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Just recently come back to a Toyota after a little spell with BMWs.
Before I start with the mods on the GT86, I thought I’d include some old photos of my previous Toys 😁
Mk3 Supra 3.0 turbo
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My first MR2 N/A
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Mk7 Celica
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Mk2 Rev2 MR2 turbo (rev 3 engine)
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Now on to the GT86 which I picked up on Thursday. So before the modifications start, and they’ll be tame to start with 😉… had to right a few wrongs that the well intentioned dealers did. Oil is the wrong grade in the car, it’s 5w40 according to dealer. So got some 0w20 on order. Tyre pressure when I got the car home was 65psi all round 😂😂😂 and the usual dealers ‘paint sealer’ has been applied on top of dirt.

never the less, cracking car! Slow compared to what I’ve just sold, but so much fun!


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Time to take care of a few jobs:

•oil service
•fresh coolant
•full engine bay clean up
•replace terrible oem speakers 😂
•air filter and pollen filter
•arm rest install
•try and tame down some of the red interior!

I also have a set of VLAND lights coming next week.

will get all this sorted and then start enjoying the car as it is before I start thinking of more to do 😁
 
#5 ·
Oil and tyre pressures wrong - like when I bought my Aygo last year. After many years of private or "trade" sales the Aygo was my first "premium used" purchase and what a disappointment. The car itself looked superb, but the "dealer prep" provided tyre pressures 6psi underinflated and oil approx. half a litre overfillled. Absolutely pathetic they seem to get the basics wrong so often !
 
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#6 ·
Makes you wonder doesn’t it!

I think normally it’s a case of just chuck the fluids in as fast as possible, no checking… get it out the door etc etc. as long as any TPMS alarms don’t go off, get it out the door!

if it’s not ex lease vehicles to watch out for its that 😂
 
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#7 ·
Todays discovery with the car was 2 lovely swimming pools in the boot of the car, one each side. I’m guessing this is the good old tail light gasket issue?

Also, had a go at improving the sound, installed some focal speakers in the dash and door. Slightly better, still poor with the oem head unit 😂 might look into the 6x9 retrofit in the rear side panels.

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Ah yeah, that is more surprising if the gasket hasn't failed honestly! There's a great place that makes brand new gaskets. Let me try and find them for you, well worth replacing to stop the issue from happening again.

Gasket Ninja - Tail light gaskets for 2013-2020 FR-S, BRZ, and GT86 - If you can wait these guys are worth it. I took the opportunity to buy some new brake lights completely from Fensport, didn't have to wait as long :LOL:
 
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#11 ·
Llyr32 said:
Ah yeah, that is more surprising if the gasket hasn't failed honestly! There's a great place that makes brand new gaskets. Let me try and find them for you, well worth replacing to stop the issue from happening again.

Gasket Ninja - Tail light gaskets for 2013-2020 FR-S, BRZ, and GT86 - If you can wait these guys are worth it. I took the opportunity to buy some new brake lights completely from Fensport, didn't have to wait as long :LOL:
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Thanks! I think I’ll get some ordered up! Got new lights coming this week and don’t like taking chances with stuff like that 😂
 
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#10 ·
Welcome to the family and hope you enjoy the car with miles of smiles.

So a few things,
1. The tyre pressures were crazy because that's what is advised for storage of cars to not get flat spots, so when i SORN the car during winters, that's what i did to ensure tyres don't get flat spots.
2. Water in boot is more likely a case of the car going to a car wash and the cleaners going round the edges of the boot, it can leak water especially if water is hit at high pressure. It has happened to me. It also can happen around the driver and passenger side glass, so be careful when using a pressure washer there too. Dry the boot up and see how you get on next.

The gasket failure should fill the tailights with moisture not the boot itself.
 
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#12 ·
I did not know that! But then I’ve never put a car into storage, guessing they just forgot to put the pressure back down though! Made for some interesting roundabouts in the rain 😂

Now that you mention, I did take it to be washed the day after I got it. There was a little trail of dirt and wet on the boot lining just below where the tail light is, but I guess that could just be a fluke. Either way, lining is all out and being cleaned and we’ll see how the car fairs with the rain we’re getting at the moment. Fingers crossed it is just the power washing as you said, and not something major 😊
 
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#13 ·
So, did some investigating today, it’s the lights letting the water into the boot. 100%. Top of the light that meets where the boot lid seem is. Both sides, no history of accidents and everything looks fine with the back of the car.
There’s probably a good 2mm where the rubber on the top of the light cluster doesn’t meet the body 😵
Circled in blue on the photo, so is this the infamous gasket problem?
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#18 ·
Ok, tail lights, engine bay clean up and a few other small jobs done. Unfortunately got a wheel bearing away and a seized caliper. So updates will be sporadic for the time being, as it goes back to the dealers to get some warranty work.

Found out, even though it’s 2014, it’s had the valve spring recall literally a couple months before I bought it. So should I be cautious with it for a few hundred miles or so?
 
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Wesly said:
Found out, even though it’s 2014, it’s had the valve spring recall literally a couple months before I bought it. So should I be cautious with it for a few hundred miles or so?
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If it was me I would put 500 miles on it and then drop the sump to inspect the oil pickup, just on the off chance they're still using too much RTV when doing the valve job. Because I'm a bit anal I'd probably do the same again after another 3000 miles/next oil change.
 
#21 ·
Looking at it here - Oil Pickup Pipe - Killer B - GT86 & BRZ - I'd say that design is just as susceptible to getting blocked, but obviously has other benefits. The re-designed pickup in the FA24 in the new model uses a box inside the tube with the strainer on multiple faces, so even if the strainer facing directly up gets blocked (as it seems is happening, but that's another story), there are still other paths for the oil to take. I wonder if the new pickup can be retrofitted to the FA20?

 
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#22 ·
Well, after 6 weeks back at the dealers, I have my car back! Long story short, I took the car back on warranty and told them a wheel bearing needed replaced ( so, so obvious by the noise it was making) the dealers didn’t listen to me, and instead changed both front shocks, front discs and pads, ARB bushes and then sent the car to Toyota to diagnose and repair the front wheel bearings 😂😂😂. Embarrassing for them, but new parts for free for me!

next up, I have the baffled sump and killer b pickup to install! 😀

I’ve also removed the rusty weather seal bar and replaced for new 👍
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#23 ·
Baffle plate, New sump, and Killer B oil pickup fitted.

Only a small amount of silicone in the gauze of the old pickup line. Something like 1500 miles after the valve spring recall.

Next jobs to do... Beatsonic aeriel to install, and a set of alloys to get powder coated :)
 
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