[Supras] After 240000 miles I have a BHG

[Jim Jobe]

I'd replace the radiator cap first.

On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 10:19:46AM -0500, JAMES wrote:
>   I have been reading about BHG's for years now. When I got my 89T it had 150000 miles on it.
>  I have had to add coolant the last few days and yesterday after driving it about 10 miles I smelled
>  coolant. I stopped and checked the reservoir and it was a little past the full mark. But I could hear
>  the radiator gurgling and the coolant was bubbling in the reservoir. The temp was normal. I drove back home
>  and the coolant level light would blink. When I got home steam was coming out of the reservoir and the
>  level was low. The hose that goes from the radiator to the reservoir was so hot that you could not touch
>  it. It did not look like it had blowed the coolant out. The temp gauge never went past the norm. 
>    In the past few years I have replaced the water pump and the radiator. I have called today and got prices
>  on having it fixed. This is the prices I got. Labor : $500.00,  Valve grind gasket kit: $295.00+tax
>  Labor for a machine shop to replace the valve seals, grind the valves and surface the head :$250.00.
>   Do you think I have a BHG? Does this sound like a good price? Thanks for any suggestions.            
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