[Supras] Overheating/bubbling from overflow tank

[Gregg Bradstock]

Why not the radiator cap?  Did you test it.  It will screw with you if its 
bad.  When I've done the BHG repairs, I throw the old cap and thermostat 
away right away.  Cheap insurance imo.

Air is PITA in our cars.

Gregg
87NA
286,000  (Rebuilt JDM >3k mi)


>From: jdc25180 at cmsu2.cmsu.edu
>To: "Rockey Fox" <supr91tt at yahoo.com>
>CC: supras at supras.com
>Subject: Re: [Supras] Overheating/bubbling from overflow tank
>Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:23:36 -0600 (CST)
>
>Possiblilities from experience....
>
>1. You still have air in the head.  I've put my car on an incline of about
>45 degrees (be safe and put blocks behind the wheels) to get the air to
>come out the radiator with the cap off.  You wont believe the amount of
>air that can be stuck in the head. Get ready to put in a lot of fluid.
>I've also seen people buy a t connector connected in the middle of the
>heater hose(which is the highest point of the cooling system), and then
>they would take the cap off the t connector to get the air out. (smartest
>and easiest)
>2. Your headgasket is leaking.  Did you make sure the head and block was
>clean (no residue) when you put the new one in?  Did you torque it down /
>in the right order?
>3. After driving at 60+mph and coming into town and slowing down, does it
>start going red?  I've had this happen because my fan clutch was bad /
>weak.  The fan wasnt spinning fast enough to cool.  If your fan doesnt
>sound like a jet when you give it gas, you've got a bad fan clutch. It's
>about 35bucks.
>
>Good luck! I've been in your shoes.
>88na
>167000
>
>
>
> > Did you flush the radiator and cooling system throughly after the BHG
> > repair?
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: "Charismatisch at aol.com" <Charismatisch at aol.com>
> > To: supras at supras.com
> > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 11:41:05 AM
> > Subject: [Supras] Overheating/bubbling from overflow tank
> >
> > Hi guys and gals,
> >
> > although the car runs fine in normal traffic, it still goes into the red
> > zone after an Autobahn drive. When I get home, it spits water from the
> > overflow
> > tank onto the floor.
> >
> > I have been given several reasons for this (BHG is repaired - only about
> > 60
> > miles travelled since done!).
> >
> > 1.) Rad. cap not working (don't think so).
> >
> > 2.) Air-bubble in water-system (possible).
> >
> > 3.) Timing not right (possible, as was set manually after  BHG-repair).
> >
> >
> > Who has had experience with one or more of these problems with the 
>beast,
> > and who can explain to me, why a bad timing can make the Supra overheat?
> > (Doesn't seem to be the case with other cars).
> >
> > Many thanks in advance,
> > Derek
> > 88T Auto.
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