My ride :) ST162 April 1986, ST165 R.I.P. Engine kept !

Went for a drive yesterday. Drove to my buddy that did the swap (about 60km single trip so the engine got warm ) and all went well, driving without boosting on the highway to get it good warm since I didn't drive it for 2,5 months. Suddenly a rattling kinda noise !!! I totally freaked out as it sounded like a dying turbo in the car (went up when revving and responded to the throttle). I was at a gassation within 1000 meters so i decided to stop there immediately and called my buddy. I throttled 2 times and the car responded as if nothing was going on except for that really loud noise... So he came after half an hour....started the car..still there but I thought it's not really near the turbo, maybe near the dynamo...so he revved it twice and it was gone...never to come back....very very strange...140km's later still didn't come back...

So we drove on to his house, he in his st185 and I in my lone wolf... We played a bit on the highway...he in 4th and I in 5th at about 130 km/h and guess what... we went on the same untill he had to change gear and it was bye bye... hahaha. But in corners when going of the highway...bye bye lone wolf...the 4wd is real fast in corners and I'm not sure enough to push her to its limits wihtout a descent coilover set or so.

btw...230/hour...easy as if it's nothing, but decided not to go faster than that... lol I'll do that in july when I'm in germany for a short holiday.

I had some coolant fluid issues so we thought to have sorted that at his place as one of the clamps on the hoses was loose....came home, nothing to see, looked at the car an hour later...quite the amount of coolant fluid on the floor !! Found out today that there was another one totally loose...I guess when swapping things can be forgotten as well... I checked as far as I could see if others where loose but most are not the screw type but normal type so I guess this is it...

Another interesting story on the way back home was a volvo 850 sedan...I thought "go away to the right side of the road so I can pass and hit the throttle !" and when he did go the the right, I hit the gas and guess what...so did he !!! And we went up the same !!! hahaha, it had a big exhaust but besides that it was a total sleeper wiith a big turbo. We both had thumbs up and played a bit and went up the same so I guess it has alot of power since the volvo is not really lightweight ! Anyhow, it was big fun for both of us.

So far the story can't wait for spring to come !

 

Some pictures from today as I was waiting .





new afm:

new turbo:













When stationary it throws out some "black"stuff which gets less when the engine is warm. It dirties the pavement so I put a box behind the car lol. I guess it is excess fuel as it is using the st185 fuelpump.





I checed for leaks under the car, but no more new drips or any fluids so I guess I solved the coolant leakage issue Happy me !

that's it for now.

 

haha, thanks guys !

Love the colour too but took me a while to get used to it, but it all fell inplace when I replaced the brown interior with this. I see I forgot to put in some screws in the interior and still have to swap the handle thing at passenger side on the roof...hope I still have the black/grey one

 

Looks as it is 4G3 , that is also on the plate under the hood.
http://www.toyotareference.com/celica#CE
http://www.toyotareference.com/charts/CE86.png

 

thnx stig. Well the basic engine is alwayz, but all the components are my own. I still have my own engineblock @home as a spare. And yes...I should be carefull when starting the car...our corolla is allready wiped clean hahaha it was right behind it...

 

by the way...don't want to upset you..but 230 km/hour feels great and tasts for more ! Maybe on the ring it will or on the way to the ring .

 

Minor update, replaced the rubber wiperpart at the wiper for new ones from Mr. Toyota. I noticed the big dealers don't sell them anymore, they only sell the complete set at double the price.... thanks to the small dealers who still do and have a heart at old celica's .

btw, part 87245A-2B430 ST165 LHD 1, Hose, heater water inlet A is not available anymore...anybody has a new spare or know the dimensions of the hose for universal replacement?

 

I don't really know...I drive too fast to see that !

But seriously..it's not that exotic here as in other places, only in better shape then all the other rusty rides T16 over here which people don't notice. But I noticed the last 2 years almost all T16's dissappeared so maybe this year it's a headturner.