Possible Newbie Here (Buying a Supra)

[drifterdude7]

Originally Posted by Medrivfast

Hello, Tomorrow i'm going to look at an 89 Supra Turbo. I talked to a lady on the phone today about the car. She wasn't to informative about it since it was her uncles. But, she said it has 100,000 miles, New Altinator, New Water Pump, Targa & it's a 5 Speed. I have read through these forums breifly and the only problem i can find about the cars is the head gasket issue.
Other than looking at the basic things on the car like oil and water and belts. What major thing should i look for on this particular car?

They are asking $1700 for it.

I appreciate any help you can supply me....

hey im chris from valley center CA....u can always buy a carbon dioxide kit and what that does is its a tube that holds water with a certain chemical and then at the radiator u suck up the radiator water and if the water turns yellow or green your screwed but if it stays clear your good...it costs about 50 dollars so its worth it....now with that being said i did that to my 1987 supra turbo and then had to proceed with replacing the head gasket and right now im actually selling mine.....it has 140000 miles on it but i replaced the radiator and head gasket 3000 miles ago.....it has a hks blow off valve and fcd controller and what that does it give the engine more gas when needed. i hope that helps you out......

[Isphius]

Yes, Its called a block tester kit. You forgot to tell him the name of it lol. You can get them at napa, carquest, pepboys, etc. All that test is to see if there is combustion byproducts in the coolant tho, Its not a 100% solid test. But if it does test out, there is a good BHG chance.

[drifterdude7]

Originally Posted by Isphius

Yes, Its called a block tester kit. You forgot to tell him the name of it lol. You can get them at napa, carquest, pepboys, etc. All that test is to see if there is combustion byproducts in the coolant tho, Its not a 100% solid test. But if it does test out, there is a good BHG chance.

ya but when i had my test done i made sure that it was straight water in the radiator to be definate....he can also get a compression tester and put it in the number one spark plug to see if it compresses at default...you can go onto supra stats.com and look into what the stats are for it.....

[Isphius]

Yes, compression test it, do a block test, look at the oil and coolant, do whatever you can. And if you have a friend who is a mechanic get him to do a leakdown test. Then youll see if the motor is up to par or not with compression. And if you can, run it on an exhaust gas analyzer (emissions test). Thatll tell you if something is wrong with the FI. Even thou supras are notorious for failing when something goes bad but then running great when its all ok...