Tell me it ain't true!
Tonight, slowing down for a red light, I noticed a bad miss, and a lot of smoke out the exhaust.
Smoke was white.
I drive another 200 yards to get the 80 of the road. Miss and smoke persisted.
I shut it down, and got out of the car. There was a very fuel rich smell about the smoke.
About 15 minutes later, I tried to restart.
1/2 a turn of the engine, and it locked up. Bumped the key again, and same deal.
I've had an intermittent miss at idle for a while now that I haven't figured out.
I was losing coolant for a while through a weepy PHH which was replaced 6 months ago. Coolant has stayed about right since.
A few nights ago, I noticed a lot of smoke out the back for a few seconds when I stepped on the gas to pass some traffic. I put it down to oil, as my old girl is burning a slowly increasing amount of oil.
So I'm pondering what is wrong. Car is in the middle of a business district, and will have to be towed, so I haven't been able to do much digging yet.
Coolant is low in the radiator, exhaust smells of raw fuel.
Oil cap is clean, so is dipstick
I'm hoping I have a bad injector, but low coolant has me worried it's the head gasket.
Plan is to remove plugs and assess, then turn it over by hand, then with the starter. See what comes out of cylinders.
Thinking I'll remove the sump plug, see if there's any coolant in oil.
Any thoughts, or suggestions welcome.
I don't have shop space, time or energy to be pulling the head right now. If it's not something simple I'll be throwing money at a mechanic to fix it.
Tonight, slowing down for a red light, I noticed a bad miss, and a lot of smoke out the exhaust.
Smoke was white.
I drive another 200 yards to get the 80 of the road. Miss and smoke persisted.
I shut it down, and got out of the car. There was a very fuel rich smell about the smoke.
About 15 minutes later, I tried to restart.
1/2 a turn of the engine, and it locked up. Bumped the key again, and same deal.
I've had an intermittent miss at idle for a while now that I haven't figured out.
I was losing coolant for a while through a weepy PHH which was replaced 6 months ago. Coolant has stayed about right since.
A few nights ago, I noticed a lot of smoke out the back for a few seconds when I stepped on the gas to pass some traffic. I put it down to oil, as my old girl is burning a slowly increasing amount of oil.
So I'm pondering what is wrong. Car is in the middle of a business district, and will have to be towed, so I haven't been able to do much digging yet.
Coolant is low in the radiator, exhaust smells of raw fuel.
Oil cap is clean, so is dipstick
I'm hoping I have a bad injector, but low coolant has me worried it's the head gasket.
Plan is to remove plugs and assess, then turn it over by hand, then with the starter. See what comes out of cylinders.
Thinking I'll remove the sump plug, see if there's any coolant in oil.
Any thoughts, or suggestions welcome.
I don't have shop space, time or energy to be pulling the head right now. If it's not something simple I'll be throwing money at a mechanic to fix it.