Ok, first post here, Hoping not to get flamed on my first post...
I just bought this nonturbo supra mark III targa, i thought it would be a fun car to try and see if i like it. Soo far i love the targa top, and of course who doesnt love saying they own a supra? Well anyways i did basic things at first oil change, tires, registration, so on... So im driving around one day and my engine tempature starts shooting up. i pulled over and let it cool down. i started it up the next day to drive it around... it drove perfectly and didnt even think about overheating, next day i drove it again, same story, perfect drive with no overheating. Now that im confident enough in the car i drive down to my cousins house like 20 min away and we are driving all over for like another 30 min then i went back home no problem. I drive it for about 10 min go back home and start it up again to drive up the street and its overheating. i let it cool down drove it back home while it was still pretty hot cause i was just down the street and when i stopped there was fluid all over the driveway, i popped the hood and it looked like a small water balloon had exploded on the left side of my engine bay.
I went down to pepboys and they explained it might be a thermostat so i bought the thermostat, radiator flush and new coolant. Come home, put the car on jackstands and disconnected the radiator hose to the thermostat housing, it was disgusting as you can see by the pics. whoever had this car before me really screwed up. But wait!
it gets worse, cleaned up best i could and replaced the thermostat, unclamped the bottom hose and a bunch of what seems to be rusty water comes out of the radiator, no metal frags thank god. so i ran about 2 galons of water down the radiator to try and get it to clear out the radiator. Then i added the radiator flush and filled the rest with water and closed up everything.
Went to start up the car with my buddy looking out for anything goin on under the hood and sure enough he spotted a leak and told me to shut the car off. I had found where all the water came from, it was a radiator hose that connects 2 metal pipes in the back of the engine bay wayyyy between the head and the firewall, the hose is only about 4-5 in long but the part behind the engine is almost impossible to remove. ive tried everyting its just theres no room to work. i pinch on the clamp with pliers but theres no room to wiggle or pull
So if anybody has any idea how to do this please help!!!:1zhelp: ill have more pics of the clamps soon. Any other suggestions from the pics you can see feel free to suggest away.
New parts soo far on cooling system
1) Thermostat with gasket
2) Radiator cap
3) Radiator fluid
4) Radiator hose "Currently not installed"
I just bought this nonturbo supra mark III targa, i thought it would be a fun car to try and see if i like it. Soo far i love the targa top, and of course who doesnt love saying they own a supra? Well anyways i did basic things at first oil change, tires, registration, so on... So im driving around one day and my engine tempature starts shooting up. i pulled over and let it cool down. i started it up the next day to drive it around... it drove perfectly and didnt even think about overheating, next day i drove it again, same story, perfect drive with no overheating. Now that im confident enough in the car i drive down to my cousins house like 20 min away and we are driving all over for like another 30 min then i went back home no problem. I drive it for about 10 min go back home and start it up again to drive up the street and its overheating. i let it cool down drove it back home while it was still pretty hot cause i was just down the street and when i stopped there was fluid all over the driveway, i popped the hood and it looked like a small water balloon had exploded on the left side of my engine bay.
I went down to pepboys and they explained it might be a thermostat so i bought the thermostat, radiator flush and new coolant. Come home, put the car on jackstands and disconnected the radiator hose to the thermostat housing, it was disgusting as you can see by the pics. whoever had this car before me really screwed up. But wait!
it gets worse, cleaned up best i could and replaced the thermostat, unclamped the bottom hose and a bunch of what seems to be rusty water comes out of the radiator, no metal frags thank god. so i ran about 2 galons of water down the radiator to try and get it to clear out the radiator. Then i added the radiator flush and filled the rest with water and closed up everything.
Went to start up the car with my buddy looking out for anything goin on under the hood and sure enough he spotted a leak and told me to shut the car off. I had found where all the water came from, it was a radiator hose that connects 2 metal pipes in the back of the engine bay wayyyy between the head and the firewall, the hose is only about 4-5 in long but the part behind the engine is almost impossible to remove. ive tried everyting its just theres no room to work. i pinch on the clamp with pliers but theres no room to wiggle or pull
So if anybody has any idea how to do this please help!!!:1zhelp: ill have more pics of the clamps soon. Any other suggestions from the pics you can see feel free to suggest away.
New parts soo far on cooling system
1) Thermostat with gasket
2) Radiator cap
3) Radiator fluid
4) Radiator hose "Currently not installed"
