The last two nights that I have gotten off work I have looked under my hood and noticed that the turbo was glowing red!!! The heat shield is gone and thats why I could see the turbo. is this normal? if not any suggestions to fix it. oh yeah I dont have an oxyen sensor hooked up because the car wont run with it on. I will truoble codes. Thanks

LEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! get an O2 sensor on it ASAP, also the heat shield is necessary so it doesn't cook your intake hoses.

agreed on lean and the o2 sensor. i would also drop the pre cat and look inside with a light, i got a 1$ says its plugged up somewhere..no way to dump the heat out of the turbo? just a suggestion..

Any suggestions on where to get a heat shield? It didnt have one when I bought the car. Oh yeah I got an O2 in the mail comming in. Remind me what happens when you drive your car lean

your motor and all its components heaat up like crazy...if you keep driving it lean you'll eventually melt the pistons and the other internals of the motor...and for the turbo...u might blow it...try getting a turbo timer also if you dont have one...the turbo will last a lot longer

lean can detonate and blow your head gasket also, basicly, it's the worst thing you can do, I'd rather run rich than lean...

Try the dealer on the heat shield, or see if you can find one in a junk yard, ect...

or the oil feed tube to the turbo is blocked

how do i clean the oil feed tube?

yes oil , and water lines to turbo both should be checked first for flow. my bad.. but if your actally driving with out an o2 sensor,, there is no air/fuel mixture signal being sent to the ecu so i dont know what it would default on, or how it could even run at all??? im confused now.. :ph34r:

i agree i went through everything to figure out what was wrong. tps, mass air sensor, cats, ground wires, spark plugs, fuel pressure, fuel pump, vaccum leaks, you name it i did it. Well after i was about to give up i decided to give it one last crank not knowing i left the o2 off. cranked right up. The car would rev up i could drive it. If i plug the o2 in now it just does what it did before. (my problems before)http://www.toyota-supra.info/forums/...w+to+the+supra I should be getting my new one any day now