Problems, Andason finally needs help Options

[Andason]

Ok, so everything seems to mess up on my car at once.

The car's CEL is on. I put it a paper clip in TE1 and E1 and nothing blinked.

My car shakes really hard at idle when I first start (Around 10-20 degrees out)

The heat guage goes from medium to high really fast. (and then back down)

And it smells like it's burning anti-freeze (head gasket??? eeek)

This post has been edited by Andason: Dec 27, 2004 - 11:10 PM

[lagos]

that dosnt sound good.

your ecu is ODBII, meaning u cant do the paper clip check. you have to have somone connect a reader to it.

i would get the car towed to a mechanic and not drive it. pop the hood and have a look around. can you see any coolant leaking?

This post has been edited by lagos: Dec 27, 2004 - 10:51 PM

[Andason]

coolant isnt leaking, but i guess that it was low (or so the mechanic said)

[shid]

No, this sounds pretty bad- the temp guage goes way up with it being 10-20 degrees out? jesus. Have you driven it?

[lagos]

sounds like a bad thermostat the more i think of it

[Kwanza26]

quick check... look at the color of your oil.

[1bwilson]

quick check... look at the color of your oil.
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Seeing if coolent has mixed with the oil? Should look milky right.

[Kwanza26]

quick check... look at the color of your oil.
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Seeing if coolent has mixed with the oil? Should look milky right.
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Yes... it's usually the first signs of a blown headgasket...

[vangSTa_celica]

Problems, Andason finally needs help

Oh, how the mighty have fallen...Anyways, yeah, it sounds like a blown head gasket.

[lagos]

come on guys....its a 98 5sfe with about 10,000 miles on it. a headgasket would cause the car to totally overheat. his car, over heats....cools back down....and over heats....cools... sounds like the thermostat is not doing its job at keeping proper engine temps.

[Kwanza26]

come on guys....its a 98 5sfe with about 10,000 miles on it.  a headgasket would cause the car to totally overheat. his car, over heats....cools back down....and over heats....cools... sounds like the thermostat is not doing its job at keeping proper engine temps.
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Never said it was the headgasket... just a pre-cautionary check. Best thing to do would be to go check those codes...

[Andason]

its being checked out. i'll let you know what it is.

[1bwilson]

come on guys....its a 98 5sfe with about 10,000 miles on it.  a headgasket would cause the car to totally overheat. his car, over heats....cools back down....and over heats....cools... sounds like the thermostat is not doing its job at keeping proper engine temps.
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Low coolent would cause that up, down, up with the cooling also. Its the burning smell that kwanza was worried about. Thats the reason for the oil check. 10,000 miles.... Odds are he threw the code due to over heating cause the coolent was low. I'd hope the stat didn't go bad that soon.

[Andason]

and the verdict is:






























BOOM! BLOWN HEAD GASKET OR HEAD PROBLEM!
When air was put into the #4 cyl coolant was pushed out of the radiator.

Say goodbye to a grand and a half.

[thedevilmaycrie]

sorry to here andason i can walk you though to change it out yourself ... as long as there is no major damage...

-DMC

[Rjb23]

Yea do it yourself!

[lagos]

guess i loose.... how the **** do you blow a headgasket on a 98 5sfe ? anderson, didnt you say it was rebuilt not to long ago....maby the person who did the rebuild ****ed something up.

[Andason]

guess i  loose.... how the **** do you blow a headgasket on a 98 5sfe ?  anderson, didnt you say it was rebuilt not to long ago....maby the person who did the rebuild ****ed something up.
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yeah.... thats what im wondering. toyota is contacting me back letting me know whats going on.

[gas65]

guess i  loose.... how the **** do you blow a headgasket on a 98 5sfe ?  anderson, didnt you say it was rebuilt not to long ago....maby the person who did the rebuild ****ed something up.
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yeah.... thats what im wondering. toyota is contacting me back letting me know whats going on.
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I'll bet who ever rebuilt your motor did'nt mill the head before they put it back on.

[Kwanza26]

guess i  loose.... how the **** do you blow a headgasket on a 98 5sfe ?  anderson, didnt you say it was rebuilt not to long ago....maby the person who did the rebuild ****ed something up.
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yeah.... thats what im wondering. toyota is contacting me back letting me know whats going on.
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I'll bet who ever rebuilt your motor did'nt mill the head before they put it back on.
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That's not a necessity. It all depends on the head's condition. Assuming the head was in good shape... it's more than likely because of poor R&R (remove and replace). Bad head bolts or poor torquing...