When my wife came home this evening my daughter and I went out to greet her (we'd been playing in the sandbox) and the cruiser was missing and I noticed a bit of blue smoke when I told her to kill it.
After we got the daughter off to bed I went to investigate. On starting it feels like it's missing and the smell of gasoline is VERY strong. Shut it down and went and looked around. I found a suspicious new fluid on the end of the forward (seems there are 2 exhaust manifolds...one for front 3 and one for back 3 cylinders) and from looking down it appears to be flowing pretty freely. Looked under the cruiser and found the spot it hit in our asphalt and poked it, sure enough, melted...gas.
Restarted the cruiser and went around to look and there is a LOT of gas spraying out there. I'm not 100% sure it's right at the forward exhaust manifold/forward exhaust pipe fitting as I rushed back to kill the ignition, but it's definitely spraying/misting right in that area.
Before I go get the wrenches, my question is this to those of you who have spent much more time under the hood of a FZJ80 than I: Is this indicate any specific known/possible issue or does this point to anything?
Pics to follow.
After we got the daughter off to bed I went to investigate. On starting it feels like it's missing and the smell of gasoline is VERY strong. Shut it down and went and looked around. I found a suspicious new fluid on the end of the forward (seems there are 2 exhaust manifolds...one for front 3 and one for back 3 cylinders) and from looking down it appears to be flowing pretty freely. Looked under the cruiser and found the spot it hit in our asphalt and poked it, sure enough, melted...gas.
Restarted the cruiser and went around to look and there is a LOT of gas spraying out there. I'm not 100% sure it's right at the forward exhaust manifold/forward exhaust pipe fitting as I rushed back to kill the ignition, but it's definitely spraying/misting right in that area.
Before I go get the wrenches, my question is this to those of you who have spent much more time under the hood of a FZJ80 than I: Is this indicate any specific known/possible issue or does this point to anything?
Pics to follow.