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The best way is to send it out to be professionally cleaned. Barring that you can circulate hot solvent through it. Even better is a slurry of fine mesh light abrasive. At least let some solvent sit in it for a few nights. Rinse, repeat, rinse again. Use synthetic and add a filter. The...

Same theory as a dizzy too which makes it amazing so many can screw it up. That's what happens when people don't bother learning the basics. Perhaps they should cut off the bracket and lengthen the harness so it can be rotated 360 degrees...

Lol...yeah right. That guy looks like "my fuel dumps are more than your MTOW" material if I ever saw some ;)

^ Forget it. As correct as you are you'll never get through. I gave up trying long ago. HID e-code looks "cool" and that's all that matters to them. Seeing better doesn't figure into it.

They normally get one chance from me. Sometimes I'll use the "find all posts by" function and if the guy is clearly an idiot he won't even get one. Some folks make it clear from their very first post. Spelling, maturity, language, on and on. Hell, I'll skip over posts if I don't like an avatar...

Lol...wasn't a total loss then. I sometimes feel much of what I write is ;)

I believe the correct term is swaging ;)

1) Remove clutch and inspect the bearing. If it's shot you can't go any further. Shaft/flange wobble means a new clutch because the bearing is not easily serviceable. Fwiw a bad clutch bearing can quickly kill a water pump and vice versa. It's why they're usually replaced together. 2) Remove...

Ms07s: You're welcome. Fwiw much of that info is in the TSRM. Silvergsx: The flashing (it should be once every quarter second btw) means you have no codes. It's a good thing. And no, neither connector being unplugged will cause that symptom although as cuel pointed out you may experience...

Try this: With a warm engine raise the RPM from idle to around 2500 while listening to and watching the fan. It should slow down. You can use a timing light to see it but the speed change should be obvious, especially if done under fluorescent lighting. The proper way to test the coupling is to...

Nice to hear from you Nick. Was wondering why you haven't been around. I still do a fair amount of car work but not so much on Supras these days. I used to be into helping owners out a lot more but got tired of how bad the cars were. Generally speaking the average Supra out there is a...

Nomad: What you want to see is the O2 sensor cross counting at least 8 times in 10 seconds (with the engine at 2500 rpm) *and* an average of 450 mv. If it's doing that the fuel control loop is active and not shifted. You can also use Vf. In that case cross counting is the same but you'll be...

The "units' are 3-way solenoids. Toyota calls them VSVs for vacuum switching valves because both are plumbed to control vacuum. One is for the EGR system and connects to ported vacuum on the throttle body. It shuts the EGR valve off whenever the coolant is cold or the engine is above 4000 rpm...

It means cuel and mazzer have way more patience than I do...

If you built it from a thousand pieces that's all the more reason to have bought a manual. So I guess the answer is no... Jumper the diag block and time it to 10 btdc.

Yeah, a leak there would've shifted the O2 sensor lean resulting in the loop being shifted rich. I often find many of those nuts loose. Comes from people reusing them. At least add CRES locking hardware if you do. Better is to buy new. I'd still be checking the O2 sensor for correct fuel...

Maybe it's me but how can you be doing things like head gasket changes and not know what or where the CPS is? And do have a service manual?

Assuming the engine is cold it should be hard to move. It should also engage after a cold start and then settle down to a lower speed. The article cuel mentioned (thanks ;)) on MKIII tech provides both testing and rebuilding instructions. Unfortunately the site has been down for some time but it...

^ Right, many people do that, which is why I said not to over torque it. In fact he may have already done so (assuming he did the work) and damaged the internal connection to the diode pack. I'm hoping it's just loose on the outside though. Off topic a bit but I recently overhauled my original...

Well, a good one is actually fairly expensive but you can start out cheap. For now check that everything is tight and clean. And if you're broke this is not a good car to own. Since I know you're 15 here's a tip to avoid staying poor: Pouring money into a depreciating asset is financial lunacy ;)