Home / Toyota Supra Forums

Go Back   Toyota Supra Forums! Join the Supra forum! > Performance, Modification, and Maintenance Forums - for generation specific discussions > MKIII Supra

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 09-22-2013, 11:30 AM   #1
Karl
Stock
 
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 7
Karl is on a distinguished road
Default Another Head Gaskett Question

I have an 87 Turbo. Just got it. And I've been trying to give myself a crash course on the head gasket issue. My car has 70K miles on it and is in great condition. Currently there is nothing wrong with the head gasket. But, I know I need to do something. I read that (in lieu of replacing it) I might be able to just have the heads properly torqued and that might eliminate the risk of blowing it. So, does anybody know if this is a reliable alternative to replacing a HG?
Thanks...
Karl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-22-2013, 11:00 PM   #2
cre

Toyota
Racing
Development
 
cre's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 5,038
cre has a reputation beyond reputecre has a reputation beyond reputecre has a reputation beyond reputecre has a reputation beyond reputecre has a reputation beyond reputecre has a reputation beyond reputecre has a reputation beyond reputecre has a reputation beyond reputecre has a reputation beyond repute
Default

It's something of a gamble. There are a few reasons why it could go bad: uneven torque and cracking jacket rings being the main concern. But it all really boils down to the fact that if you do torque it down further and it blows you'll never know whether it was trying to increase the torque or if it was just on its way out anyway. The majority of 7Ms made it past 100K miles before the HG went South... You've probably got a little time to sleep on it. Personally, if you aren't presently equipped to do the full job and replace the HG, I'd leave it alone and work on getting to the point where you'll just be able to do the whole thing. If you have the means to do the whole job but just not the motivation, well, go ahead and have at it... Worst case you just get forced into doing the job sooner than you'd like.
__________________
If something breaks or you need to contact a member of the administration please post HERE. Unless it's a private or administration matter please post it on the forum. It benefits no one else if car related questions aren't posted for future users and takes away from the time I'm able to spend helping on the rest of the forum.

If you're so inclined I'm always more than happy to accept tips via PayPal.
Tip Jar --->
cre is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-23-2013, 08:24 PM   #3
Karl
Stock
 
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 7
Karl is on a distinguished road
Default

Thanks CRE. I think I will hold off until I can get the whole thing done right.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	Front Pass Side.JPG
Views:	238
Size:	52.8 KB
ID:	4870  
Karl is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
7mge Head gasket set question xThermoNucleaRx MKIII Supra 9 08-25-2010 01:04 AM
Head Gasket Question 91na MKIII Supra 11 04-20-2008 12:42 AM
Head Gasket DIY Question rinso MKIII Supra 4 10-18-2007 07:35 AM
stupied question on head removal suprabahamut MKIII Supra 18 07-02-2007 12:47 AM
head question Boozer MKIII Supra 4 06-10-2006 04:52 AM


All times are GMT. The time now is 12:33 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.

1986



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87