I've started a yota build, bought a pretty rusty '82 yota for $500. runs and drives fine but popped the hood and found the motor was covered in oil, the recirculate hose came off the air filter, could that be the leak? also the rad temp reads boiling hot but its been cooled off speedo dosent work either. just wiring? anybody have good ways to make a battery mount? have a classic b-cord on.

 

hey welcome aboard ..
I don't think the recirc hose would be the leak .. I would more think the front crank seal , I think that's the most common .
coolant temp is not something to mess with .. best to make sure of the coolant temp maybe with another gauge , or a thermometer .
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ok but I've left the engine off for a day and the temp still reads hot lol... and there is oil all over the inside of the hood, and correct me if I am wrong but I think the crank seal is near bottom.

 

dude ... there are no magical solutions , your gonna have to dig into to it to see whats going on , I just offered some suggestions .. now get to work !



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I had the front crank seal spin and lost most of oil before shutdown from highway speed. The seal wasn't shot peened in place when installed. Threw oil all over the engine bay

Sounds like you have either a bad sender or temp gauge. Do a continuity on the wiring first, then check the resistance of the sender to see if it changes from cold to heated state.

 

Ok thanks ill check it out on Monday

 

Does the hose your talking about come off the valve cover to the air filter?

If so it may be blow-by. Which I had on my old engine and was very messy.

 

Yeah that's it, what did u do?

 

I rebuilt the engine. The blow-by got out of control.