Hoping to find some good karma after a day of feeling like being on the end of some really bad karma so here goes...
Truck: 1995 FZJ-80. Currently 198XXX miles. Engine top end gone through (head, valves, new headgasket, etc) at 175XXX miles and at that time a new Safari turbo system was installed.
Background: Bought the truck in Oct of last year in CA and it has sat there since with only intermittent starts, etc. but probably hadn't been started in a month or two before this morning. Got to it this AM and battery was dead but nothing else seemed wrong. Put new battery in it and it ran perfectly. Ran around Los Angeles and worked my way over to San Bernardino (probably ~150 miles) of lots of highway, city, stop and go, starts, etc and no issues at all.
Got to the Colorado River just before Needles and the CEL came on. Engine did not run differently but still pulled into next gas station to check it out. Seemed a lot like the P401 EGR flow CEL but did not verify. Coolant level good but oil level was about a quart low. Outside temp was 105-deg F. Got a gallon of water and a quart of oil, topped oil off and pulled ECU fuse to reset CEL. Got back on I-40 heading east, trying to get to Flagstaff and eventually ABQ. Climbing the highway grade just west of Kingman the CEL popped back on and within seconds the coolant temp went from normal right past the red highest mark. Pulled over ASAP, turned engine off and turned all the heat on high.
Coolant overflow tank was extremely pressurized and spewing coolant out. I guess I lost somewhere over a gallon. Engine oil was definitely leaking but couldn't tell where. It took at least 30 mins for the under hood temps to get reasonable. I put the gallon of water in the overflow tank and it sucked it all in. Checked over everything and found the following:
little hose from metal neck of EGR to brown EGR valve missing
inspection cover at flywheel/rear main seal missing
and the big one...
engine oil dripping down onto the exhaust manifold studs at #6 and the EGR port. This is visible from below but not really from above. It is definitly coming from above the exhaust manifold. Engine oil on the dipstick was all the way down to the lowest mark so it lost at least 2 qts quickly.
No signs of coolant in the oil or leaking at seam between head and block. No signs of oil in coolant but coolant looked like crap.
The truck starts but runs rough. It seems like the turbo is very loud now with a whine, not the whistle it had before.
I had it towed AAA to my friends house in Flagstaff which is off Exit 333 off of I-17 South where it is parked now. I don't have any tools of any sort.
So can anyone help, have ideas, diagnostic input from what I've described? I'll take some pics and post once it is light but it's been a rough and disappointing day.
Feel free to ask me questions that may help and/or call me on my cell: 607-592-8280.
Thanks in advance, it is appreciated, and right now really need some help.
Mike Robson
edit: sorry this is so long but trying to be thorough
Truck: 1995 FZJ-80. Currently 198XXX miles. Engine top end gone through (head, valves, new headgasket, etc) at 175XXX miles and at that time a new Safari turbo system was installed.
Background: Bought the truck in Oct of last year in CA and it has sat there since with only intermittent starts, etc. but probably hadn't been started in a month or two before this morning. Got to it this AM and battery was dead but nothing else seemed wrong. Put new battery in it and it ran perfectly. Ran around Los Angeles and worked my way over to San Bernardino (probably ~150 miles) of lots of highway, city, stop and go, starts, etc and no issues at all.
Got to the Colorado River just before Needles and the CEL came on. Engine did not run differently but still pulled into next gas station to check it out. Seemed a lot like the P401 EGR flow CEL but did not verify. Coolant level good but oil level was about a quart low. Outside temp was 105-deg F. Got a gallon of water and a quart of oil, topped oil off and pulled ECU fuse to reset CEL. Got back on I-40 heading east, trying to get to Flagstaff and eventually ABQ. Climbing the highway grade just west of Kingman the CEL popped back on and within seconds the coolant temp went from normal right past the red highest mark. Pulled over ASAP, turned engine off and turned all the heat on high.
Coolant overflow tank was extremely pressurized and spewing coolant out. I guess I lost somewhere over a gallon. Engine oil was definitely leaking but couldn't tell where. It took at least 30 mins for the under hood temps to get reasonable. I put the gallon of water in the overflow tank and it sucked it all in. Checked over everything and found the following:
little hose from metal neck of EGR to brown EGR valve missing
inspection cover at flywheel/rear main seal missing
and the big one...
engine oil dripping down onto the exhaust manifold studs at #6 and the EGR port. This is visible from below but not really from above. It is definitly coming from above the exhaust manifold. Engine oil on the dipstick was all the way down to the lowest mark so it lost at least 2 qts quickly.
No signs of coolant in the oil or leaking at seam between head and block. No signs of oil in coolant but coolant looked like crap.
The truck starts but runs rough. It seems like the turbo is very loud now with a whine, not the whistle it had before.
I had it towed AAA to my friends house in Flagstaff which is off Exit 333 off of I-17 South where it is parked now. I don't have any tools of any sort.
So can anyone help, have ideas, diagnostic input from what I've described? I'll take some pics and post once it is light but it's been a rough and disappointing day.
Feel free to ask me questions that may help and/or call me on my cell: 607-592-8280.
Thanks in advance, it is appreciated, and right now really need some help.
Mike Robson
edit: sorry this is so long but trying to be thorough
