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Soarers and overheating
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Sat, 16 April 2005 05:59
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Today I saw two soarers both in some trouble. One was smoking out of the exhaust pipes and burning a shit load of oil as if turbo seals or head gaskets had gone. The other was overheating from the overflow bottle. Both drivers oblivious to these events.
Do they have common overheating problems? I don't know what engines they had. But are there many (any) 7MGTE powered ones kicking aroung. The one blowing smoke had 'limited' on the side and twin exhaust pipes. (And an old female driver 
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Location:
Melbourne
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July 2002
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Re: Soarers and overheating
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Mon, 18 April 2005 01:31
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I'd say there are plenty of both 7M and 1G Z20 Soarer's floating around - and more and more 1JZ converted ones it seems.
I've had 2 issues with my 1G'd Z20.
Overheated firstly when my thermostat chucked it - few bucks and a few minutes it was sorted.
Later - after I turned the boost up - on hot days of 30+, air-con set to the lowest of 18oC, stuck in heavy traffic - the car would overheat
It was traced to the factory belt driven fan - the clutch in it fails due to age - replaced with a pair of thermo's and it's been fine since.
On the 7m's - the first one may be blown headgasket - the common 7M problem - second - could be anything.
Frankie
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Sydney
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May 2004
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Re: Soarers and overheating
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Mon, 18 April 2005 02:07
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The only 7m I looked at had a broken clutch fan blade
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: Soarers and overheating
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Mon, 18 April 2005 02:43
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| GZ20TT wrote on Mon, 18 April 2005 11:31 |
It was traced to the factory belt driven fan - the clutch in it fails due to age - replaced with a pair of thermo's and it's been fine since.
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I don't think my fan is going to give way any time soon luckily... you should see how much air it pushes, if im parked on a semi-dusty surface, and rev the car up to 4,000rpm, it creates a smokescreen almost, hahaha
The sound of the fan almost overshadows the sound of the motor
damn stock exhaust 
on startup, it gives a tiny wisp of a puff of smoke...
I noticed when i let a friend have a quick spin of it just up the road and back that when stone cold and he took off, it blew a little smoke, other than that, doesnt blow smoke...
It still runs fine, at least to my knowledge, And from what I've been told a service should fix whatever problems I may have
I hope to have it sorted soon.
[Updated on: Mon, 18 April 2005 03:32]
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