bob804796

im looking at a 1988 supra turbo, its cheap since the oil pump is shot, does anyone know how much of a challenge it would be to change it , also could it be done in the driveway?thanks

Suprajjang

main thing with the mkiii supra is that they tend to have lots of problems if the car was not taken care of. They blow headgaskets and some get rod knock from low oil as well. These are the two major problems with the car. Do you know if any of the previous owners put a metal headgasket on the car? I wish i could tell you how hard it is to change the oil pump but its been almost 3 years since i fully rebuilt my engine and i cant seem to recall how hard it was. Check out supramania.com because that is a forum for the 3rd gen supra and post there and im positive you will get plenty of helpful info over there.

Jay

So what other damage resulted from the broken oil pump? i would ask that question, and definitely have the oil pan pulled and main bearings inspected.

Suprajjang

yea that broken oil pump worries me too. Wouldnt be too suprised if the car has rod knock. If the price is cheap like you said in the first post go ahead and buy it and rebuild the bottom end.

bob804796

yea i hope he comes down on the price, he said he saw the pressure drop on the gauge and heard knocking. he then stopped the engine. the usual story of him just being in his driveway and its been sitting ever since the problem started. well thanks for the info anyways guys

RE-SPECGARAGE

Sounds like a nightmare to me. Get the car and one JAY-Z that bitch. One of my friends here in gloucester is doing that right now.

MaxPower

It spun a bearing, I wouldn't pay more than a couple of hundred.

bob804796

so are you guys saying a bearing is spun if the oil pump is shot?

Jay

Unless he killed the motor immediately upon noticing the rapidly falling oil pressure, then yes.

RE-SPECGARAGE

Which i really doubt....Loosing an oil pump would cause major havoc on engine internals.