Hey all,
Yesterday when I was driving home from work, I heard some abnormal clicking noise coming from behind the passenger dash (maybe it was the faulty heater control valve), and I noticed I had accidentally kneed the rear heater to High. I switched off the rear heater. And I did not pay more attention to it until 5 minutes later (I had only been driving for 7 minutes), the red oil warning light came on, and smoke came from under the hood, I pulled over on the highway right away, and when I opened the hood, the heater control valve hose is completely burnt and detached from the heater control valve, which is also burnt badly.
There is a puddle of oil underneath (maybe half a quart) the truck and there is oil on almost everything, there is a layer of powder like burnt substance I can not identify near the heater control valve (looks to me like some kind of burnt coolant seal, but last time I checked, the radiator was full of clear red Toyota coolant, which is odd). I am praying to god its not a blown head gasket or a bad bearing in the engine as I have just purchased this clean rust free rig from Texas (drove 3000miles so far with no problems at all), and I would not have the resources to have it fixed at a shop (I am pretty mechanically inclined but have never done anything big like gasket). I paid $170 to have it towed 20 miles (I don't know if it is a rip off but it seem so expensive to me). I test drove it around the block this morning, it drove fine (Idles rough, starts rough, has leaky vacuum and without coolant), and no weird engine noises. I checked the oil dip stick multiple times and the oil looks new and full, no milky coolant mixture. The radiator is empty.
I was going to baseline my baby and replace everything, but this incident caught me off guard, now I am dedicated to doing everything and do everything myself. I still have two months before the brutal Wisconsin winter hits (do you think I have enough time?).
My questions are:
1. Where is the oil coming from? What went?
2. What is the powder like substance near heater control valve?
3. What can I do? Do I have enough time to fix it before winter?
Moral of the story is, replace your dry rotted hoses (vacuum and coolant) ASAP. Hope this helps, and any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I am located in southern Wisconsin if anyone is around and wanting to go explore around the area also!
Thanks again,
Yang
Yesterday when I was driving home from work, I heard some abnormal clicking noise coming from behind the passenger dash (maybe it was the faulty heater control valve), and I noticed I had accidentally kneed the rear heater to High. I switched off the rear heater. And I did not pay more attention to it until 5 minutes later (I had only been driving for 7 minutes), the red oil warning light came on, and smoke came from under the hood, I pulled over on the highway right away, and when I opened the hood, the heater control valve hose is completely burnt and detached from the heater control valve, which is also burnt badly.
There is a puddle of oil underneath (maybe half a quart) the truck and there is oil on almost everything, there is a layer of powder like burnt substance I can not identify near the heater control valve (looks to me like some kind of burnt coolant seal, but last time I checked, the radiator was full of clear red Toyota coolant, which is odd). I am praying to god its not a blown head gasket or a bad bearing in the engine as I have just purchased this clean rust free rig from Texas (drove 3000miles so far with no problems at all), and I would not have the resources to have it fixed at a shop (I am pretty mechanically inclined but have never done anything big like gasket). I paid $170 to have it towed 20 miles (I don't know if it is a rip off but it seem so expensive to me). I test drove it around the block this morning, it drove fine (Idles rough, starts rough, has leaky vacuum and without coolant), and no weird engine noises. I checked the oil dip stick multiple times and the oil looks new and full, no milky coolant mixture. The radiator is empty.
I was going to baseline my baby and replace everything, but this incident caught me off guard, now I am dedicated to doing everything and do everything myself. I still have two months before the brutal Wisconsin winter hits (do you think I have enough time?).
My questions are:
1. Where is the oil coming from? What went?
2. What is the powder like substance near heater control valve?
3. What can I do? Do I have enough time to fix it before winter?
Moral of the story is, replace your dry rotted hoses (vacuum and coolant) ASAP. Hope this helps, and any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I am located in southern Wisconsin if anyone is around and wanting to go explore around the area also!
Thanks again,
Yang