally please let me know. Michael, I know you must have one laying around with the 4 MKIII's you have in your backyard. Weren't you parting one out, or was it for sale?
san supra;1578609 said:
Take it off and give it here. I'll see what I can do. It'll come back to you primered though. Unless of course you buy the paint and all. Just remember you have to buy all of the material needed to fix it. If you're really interested LMK.