Hi people,
I am probably going to sell my '85 FJ60 quite soon. I had the engine rebuilt last year and I think something awful has happened, I'm looking into the warranty to see if I am still covered. So, depending on how that works out I will set a price and post it soon.
Here is what happened. I was coming to a stop at an intersection when I heard a sharp "pop" from under the hood. A high pitch squeal started quiet then got louder, smoke started rolling out, until I came to a stop in a parking lot. I jumped out, checked the engine, smoke was coming from bottom front of engine the best I could tell. Oil was real low, so I dumped a couple quarts in which brought it half way up the hash marks on the stick.
I let it sit for a few minutes while I thought about suicide, then tried to start it. It gave a brief squeek then idled fine. I turned it off, let it set for a couple of hours (I needed a drink). Came back, started it up and drove it home (half a mile). It drove just fine. Late the next day, I started it again and it was idling kinda rough with some brief squawks at start-up. Diagnosis?
I already started looking for a toy pick-up, I have to divest myself of this thing. I figure I will get one kind of price if the engine is f'd up and another if it gets fixed. I would entertain ideas in that vein as well. There are several things I have replaced on it since I have had it, it was headed in the right direction. Real low rust, only surface stuff, it was originally from NM and came to Idaho via Montana. About 185k, barely 10k on rebuild.
I am probably going to sell my '85 FJ60 quite soon. I had the engine rebuilt last year and I think something awful has happened, I'm looking into the warranty to see if I am still covered. So, depending on how that works out I will set a price and post it soon.
Here is what happened. I was coming to a stop at an intersection when I heard a sharp "pop" from under the hood. A high pitch squeal started quiet then got louder, smoke started rolling out, until I came to a stop in a parking lot. I jumped out, checked the engine, smoke was coming from bottom front of engine the best I could tell. Oil was real low, so I dumped a couple quarts in which brought it half way up the hash marks on the stick.
I let it sit for a few minutes while I thought about suicide, then tried to start it. It gave a brief squeek then idled fine. I turned it off, let it set for a couple of hours (I needed a drink). Came back, started it up and drove it home (half a mile). It drove just fine. Late the next day, I started it again and it was idling kinda rough with some brief squawks at start-up. Diagnosis?
I already started looking for a toy pick-up, I have to divest myself of this thing. I figure I will get one kind of price if the engine is f'd up and another if it gets fixed. I would entertain ideas in that vein as well. There are several things I have replaced on it since I have had it, it was headed in the right direction. Real low rust, only surface stuff, it was originally from NM and came to Idaho via Montana. About 185k, barely 10k on rebuild.