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icon5.gif  Help! 3SGTE - watercooled intercooler Sat, 01 March 2003 16:08 Go to previous message
For anyone who has one of these engines: does your intercooler feel hot or cold after its been running? Mine's been running hot (it feels as hot as the engine itself) ever since I've had it, & I read a story about a guy who had a 3SGTE ST205 who says it should be stone cold even after high speed running. He said he was getting an 'error 54' & his intercooler felt really hot, & he discovered his water pump wasn't running (i.e. the water wasn't circulating through the system), till he found a stuffed relay & replaced it. After he fixed it he said the extra power was amazing as the ECU wasn't restricting the boost.
I've been getting error 54 when I rev it higher than about 5000rpm, plus the engine smells if its been revving high (I think the under-bonnet insulation is burning!) as the intercooler radiates a disturbing amount of heat. All in all I'm thinking its not doing the engine very good.
I've got the Toyota 3SGTE maintenance manual to check all the circuits & diagnostics, but I'm gonna get someone else to check everything as my electronics knowledge is pretty basic. The relays seem fine (at least the ones I can find - my ST185 seems to locates some things slightly different to this other guys ST205), & I can't find the intercooler ECU to test where the problem might be (according to the manual its separate from the engine ECU, somewhere behind the dash). I've checked the water level which is fine.
I guess all I want to know is:

a) does your intercooler run cold?
b) has anyone had this problem? This engine code error is apparently very common.

Here's the link to the other guy's story: http://www.rennison.info/gt4faq/maintenance.htm#Ma intIcPump
Scroll down to 'Solving Code 54'.
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