I have owned my FJ60 for almost 2 years now and have kept up with it well.
The engine has been desmogged, and am running a webber 32/36 carb.
I have kept up with maintenance, and replaced various odds and ends as they have said hello.
Has been my only car, haven't been hard on it until now. I recently took a job about 35 miles from where I live, and for the past few weeks the car has seen consistent highway use in the 65 MPH range.
2 Days ago I had a pretty bad overheating experience on the way home from work, needle went into the red zone (never been here before in the life of owning this vehicle) and I immediately pulled to the shoulder to let her cool down.
Since the overheat, I have not been able to get the car to start, before the overheat she fired on command no problems.
I plan to do a compression test, but am wondering the best way to go about checking compression without the ability to run the engine.
From what I gather, a blown head gasket can inhibit the car from running altogether, but I don't want to take the head off without a compression test to see what i'm working with.
I took the head cover off, no peanut butter milkshake, just some pretty thick black deposit in some areas.
Would love some pointers in the right direction, i'm in the budget of doing everything myself, but want to shed some light on my situation before I start going gung-ho with parts orders.
Never had an overheating problem until now, but at the current moment the future doesn't seem too bright.
With some research I found threads on the Oil Galley Plug on the head, don't know too much about it, but will post a photo to get feedback from you guys.
Until then, enjoy this photo of my head cover.
Cheers, and thanks for the help.
Cameron
The engine has been desmogged, and am running a webber 32/36 carb.
I have kept up with maintenance, and replaced various odds and ends as they have said hello.
Has been my only car, haven't been hard on it until now. I recently took a job about 35 miles from where I live, and for the past few weeks the car has seen consistent highway use in the 65 MPH range.
2 Days ago I had a pretty bad overheating experience on the way home from work, needle went into the red zone (never been here before in the life of owning this vehicle) and I immediately pulled to the shoulder to let her cool down.
Since the overheat, I have not been able to get the car to start, before the overheat she fired on command no problems.
I plan to do a compression test, but am wondering the best way to go about checking compression without the ability to run the engine.
From what I gather, a blown head gasket can inhibit the car from running altogether, but I don't want to take the head off without a compression test to see what i'm working with.
I took the head cover off, no peanut butter milkshake, just some pretty thick black deposit in some areas.
Would love some pointers in the right direction, i'm in the budget of doing everything myself, but want to shed some light on my situation before I start going gung-ho with parts orders.
Never had an overheating problem until now, but at the current moment the future doesn't seem too bright.
With some research I found threads on the Oil Galley Plug on the head, don't know too much about it, but will post a photo to get feedback from you guys.
Until then, enjoy this photo of my head cover.
Cheers, and thanks for the help.
Cameron