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I got back in my car last night after picking up some wendy's. 30 seconds later, my car goes nuts! CEL is flashing unintelligibly. There is this super annoying high pitched whine coming from inside the dash. Car drives great and I get back to the hotel I'm staying at. Thought it might be the...

I feel really stupid for just figuring this out. But I'm also so glad I caught it before reassembling my engine on the 2nd rebuild! Shortly after I bought my supra 2 years ago I started to hear a knock that sounded like rod knock. I tore down the engine and all the bearings were in great...

I need some tips on how to remove the oil galley plug from my block. I am currently attacking it with a #5 screw extractor (easy out). Today I have broken two tap wrenches from ace hardware. The first was a medium size 10" handle which snapped on my first attempt. I returned that and got a huge...

I was mic'ing all the journals on my crank today so I can figure out what standard Toyota bearing to get. As I was removing the mic from one of the rod journals, I left a noticeable scratch. I can feel a slight dip with my fingernail. All my rod journals are at the lower limit for use with...

Here's the short version: white smoke during idle turbo was all oily inside - no oil in manifold runners sent turbo away to PT to be rebuilt put everything together again and have white smoke on acceleration (above 3-4k rpm) Did lots of tests. pretty sure it's not a BHG and nothing's wrong...

I was putting my car together after a compression and leakdown test. Barely touched the stock O2 wiring connector, and one of the wires fell off. I took apart the connector and was confused by the wiring. There are 3 wires going into the connector from the sensor. But there are 4 wires coming...

I am in the process of putting a new koyo stock-replacement radiator in. I was noticing the big gaps I have around the edges of the radiator and wondering if there were any extra parts stock to seal it up. My radiator is in the correct position. I am thinking of wedging in some pipe insulation...