Need advice with BHG on 1989 Supra Turbo

batmmannn · 05-21-2010, 04:38 AM

No I don't agree with your mechanic. If you can turn a wrench you can replace your own head gasket and fix the the leaks yourself. Many people do and there is plenty of help here to do it. If your motor has compression and ran good, pull the head and replace the gasket. These cars usually leak from the valve cover gaskets and the front crank seal. You can do these repairs with regular tools and tools that Auto Zone will lend you with a deposit. You can do the whole job for cheap. Even if you took your head to a machine shop for new valves seals or to have checked out you still would be under $200 to do it right.

You could probably find a good mechanic to do it for you for about $500 if you can catch him away from his shop rates. Remember this economy is bad and many guys can handle this job. It;s not really that bad. Guys on this forum have done it with little mechanical experience.

Supra motors are known to go over $250,000 miles. I just stopped and looked at one for sale on the side of the road. It had over 260,000 miles and ran good.

05-21-2010, 04:38 AM	#2
batmmannn 12psi boost Join Date: May 2010 Location: West Virginia Posts: 320	Bhg No I don't agree with your mechanic. If you can turn a wrench you can replace your own head gasket and fix the the leaks yourself. Many people do and there is plenty of help here to do it. If your motor has compression and ran good, pull the head and replace the gasket. These cars usually leak from the valve cover gaskets and the front crank seal. You can do these repairs with regular tools and tools that Auto Zone will lend you with a deposit. You can do the whole job for cheap. Even if you took your head to a machine shop for new valves seals or to have checked out you still would be under $200 to do it right. You could probably find a good mechanic to do it for you for about $500 if you can catch him away from his shop rates. Remember this economy is bad and many guys can handle this job. It;s not really that bad. Guys on this forum have done it with little mechanical experience. Supra motors are known to go over $250,000 miles. I just stopped and looked at one for sale on the side of the road. It had over 260,000 miles and ran good. __________________ 1987 N/A 7MGE Left Hand Drive MK3 Red 5 Speed and Black Auto Supras My Next project is the Batmobile! Last edited by batmmannn; 05-21-2010 at 04:58 AM.