[Supras] HAVE Symptoms - NEED Problem

[Supraman]

I HOPE you are as lucky as I was:

The problem with mine was the same thing, except for the greasy stuff in the 
radiator.
45-60 minutes on the Highway would have the temp gauge reaching for the 
upper nether regions
where no temp gauge should be allowed to go.

After a lot of questioning in a.a.toyotas, and a post or two here, and 
finding a couple sites from Google,
I came to the conclusion my fan clutch was gone. I had a $20 gift card to 
AutoZone, so with another $60 I got
an 'inexpensive" <AHEM!> Chinese replacement.

I never knew a fan could roar so much. And, I noticed something else: before 
the temp gauge can even climb one notch on the gauge, I can here the fan 
coming on and then quieting down again.

A friend of mine who was a Toyota Rep in the 80's and 90's said, warm the 
car up and drive it till it starts
overheating, then shut it down and try to spin the fan. There should be a 
fair amount of resistance under these conditions.
Mine spun freely, and after I replaced it I did the same test and it was 
MUCH harder to turn.

Hopefully, you have caught this in time to save yourself some damage.

Good luck!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Myers" <cmyers at crmindustries.com>
To: <supras at supras.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 4:23 PM
Subject: [Supras] HAVE Symptoms - NEED Problem


>
>
> This is for all you Master Troubleshooters.
>
> I've got an 87 NA with a few problems.  Here are the symptoms:
>
> It started with the engine overheating when I would drive on the freeway 
> for about an hour.  Then, recently it blew the coolant out of the system. 
> It seemed to come from somewhere near where the lower radiator hose enters 
> the engine (around the PS pump).  I have replaced the Water Pump and 
> T-stat in hopes that they were the reason it was overheating.  Went to 
> drive it again and it started to studder and then overheated again, 
> emptying my coolant.
>
> I also noticed some grayish, greasy, sludge in the top of my radiator. 
> Could these be related?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> TIA,
> Chris
> 87 NA
>
>
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