drain
Draining:
Complete service manual instructions can be found here. The MR2 has four drain plugs, one in the radiator, two in the piping underneath the car, and one in the engine block. When I drain the coolant, I just remove the drain plug from the radiator, and let it drain. Then I take a shop vac, [...]
Tags: bleed, bleeding, drain, engine, install, remove, service
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3S-GTE • Forced Induction • MK2
Here is a brief document describing how to remove (or rather how I remove) the turbocharger from the MKII MR2. The reason for removing the turbo here is because a couple of the exhaust manifold studs have come loose and are stripped. I plan on repairing them with time inserts. If you have to stock [...]
Tags: bleed, drain, engine, filter, install, removal, remove, strut
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Here are some images of the mcmaster car nozzles mounted inside the throttle body.
An overview video of the water injection setup is here (WMV format 8MB) – it’s a little nerdy – but all in good fun!
Video of each of the nozzles spraying inside the throttle body is here (WMV format 4.7MB – MPG [...]
Tags: adjust, CEL, drain, drop, ECU, engine, install
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I’ve been waiting till its time to change my oil again to replace the oil cooler hoses, as these guys have been leaking for some time. I decided to replace them with Aeroquip Stainless Steel Braided hoses, since the price difference isn’t all that much, and maybe it could help in the cooling of the [...]
Tags: belt, cleaning, drain, drop, engine, filter, install, oil cooler, removal, remove, stainless
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Engines • MK1 • Maintainence
Draining the old fluid:
First off, drain out as much old coolant as you can. Jack up the back of the car higher than the front, remove the front-most underbody cover (seven 10mm bolts), and remove either the drain bolts shown here, or use the draincock on the bottom of the radiator. I chose to use [...]
Tags: Coolant, drain, drop, ECU, engine, remove, spring
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After a leak that had been going on for a couple months, I decided I would go after changing out the water pump. I also wanted to flush out the entire coolant system as this hadn’t been done since I had the car. I ordered the new water pump from Jay Marks Toyota. About $60 [...]
Tags: adjust, belt, CEL, drain, drop, ECU, engine, guide, install, removal, remove, spring, tensioner, water pump
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I’ll try to go about explaining the caliper rebuilds. However, this was during my suspension rebuild, so some of the pics may look weird…
Tools needed:
Various sockets and wrenches
Screwdriver
Rebuild kit ~$20(Toyota part # 04479-32011)
Air compressor (to remove caliper piston)
Denatured alcohol or brake fluid to clean parts
Front Removal
Here’s the front rebuild kit, about $15 from local auto [...]
Tags: bleed, calipers, cleaning, drain, install, removal, remove
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If you ever happen to work on the coolant system, and have yet to do this, remove the radiator and have it flushed/cleaned out. After 15 years of use, the rad can get quite nasty, especially without proper regular coolant flushes. It’s very easy to do if you already have the coolant system drained.
1) Support [...]
Tags: drain, install, radiator, removal, remove
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While I was doing the oil cooler lines and oil filter o-rings, I figured I may as well drop the oil pan and redo it’s seal. There is no gasket for the MR2’s oil pan (actually there is one you can get at Pep Boys/Autozone, but the Toyota BGB recommends using RTV gasket maker).
Parts:
Tube of [...]
Tags: drain, drop, engine, filter, install, oil, oil pan seal, removal, remove
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While replacing the oil cooler lines, I went ahead and replaced the oil filter adapter o-rings. I purchased new ones from Toyota, about $6 total. I would recommend changing the oil cooler lines as well if you hadn’t already.
Part #s: 90029-20013 & 96732-31060 (need 1 of each, circled in red)
Also, the washer for the bolt [...]
Tags: belt, drain, engine, filter, install, o rings, removal, remove
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