[Supras] Bubbles and spits!

[Bob Shapton]

Water pump shot? i.e. missing vanes; thermostat installed backwards? wrong headgasket? 
i.e. certain holes for coolant passage not there. Did these symptoms start immediately after 
the head gasket was done or did you have time to blow another one? Gasket torqued to 
70ft/lbs? Test fan clutch by spinning it by hand when cold and again when hot - should be 
stiffer when hot .... hmmmm, just like she wants it.

Bob

> 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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