Smokin' like a freight train.... 77 FJ40 w/2F

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If it ain't one thing it's another....
I was heading out to dinner tonight, and the oil pressure said it was low. I added a quart of oil. Heading back home, there was smoke pouring out of the tail pipe, when accelerating. As soon as I would get in 4th gear, it would stop smoking... The closer I got to home, the less it smoked...
By the time I got home it was really only smoking in 2nd and 3rd gear...
Any ideas, cause I don't have a flippin' clue? :bang::confused:
 
If it ain't one thing it's another....
I was heading out to dinner tonight, and the oil pressure said it was low. I added a quart of oil. Heading back home, there was smoke pouring out of the tail pipe, when accelerating. As soon as I would get in 4th gear, it would stop smoking... The closer I got to home, the less it smoked...
By the time I got home it was really only smoking in 2nd and 3rd gear...
Any ideas, cause I don't have a flippin' clue? :bang::confused:
Howdy! Normally you all oil when the dip stick says it's low, not when the pressure gauge is low. If you overfilled the engine, it will burn off some of the excess. John
 
you cooked your engine most likely , congrats .

there is a dipstick for a reason .
 
Lucky for you they make these things tougher than an Amazonian Warrior Princess with a bad case of PMS!

But yeah, silly mistake: pressure does not equal volume! EVEN I KNOW THAT! Hope it's not too cooked :doh:
 
you cooked your engine most likely , congrats .

there is a dipstick for a reason .
YUP the world needs at least one. Drain the oil out and only put the recomended amount of oil back in.check the dipstick on the engine every time you go for a run,With the engine stopped.
 
dargreg is right ,drain it and start fresh. dont take it personal , these guys are just having a little fun. if you need something , these guys are the first to help. BESIDES ,HOW CAN I BE OUT OF MONEY , IF I STILL HAVE CHECKS LEFT ??:deadhorse:
 
p.s. I hope I didn't offend any Amazonian Warrior Princesses who just might happen to be suffering from bad PMS ... :p
 
No more smoke

Good to go. Drained, and refilled to the proper level... A JV, Day-one mistake on my part, and I admit it... **it happens...

Now, I have to figure out why the rear gas tank is leaking, and there is a constant smell of gasoline.... any ideas?
 
Thanks for the people that had something constructive to say.

:censor: happens.
Dont worry we have all done something out of the ordinary.I once put diesel in the rad of a 8230 bulldozer cause the rad was behind the seat and I gave the boss s### cause I thought it was already full and he had already ran out.
 
Good to go. Drained, and refilled to the proper level... A JV, Day-one mistake on my part, and I admit it... **it happens...

Now, I have to figure out why the rear gas tank is leaking, and there is a constant smell of gasoline.... any ideas?


cool - and hopefully no more billowing clouds of black smoke?


Dont worry we have all done something out of the ordinary.I once put diesel in the rad of a 8230 bulldozer cause the rad was behind the seat and I gave the boss s### cause I thought it was already full and he had already ran out.

f'kin-illarious! Guess you 'could' say you were just topping up the 'antifreeze!' :doh:
 
When I read dargreg's post, I about fell out of my chair laughing.... That was flippin' hilarious!
 

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