turbogs300

Well, since I've owned my 93 GS3 had a slight bit of vibration in the drivers seat when my car idled. For some reason I attributed it to the aftermarket exhaust Because of Johnee78's post about replacing his motor and tranny mounts. I decided to go ahead and do it. I have 115,000 miles, car still rides great, just a little vibration here and there, nothing to whine about. Well after pricing it out I choose to take it to my shop(Toyowest). I usually try to do everything myself, however, their prices are usually pretty decent and they do great work. So I bring it in for motor and tranny mounts. They just called to tell me the mounts trashed, broken in half. However, they also found, when they lifted up the motor, a leaking dipstick O ring($120 parts and labor), leaking oil pressure sensor($235 parts and labor), leaking trans cooler lines($50). I had the tranny flushed 15,000 miles ago, needs to be flushed again!($169) I also mentioned a slight noise I heard occasionally that sounded like a bad drive belt tensioner, turns out the power steering pump is leaking from the shaft. because someone didn't change it frequently enough when it was new I changed it at 90,000, damage already done. Remanufactured power steering pump + labor ($400). As usual, I'm leaving paying close to $1000 Oh well, Thanks Johnee78, if you hadn't of posted it, who knows how long or how much damage might have been caused.
The car never leaked on the ground, so there was no evidence it was leaking and I never noticed any leaking as all the areas were hidden from normal view. I did notice a little tranny fluid on the lower splash shield where the tranny hoses go in/out of the tranny cooler. However, after I wiped it up it seemed to have stopped leaking.

johnee78

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Im sorry to read that it ended up costing you so much but better now than later.. Also I bet your car feels like a new car with the new mounts.. My mechanic told me that motor mounts usually go around 85K and most of the time the owner wont know that their mounts are bad..Your case is a perfect example, and yours were broken in half just like mine..Let us know how it rides..

turbogs300

Thanks Johnee, i'll keep you guys posted. Well it gets better. My new radiator is the culprit, it's has a very small leak from where the tranny cooler fittings are soldered to the tranny cooler tank. I'll be getting a new one and they'll be replacing the previous one. So if anyone wants to by a brand new radiator, let me know. $100 + shipping, or I'll just keep it for next time.

Wald GS

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COngrats bro!

That is money well spent!

RA40

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These little things make the car feel pretty good again. I feel for you when they find all the broken stuff. Ouch You go in thinking $XX and it is comes out 2-3X.