My son in law had a cracked head replaced less than 1000 miles ago.
He ran out of diesel one week ago. But it ran fine for the next week.
Two days ago it made a fizzing sound (almost like a pop can opening) and lost power.
He had it towed to me and after sitting a couple days we started it tonight. It runs rough and barely stays running with the accelerator fully down. Grey smoke was pouring out the back and some under the hood.
The drained oil has some bubbles in it, but is not milky in any way.
My son in law is very careful with it always letting it warm up before driving and cool down before shutting it off. So i'd be surprised if the head cracked again.
What suggestions to check do you have? Or should I just start taking it down to the block to see if the head gasket is blown. The lack of milky oil and low power are not what I thought I would find with a head gasket.
He ran out of diesel one week ago. But it ran fine for the next week.
Two days ago it made a fizzing sound (almost like a pop can opening) and lost power.
He had it towed to me and after sitting a couple days we started it tonight. It runs rough and barely stays running with the accelerator fully down. Grey smoke was pouring out the back and some under the hood.
The drained oil has some bubbles in it, but is not milky in any way.
My son in law is very careful with it always letting it warm up before driving and cool down before shutting it off. So i'd be surprised if the head cracked again.
What suggestions to check do you have? Or should I just start taking it down to the block to see if the head gasket is blown. The lack of milky oil and low power are not what I thought I would find with a head gasket.
