[Supras] Bubbles and spits!

[Harley]

I had the same problem with my MKIII. Sounds like a fan clutch problem to 
me. Thats what it was ultimately with mine. I learned that after I blew the 
head gasket and cracked the head in about 6 places. But air in the system 
would cause it to over heat as well. Raise the nose up and open the top of 
the radiator and let it run. You'll see the water drop when the thermostat 
opens. After the thermostat opens fill it up. Hope your using Toyota Red 
coolant. It helps alot. My temp gauge stays at 1/3 enless im on the freeway 
then it sits at like 1/4. She stays very cool. Also check the heater hoses 
and bypass hoses.
Hope I helped.
    I never had a heater core go out on me.... Could that be a reason?

    - Harley(87t)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Charismatisch at aol.com>
To: <supras at supras.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 12:05 PM
Subject: [Supras] Bubbles and spits!


> Hi guys and gals, here's one for you! (88T Automatic 7M GTE)
>
>
> Cylinder head gasket and all other gaskets under the hood have been 
> renewed,
> the thermostat is new, the radiator is new, the fanclutch is  new, all the
> belts are new, and the valve-seal-gaskets are new, along  with a renewal 
> of all
> necessary fluids and oils (this all took place 60 miles  ago). The
> engine-compartment (area in front of radiator) is free of all 
> obstructions such as
> leaves etc.
>
> Scenario number 1: I drive in town and the temp gauge stays normal at
> exactly 50 %.
>
> Scenario number 2:  I take the beast out onto the  freeway (Autobahn) and 
> as
> long as I drive
>                               (very fast!) and the engine is cooled by the
> air from the  front, the temp
>                               gauge stays normal, or just "slightly" above
> normal.
>
> Scenario number 3: I come off the Autobahn down to a stop-sign, and the
> temperature gauge
>                              rises dramatically (I guess due to no 
> incoming
> air from the front
>                             anymore),  into the forbidden "red" zone!
>
> Scenario number 4: I get home a few minutes later, park the beast in the
> garage, hear a
>                              bubbling and a gurgling from the overflow
> watercontainer at the front, and
>                              the Suprabeast spits a certain amount of
> water/coolant onto my garage
>                              floor!
>
> My questions: 1. Would a more intensive "bleeding" of the water-system
> alleviate
>                         this  problem (if there were airbubbles still in 
> the
> system after the  repairs)??.
>
>                      2.  The fanclutch is "original" Toyota and cost me 
> 279
> Euros - Toyota wouldn't,
>                          by  any chance, sell me a fanclutch without
> fanclutch-fluid in it, would
>                           they???
>
>                      3.  How do I test for the correct functioning of the
> fanclutch?
>
>                       4. Can anyone amongst you think of any other reason,
> why my beast is doing
>                           this (and tell me), before I sell the f****ing
> thing, that I have been the proud
>                           owner of for many years (1996!). This is the
> second engine by the way, the
>                           first one got mangled after the FIRST bhg, which 
> I
> chose to ignore, and
>                           which buckled just about everything under the 
> hood
> that can be buckled,
>                           and cost me 4.750 Euros at Toyota for a
> replacement engine!
>
> Any, and I mean any input at this frustrating point in time  would be much
> appreciated!
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Derek from Germany
> 88T Automatic (for the time-being!).
>
>
>
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