So my cars been blowin' out THICK white smoke latley, idling very very hard stuttering like, check engine light came and went (after i flashed the ECU) and cant forget the engine temperature was spiking the "H". 1997 GT 87,000 miles
So I took it in the shop-all in all the head gakets blown out, need new studs- need work on my radiator and flush-new plugs.....$1300 dollars which I have like 300 in my account. would trade it in but I owe $5,000. God does not like me.
Thats the reason you just dont slap on a turbo... try to do i yourself.. learn somtihg abotu your engine.
i dont think hes turbo. nothing about in profile...
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If you dont need the car for a few days, do it yourself. Cost me 80 bucks to do it on my old car, which beat the 800 my mech quoted me.
shop around, theres more than 1 mech in the world. but im confused on how this happned to a toyota with only 87 thousand miles?!
-Pali_playa+Jul 14, 2004 - 10:33 PM
its not that strange- 5sfe's eat head gaskets almost if you drive them hard- mine whent out at 114,000, but its not uncommon to see them go out sooner...
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Head gaskets are easy to replace just time consuming. ive gone thru about 5 now. for some reason auto x and celica = blown gaskets
Head gaskets are a whore on the 5sfe. I replaced mine with a metal one. It takes alot of time. Its about a 10 hour job to do it. I messed up like 4 times. Took me 3 months to get it all right. I can do it all in like 4 hours now but I'd rather have a bone reset than have to do it again. $1300 is not a bad quote, Toyota charges about $2500 I hear.
Get ARP head studs if you do have to replace the bolts. ALL Toyota made headgaskets are now metal, dont use a fel pro.
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wow do i feel like an ass now.. thats odd.. blowing with such low milage.. But still somthing you should try.. you gotta start working on your car somewhere..
-Digndoug+Jul 14, 2004 - 11:04 PM
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would it be wise to change your valve seals while you were doing the head gasket to save on labor costs?
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