Recent content by Landschooner

Friday evening 10/25 Update - You folks are amazing. This all settled out as, NOT a blown head gasket, NOT some complex oil leak, NOT an expensive “do I dump the truck or repair” decision. All I had to do was reach far with a pair of pliers and tighten a hose clamp on the heater unit coolant...

Sunday AM update - Yep, I think Mandingo and bj70bc win. Now what do I fo? If it is a leak at the temp sensor , is that an easy fix/teplacement? Remember, this is 50 years old and every threaded component is frozen in place. I’m thinking getting access to the sensor is the tough task.

Big news - Leave it to the Australian. My Son in-law from Melbourne isolated the source. On the drivers side just behind the carborator , behind a heat shield of some kind, we found a spot where there was some liquid spraying out. It is next to what looks like a spark plug (but obviously not a...

Saturday Morning Update - I took on a ten minute drive. Huge plume of white smoke from exhaust. Smoke/steam appears to be rising from around what I think is valve cover and rising from directly under the air filter holder. Motor runs gone, as usual. Temp and oil pressure normal. I could not...

Yea but. . . forgive my ignorance but are any components that might carry coolant near the exhaust manifold? I think of coolant being radiator, hoses and then deep in the engine. Good point about the sweet smell. It does smell kind of sweet, but heck, there’s all kinds of smells around there /...

Excellent input. Thanks. I finally found some time Thursday afternoon to o take a look. I warmed up the engine, idling in the drive. I filled the radiator with collect. It did not immediately bubble. However I put the cap back on and definitely some spray and air was popping out around the...

I just read up on desmogging. No, nothing like that has been. Still has cat converter. It’s in Virginia.

(I still have not been able to check the things folks have suggested (because of work) but I will) It is a1984 FJ 60 with 225,000 miles. Original engine. I got it in 1999. In about 2010 I had a new carb put on and the thing has run beautifully. To your question, it’s running fine but I have not...

I will check those easy checks. But I can’t imagine any other cause for lots of white smoke rising up around that central part of the engine, under the carborator, below the air filter “holder.” I mean coolant is primarily toward the front, the radiator, the hoses to the engine, etc. But I’ll...

I will try your suggestions John Smith and let you know.

Possible Blown Head Gasket / Cost to Repair ?? A lot of white smoke is rising up from under air filter. Temp gauge seems normal. Can I assume a blown head gasket? What would be a range of costs for a shop to fix?

This sounds spot on. I have not crawled under with motor on (and all safety measures in place of course. . .) I think that is the thing to do next. Your description of “. . . oil everywhere. “ is definitely what seems in play here.

Good point about possibly needing a conversion. Roughly speaking, what did that cost if you remember?

Yea, the mess in the photos only show where the leak is spraying fluid. My problem is I can’t find/see the source of the leak. Still looking. . .