Possible bottom end starting to go

[danwheeler2k11]

was the bottom end bearings were fucked. been starved of oil think that was my fault for not checking it often but i will be from now on. weird for it to be running that low still. having them replaced now lucky the crank and everything else was ok, getin fpr fitted next month and after a cheap mani and need some engine and gearbox mount bushes preferbaly poly ones if anyones got anythin that they wana sell the end the month as im broke now and on a tight budget as ill b broke again next month, fukin car lol

 

[Tim@TBDevelopments]

A Toyota specialist I tak it to in droitwhich he knows his stuff mate he ent normally wrong. And Ye I've had loads of problems m8 the car is an electrical nightmare, seems sweet now but hees gna whip of the sump and check all that for me cause I don't no what I'm Lookin for really with engine internals and hees the best person to take a glanza to that I no

i know that guy hes a right cowboy, alot of my friend used to take there cars to him, starlets and mr2's and hes messed up alot of cars. although now i have my workshop just down the road he does me proud by having to fix all his bodge jobs so keeps me in work

seriously pull the car from him buddy, at the very least take it somewhere else so you don't think i'm saying this to get work but if your stuck let me know i'd be happy to look at it for you. atleast give you a free opinion if you dropped it up, compression test is a 2 minute job so atleast it'll give you a better idea of whats going on

Tim

 

[Skalabala]

Take the car to Tim!

 

[kemnaychris]

My car has had a knock from crank for nearly 3 years it rattles at between 2 and 3 thousand revs had 3 dif turbos thro it ct9/hybrids and k1 blitz n it has has track days and crail 2 times lol still going strong starlet engines are really strong in my opinion :-D

 

[carmen]

My cars had a small knocking noise for years too never really thought much about it and its never been picked up from the garage either dont know if its a common problem or not :/

 

[_iforget_glanza]

maybe it could be the cams not tensioned?just worth throwing it in there:Sare you sure its fom the bottom end?

 

[kemnaychris]

Oh yeah she rattles bottom end lol never bothered fixing as forging my spare engine it runs ace never had a failure yet like

 

[Tim@TBDevelopments]

big end bearing rattles are something to watch out for mate.

but if your getting a little rattle and seems to be fine for years it might be something like thrust on little end bearing or something like that. something outside of toyota tolerances hence the noise but not enough to effect the running of the engine

Tim

 

[danwheeler2k11]

i know that guy hes a right cowboy, alot of my friend used to take there cars to him, starlets and mr2's and hes messed up alot of cars. although now i have my workshop just down the road he does me proud by having to fix all his bodge jobs so keeps me in work

seriously pull the car from him buddy, at the very least take it somewhere else so you don't think i'm saying this to get work but if your stuck let me know i'd be happy to look at it for you. atleast give you a free opinion if you dropped it up, compression test is a 2 minute job so atleast it'll give you a better idea of whats going on

Tim

to be honest thats hard to believe when hees fixed everything thats went wrong with mine and im happy with it so far
where are you based anyway? its getting fixed up now anyway but be good to check out ya prices on work compared to his ,i might pop up sometime see what you think of my car. how much would you charge for fitting a fpr and setting it up mate? are you open satudays?

 

[dac69er]

^^^ ignorance is bliss!

 

[danwheeler2k11]

^^^ ignorance is bliss!

oh did he do work on yours then? what happened and went wrong? one opinion from someone on the net isnt enough to persuade me, ive spoke to another person on here whos had work done and they seemed happy with it. but im aware now so if anything does go wrong you can say i told you so u open satdurdays anyway tim? i wanna know how much youd charge for fitting and seting up an fpr

 

[Tim@TBDevelopments]

i can give you plenty of references for my work that i've put right from them if you want.

FPR setup to stock pressure correct? not to correct for above fuel cut levels?

i'm currently at £30ph labour rate, thats inclusive of everything.

Tim

 

[AdamB]

If your close by it's worth taking it to Tim, he's a sound lad and helped me out on many occasion. He's one of the very few people around I would trust when it comes to engines

 

[Tim@TBDevelopments]

hey thanks ad

I'll admit I'm still new to the glanza scene but have been in the 3sgte tuning world for a long time. i own my own glanza for nearly 2 years now and doing all the work myself, fabrication etc etc so learning the car as i go along. saying that the engines and management systems are very similar to the 3sgte so everything is pretty much relevant

Tim

 

[danwheeler2k11]

i can give you plenty of references for my work that i've put right from them if you want.

