My missus is looking for a new car so went with her to have a look at an early 90's celica gtr. seemed in good nick and drove well but there was no sign of water in the top of the radiator.
It must have had some water in it somewhere as the temp gauge only went halfway up and then stayed static while we drove it.
Im going to go back and check it out properly, fill it with water and check for bubbles and fumes from the top of the radiator.
Does anyone know of another way to check the headgasket? (besides a copression test as i dont have a compression tester)
and also does anyone know how hard it is to change a waterpump in a celica with a 3sge as i suspect thats likely what the problem is.
st182 celica with no water
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by deaf_rattle » Sun Jul 11, 2004 11:01 pm
get the aa to do a check, im sure they will do a compression test.
there are plenty of celicas around, dont waste your time if you think its crap.
there are plenty of celicas around, dont waste your time if you think its crap.
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by Malcolm » Mon Jul 12, 2004 9:59 pm
Water pumps are relatively simple to change in the 182/3, however it does (usually) require removing the cambelt, which means having to realign the cams when you reinstall the cambelt, which is a little tricky if you've never done it before (actually even after doing it 5 or 6 times it's still tricky). If you are as amazingly talented as myself, however, you can replace the waterpump without removing the cambelt, by clamping it to the exhaust cam gear and the crank gear (using something that wont damage the belt), and being cautious not to let it come off.
Usually the signs of stuffed water pump seals is that it loses a small amount of water when driving, then when turned off it dumps heaps. Also you should be able to see it leaking out of the seep hole on the edge of the pump housing, just below the alternator. As a temporary fix you can plug the seep hole up with gasket sealant, but I wouldn't recommend it for more than a week or two.
If you can get it cheaper because of the problem, then go for it, its an easy way to save/make money on a car, but if you can't get it cheap then, as mentioned, move on, plenty more where that came from
Usually the signs of stuffed water pump seals is that it loses a small amount of water when driving, then when turned off it dumps heaps. Also you should be able to see it leaking out of the seep hole on the edge of the pump housing, just below the alternator. As a temporary fix you can plug the seep hole up with gasket sealant, but I wouldn't recommend it for more than a week or two.
If you can get it cheaper because of the problem, then go for it, its an easy way to save/make money on a car, but if you can't get it cheap then, as mentioned, move on, plenty more where that came from
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