SoCal "Murdered Out" Would this work??? (Tranny problem)

lol just come down to the local junkyard here with a bunch of 5 speed GTS's. Then you could go GE, have the 5 speed, and best of all, meet me! :lachtot

 

The 1.gen 3S-GE has S53, and the newer models have the S54 afaik. You're gonna be okay with both.

 

mine didn't run for 6 years i bet you could get that one running again! plus if it has a jdm 3s-ge = 160hp

 

Go check it out. Maybe the reason the engine might not start might be because either of fuel lines are dirty and might need a tune up or something electrical. the latter happened to me when i got first wired up my jdm engine. Definitely get the s54, it's really great and durable.

 

Somebody cut it and threw the rest away!
Obviously had overheating problems, now you have a warmup and stability problem.
You shoulda pulled the wire and left the fan on!

It's common on race cars but not good on a daily running low revs and standing still etc
Plus the external block/head pipes must be closed for this to work properly -
Mafix & Jon will back me up here

I thought everybody knew by now NEVER to let the temp needle go past half!!??
This is how the gauges should look -

Man I hope you didn't warp something :cry

Boxes
S53 - 2S, 3S-GE 86-89
S54 - 3S-GE 90-93, 3/4/5S FE 86-93 (different starter/flywheel)
S55 - 3-5S-GE/FE 94-00 (different starter/flywheel)

 

just pull the plug from the coolant temp sensor near the thermostat, i did that for my white celica over the summer and it didn't overheat once, the one time i tried to put it back on, it overheated. if you have temp problems it's probably a good thing to do

 

When you bought it you should have serviced it and flushed/checked everything, that way you would have seen this and a lot of other potential problems.

Not digging at you, plenty of new owners reading this - your mistake could help somebody else

You won't - somebody modded it with a hacksaw, I think the fans have failed before.
You need to replace the fan switch and thermostat. While you're at it flush out the radiator
and motor/heater pipes with a hose and use plenty antifreeze in future

Yes, without a thermostat it could do real damage but for driving straight home - no problem

TIP - another "olde skoole" trick when your car is overheating.
Open the windows, turn up the heat and fan - helps cool the motor even further

 

I had the same problem with overheating not to long ago removed my thermostat it was
clogged up with some sort rubbish cleaned up and tested it by putting it inside a water kettle
when water got hot in kettle see started to open so it was all good then what I did next was
removed plug on the bottom the radiator drain all the water it was brown mixed with green it
must of had been anti freeze which never got to flow I then fitted back the thermostat hosing back with out the thermo closed tap and filled it up with new water started car up
for about 5min with out the radiator cap once warm I opened tap again on radiator it was
clean water coming out it closed it again removed top pipe and bottom pipe put a hose
pipe in the top pipe with flowing water started her up again let it run for another 10 min
with water flowing all the time what happened with that was clean water going in the top
hose and dirty water coming out the bottom for some time and I also went inside the and changed the heater control from cold to hot and vice verse and rev car in between after a while water just keep's running out clean by then motor should be clean then went back to radiator this time I removed it from car and cleaned that on it's own by laying it down pipe fittings facing up I fill it up using some swimming pool acid about 10mil mixed with water let that lay for a half hour pick it up moved it from side to side so that all the channel got the treatment drain all that still some rubbish came out of that rust color then
I put in the hose pipe on the top pipe again with clean water flowing all the time until clear
water was coming out the bottom now my radiator was clean as well then I replaced everything back pipe's thermostat one last thing before I filed it up with new water the
overflow pipe and bottle on the side of radiator cleaned that as well I came across that
the overflow pipe was also blocked had to unblock that as well then cleaned bottle as well
I now am happy touch wood the car as not overheated on me again I know this a long story but it might help some of you guy's out there I hope.

 

I would never have thought......

@Fernando, nice thorough job...... It's a sure way for a clean eng/rad.

 

:shock .... what the hell would cause that ?

 

big question mark there too...

yeh for the unplugging the coolant temp sensor for the fan near the thermostat, i still had a thermostat in there. basically the coolant in the radiator is constantly being cooled down by the fan, but the thermostat still controlled when it needed to circulate the coolant around the system. the hot air method works wonders too! when my radiator exploded, i was able to keep the temp below 1/2 with probably no coolant in the system. heat all the way up + constant 30mph!

 

just dont give up yet

 

^^^^perv....lol