See you later head gasket

head gasket just went on A33 just off the M4.....

got to now get it to Toyota GT for hopefully a fix job, anyone else had experiences of this before?

I must say the public came through good, a guy directly behind me in a golf (that I buried in smoke) hung around for quite a while until he knew I was ok (I've never seen so much smoke before-from exhaust, engine bay, airvents, crazy amounts).

Then a while later after standing on the roadside being damn cold :sos:some guy pulls over and offers his help:thumbs:, but just had to wait for breakdown truck...

400-500 just to have it changed

great, need that like a hole in the head

great, need that like a hole in the head

tell me about it mate sorry to hear that but i was thinking of getting mine changed to an hks until i was told they charge 400-500 labour

What happened? Car overheat? or did it just pop on you?

Hope this fix isnt too painful.

Oooh, that's gotta hurt...

Hope you get it sorted mate and also hope it doesn't burn your pockets too much!!

H.

tell me about it mate sorry to hear that but i was thinking of getting mine changed to an hks until i was told they charge 400-500 labour

That would be for a straight swap too, any other work needed, like skimming the head, and you need to consider around £1000? hat is only a guess mind.

You sure its head gasket, when my turbo broke (turbine head snapped off) there was a LOT of smoke

When a head gasket goes its normaly quite loud. You often get loud clicking and clunking.

I had a head gasket go on my cruddy old escort and that was £700, mind you i needed pretty much a whole new engine as it killed all 16 valves can a supra head gasket death destroy its valves as well? If so i would imagine it would be approaching new engine prices

I had a head gasket go on my cruddy old escort and that was £700, mind you i needed pretty much a whole new engine as it killed all 16 valves can a supra head gasket death destroy its valves as well? If so i would imagine it would be approaching new engine prices

Supra TT engines i think are non-interference engines so they tend not to bend valves, so hopefully it won't cost you too much

You need to investigate further whats gone wrong, there is no point speculating until you know the score.

Compression test and sniffer test should tell you what you need to know, good luck.

(not sure why I'm running two threads on this, one here and one in technical, but anywho)

Ok, spoke to Toyota Gt today and there was loads of oil coming out the induction pipe and oil was also under the car on the flatbed on the turbo side. He reckons the turbo is probably gone.

The smell, and I'm sure there was a creamy goo under the filler cap (although was dark last night), made me think head gasket and the recovery guy also thought so to.

So, this could just (!!) be a turbo failure, which means I now have a decision to make, do I stick with stock or go hybrid? If I choose the later how much more am I looking at, as I'm assuming I'd have to to mapping etc. on top:search:

I won't find out the true extend until next week, it didn't sound like it was running too bad (sounded pretty normal for the few seconds it was on) when I turned it over to check oil warning lights etc...and I'm positive it was not overheating before hand (had been on the M4 at a constant 110-120leptons, then pulled up at lights, saw no warning lights). It happened as I left the lights at the junction 11 and the second turbo came on, then a few seconds later puff the magic dragon made an appearance:blink:. I didn't hear any noise though as I had the stereo on fairly loud:innocent:

I came off the accelerator as soon as I noticed the smoke, must've been a few hundred yards by the time I came to stop.

I didn't notice any loss of power as obviously I'd come straight off it, so not sure what damage this could've caused.

going to get me a beer...

Razza, I'd say it sounds like a blown tubbie. I suffered exactly the same fate a few months back, one of my hybrids went pop. Plumes of white/grey smoke out the back as the housing on the tubbie has cracked and I 'assume' it was leaking water onto the hot metalwork.

I would stick with the stock tubbies THB mate. I had Hybrids and whilst they were good, they weren't anything special, and often they are prone to failure more so than stock, ask CW. My Hybrids cost £1100 excluding fitting and labour. They don't need to be mapped, straight swap IIRC, but of course a slight increase in power can be had from mapping them with a piggyback ECU or a standalone. The plus point is they can run higher boost (max around 1.3-1.4) with the right fuelling (min 550 injectors).

I'd get yourself a pair of second hand low mileage jobbies that can be had for around £200 - £400 and go with those.

Good luck and hope it all gets sorted.

Greg

I simply can't afford that kind of money on hybrids with a wedding coming next year.....

sounds like getting some second hand stocks are best then as I find the power at BPU plenty enough anyway.

I'll have to see Toyota GT have to say next week, I'm not looking forward to that chat:(

Around these parts you can pick up second hand sets for just over a ton. I sold two sets at that price. I think some people further up were thinking you said cambelt had snapped with all that about damaged valves and non-interference. Obviously some proper investigation to find the cause is required now.