Major problem.
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Topic: Major problem.
Posted By: 87FieroSE
Subject: Major problem.
Date Posted: 29 June 2012 at 8:55pm
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So, main issues to address:
1.) My temp gauge rose to 260 and sat there forever, saw smoke coming out of my Thermo housing. Tightened it and ran it back home, hitting between 240-260 and dropping then rising. Replaced the Coolant temp sensor earlier, stayed around 120-220 but then I drove 5 minutes down the street, thick white smoke coming from my bay, stopped and it was now coming out of the head/under the valve cover. Bought a new water pump, thermostat to install tomorrow. 2.) Was told it might be a valve gasket leak, or not enough coolant. So tomorrow I'm doing an oil change, cooling system flush, gasket change (If I can get the EGR off... the bolts are rusted to all hell), But white smoke coming from under the valve/behind the valve cover? Thinking it's not enough coolant in the engine, what do you all think? |
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Posted By: Dawg
Date Posted: 30 June 2012 at 8:04am
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Sounds like serious engine problems to me. White smoke coming from
there is excessive blow-by, which is typical of a worn out engine. Could be bad rings or just worn out cylinders. Have you done a compression test yet? That is where I would start before spending a whole bunch of money replacing stuff for nothing. Dawg ------------- You dream it up....I'll make it |
Posted By: 87FieroSE
Date Posted: 30 June 2012 at 1:13pm
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Hey Dawg.
Good news/bad news. The good news is that what sounded to you like serious problems were minor, replaced the T-stat, flushed my cooling system, oil change and now I stay at the first tick on the gauge. Bad news: Leaking cooling all over my engine from the upper hose, time to replace that 
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Posted By: Dawg
Date Posted: 30 June 2012 at 8:42pm
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What about the white smoke?
Dawg ------------- You dream it up....I'll make it |
Posted By: 87FieroSE
Date Posted: 03 July 2012 at 7:58pm
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It was VERY low coolant.
Solved by flushing the system, burping and filling it back up. Next step, I still have a leak in my upper hose connecting to my Thermostat housing, need to either get a new hose (Ordered already) or try to see if a new clamp will fix the problem. I'd rather just replace the hose, but how hard is it to put a new one in? Space is really limited, any tips? |