FPR setup to stock pressure correct? not to correct for above fuel cut levels?

i'm currently at £30ph labour rate, thats inclusive of everything.

Tim

oh right, 13 psi boost level not stock and how long would it take you ? and hour and 30 quid then? you open satdays?

 

[Tim@TBDevelopments]

so this is above fuel cut then?

and how are you correcting this and adjusting the fueling?

Tim

 

[Paul_JJ]

If your close by it's worth taking it to Tim, he's a sound lad and helped me out on many occasion. He's one of the very few people around I would trust when it comes to engines

I agree with Adam. Tim is a top bloke, sort out my car many times and very helpful and I would recommend Tim to anyone!

 

[Paul_JJ]

i know that guy hes a right cowboy, alot of my friend used to take there cars to him, starlets and mr2's and hes messed up alot of cars. although now i have my workshop just down the road he does me proud by having to fix all his bodge jobs so keeps me in work

seriously pull the car from him buddy, at the very least take it somewhere else so you don't think i'm saying this to get work but if your stuck let me know i'd be happy to look at it for you. atleast give you a free opinion if you dropped it up, compression test is a 2 minute job so atleast it'll give you a better idea of whats going on

Tim

I strongly agree with Tim here.

I used Kevin in the past for the cambelt job + seals, waterpump replacement and engine mounts replacement, now I wish that I went to Tim in the first place.


My car is an Auto but I wanted to put the TRD (Manual) engine mounts on it and Kevin said that the Gearbox mount doesn't fit and that it would take him the whole day to fit it, he also said not to worry about the old mount as it's "a heavy duty mount in good condition"!

Well after speaking to Jay on the forum I was told that it's not that hard to fit the engine mount and other mechanic fitted it for me within 1 hour, but it's not just that. When Kevin took the old mount off and then put it back on he didn't tighten the bolt properly and I was lucky that I didn't drop the gearbox while driving.....

Here is the pic of my old mount and Kevin ("pro mechanic") said that it's in "good" condition!

And this is the pic of the Auto mount and the TRD Manual non LSD mount,so you can see that it does indeed need some modification, but would that really take the whole day?

 

[Iain@CRD]

I strongly agree with Tim here.

I used Kevin in the past for the cambelt job + seals, waterpump replacement and engine mounts replacement, now I wish that I went to Tim in the first place.


My car is an Auto but I wanted to put the TRD (Manual) engine mounts on it and Kevin said that the Gearbox mount doesn't fit and that it would take him the whole day to fit it, he also said not to worry about the old mount as it's "a heavy duty mount in good condition"!

Well after speaking to Jay on the forum I was told that it's not that hard to fit the engine mount and other mechanic fitted it for me within 1 hour, but it's not just that. When Kevin took the old mount off and then put it back on he didn't tighten the bolt properly and I was lucky that I didn't drop the gearbox while driving.....

Here is the pic of my old mount and Kevin ("pro mechanic") said that it's in "good" condition!

And this is the pic of the Auto mount and the TRD Manual non LSD mount,so you can see that it does indeed need some modification, but would that really take the whole day?

First of all Paul, Mechanics dont just work on 1 car per day and because your car appears to them doesnt mean its first in line also, thats why you leave it with them.

Kevin went over and above on your job also and done more little niggles that he ironed out, also replaced your coolant. Now if you remember correctly he did say the coolant would go down a little and to keep your eye on it which you chose to ignore and send me a message asking why its went down.

You also blamed Kevin for a increase in noise in your exhaust and loss of power to which you blamed it on the Cambelt change? He stated you had a crack in your Manifold and myself and other forum members stated that was the issue and once you got it sorted it fixed the issue.

You question why he adjusted your seat ... ? Still i cant get my head around this to one even to this day. Not everyone in this world is the same height.

You also wanted a discount on the work done if you paid cash after being quoted a price.

I could go on and on and on.

FACT is, its changed days out there in the world of Mechanics due to Forums. You ask a question on the forums and a forum mechanic is willing to answer it and slate the previous mechanic who done the work on the car. There are plenty of members on here who use Kevin on a regular basis and run his Forged engines without any grief.

 

[Tim@TBDevelopments]

like I said to you on PM after you messaged me about him.

some have had good experiences, I personally have had nothing but bad, and starlet customers i've had from him were less than satisfied, yet happy with my work.

each to there own.

Tim