markylee

Scott ,Guess what!!!! smelt rotten eggs today whilst driving on the motorway , soon after the engine symbol came on and it started to stall, but got me home in the end, googled o2 sensor failure, and it said that the engine symbol will come on followed by stalling, so to be safe I am going to buy a denso one from europarts £83 which I think is about half the price of mr t, and think the quality should be ok, if anyone thinks their no good please get back to me, also will get a front decat pipe , as my local mot tester said it will definitely pass , hes a friend so no questions asked will probably get the decat pipe from paul, but money is a bit tight at the moment, so might go down the ebay route, and again , if anyone knows of a good ebey seller please tell me,,,,many thanks,,,,,Mark

Thank Scott, appreciate your help. could really do with local mobile supra expert near me , but don't know of any. If anyone reading this is near the Portsmouth area and needs a little cash, please reply. thanks.

To be honest Scott I havnt checked fuel consumption, all I know is its 22 miles to work and back, four days a week , so 88 miles which costs me £30, and thats mainly motorway, im one of those types that doesn't think about it, its not that I have too much money:( I just put £30 in and drive, not even sure how to work it out ..............not sure if I want to know!!! love the car too much to worry about how much it costs to feed it, but if you can work it out please do, just break it to me SLOWLY haha

I just remembered something, m.o.t was done about 3 months ago, and it very close to not passing the emissions test, I only have the first cat in , I have also noticed that it smells a bit fumey from the exhaust, if the first cat is failing would it cause any of the problems I am having ? would a cat failing restrict flow or would it increase it, was thinking about going full decat soon, also something I forgot to mention , just prior to the car stuttering on the motorway I was having a little play with the throttle to ckeck the sound of the bov which I had turned from soft setting to hard, so wondering if I could be having some over fuelling issue, i have just taken it for a small run and every thing seems fine, exhaust smells strong though, water... gearbox ...and engine oil seem fine.

Thanks Scott , will check that, I bought a new one from mr t about a year ago and only done about 2k , but will check anyway.

Believe me I know their shouldn't,a couple of weeks ago their was just a small amount on the filler hose that goes into the coolant, level was a little bit low at the time so the filler pipe was not actually emmersed in the water , if you know what I mean? didn't seem to be any sludge in the water itself, so have been keeping an eye on it , had no issues at all until last night, I am jus about to check engine oil and gearbox oil to see what might be causing the sludge, by reading on here I know it is possible for sludge to be on the oil filler cap that can be caused by condensation, but surely that wouldn't be possible on the collant cap , could it? , just one more thing, their was no sludge on the radiator cap at all,and the radiator was full to the brim, anyway thanks for your reply, Mark

I was just joining the motorway when the engine warning light came on , (the one on the right of dash with the engine gearbox symbol) then suddenly the car began to lose power stuttering etc, I was only doing about 60 at the time and let off the gas to about 40, then it seemed to clear itself, drove another 10 miles home CAREFULLY with no problems, just wondered if anyone else has had this problem? the only thing I have changed lately is the greddy bov setting, from soft to hard, also a couple of weeks ago I noticed some sludge in my coolant header tank, the car runs fine with no overheating problems in fact it sometimes run a bit cooler then normal , a would say about 1/3 on the gauge instead of 1/2 way, being an auto tt bpu, i know its possible for the sludge to be auto fluid or engine oil, but cant tell because of the red coolant:( ,,,,,,,,,,,, any ideas??? PS would oil in the coolant make it run a bit cooler? just a thought.

In the past my tailgate brake light was removed and smoothed over, I have now decided to put it back in, it looks like( from the inside ) it has had a metal plate spot welded on to the tailgate and then filled, before I start the job of removing the filler,are their any brackets that need to be purchased for the light to attatch too, or do you think I would be able to drill some holes in the plate and then attatch it to that? all suggestions welcome ,,,,,,,,,,thanks

Had this problem myself, turned out to be a broken return spring inside the catch, i managed to source a similar spring from Halfords, hope this helps.

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I am sort of having the same problem, but mine happens on the exactly the same part of the same road just after I have been over a roundabout and a quite sharp left bend which is off camber,,,,,, it is the only place it happens, really strange, not really sure if its from gearbox area or engine bay, only lasts a couple of hundred yards, seems to lose power too, its doing my head in, just cant think what it could be,,,,,,,,,ps its an auto tt bpu, pps ,,, before the roundabouts I have done about 10 miles on the motorway at speed:) as I finish work early in the morning. any ideas welocome, and I mean ANY.

I am pretty sure that ebay link just removes the second decat only.

Mine doesn't look too clean underneath, brake pipes etc, need to get a professional underseal job done, but cant fond anyone in the Portsmouth area:(

Thanks for the reply iky, no mine is not really bad, no rust and runs well bpu etc, oh and by the way the blue wheels are gone , and I share your views on tidying mine up, just trying to work out the cost of bringing it up to the same standard as the one for sale,,,,,,,,, thanks again for your reply,,,,,,,,Mark

Hi guys , just wanted your opinion on the price of this supra, I already own a tt, but it has very little service history and has been resprayed, so looking for something a little bit cleaner, my only concern is the mileage as it has done 112,000, and mine has done about 65,000. not viewed it yet , and its only 5 miles away from me, so just wanted your valuable advice before I see it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310877703246

I think that looks awesome, makes the car look so aggressive , if that's photoshop its a damn good job, never been a fan of the look of stock headlights.

Thanks for that Ian, good news that its not the MC , I have a set of lexus 400 caliipers which I think I will put on, the only reason I I have not done this before is because I will have to put my 17" oem wheels back on which I am not a fan of , but might look ok if painted black,,,,,,, thanks again for the reply,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Mark

Can someone please answer the previous question, as I am having the same problem, is it possibly the master cylinder?, my calipers and sliders seem free, but a mechanic told me it could be my master cylinder, the problem only occurs on the near side front, one person on this thread has already saidsaid its not possible for the problem to be the MS , but would like to know why, Thanks.

I had this problem with my tailgate struts wanted thread, but their was a warning at the top of the message from this site that he was not a fully paid member , which was very helpful, so I chose to ignore, and got a much better deal anyway from Matt p, cheers Matt.

Hi keron, could you give me the price of two tailgate struts.

Prices do seem cheap, eg tyres .......255 40 17 toyo tir £57 , also a 3 piece diffuser for £90 , surely these prices cant be right. anyone here dealt with them???