smoke, overheat, blah, blah
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smoke, overheat, blah, blah
So I just recently bought an '88 se just to nab a bumper cover and fender off and maybe some other cosmetic things before I unload it.
The car has 138k miles on it, smokes white when it is turned on and continues a light smoke afterwards. After a few minutes it overheats and won't idle. All tell-tale signs of a rebuild. Only thing is the coolant seems fine-- there's quite a bit in the overflow--, and the oil seems fine (actually not sure about the oil-- will have to check again).
Basically I want to know before I part it out if the car may have some things that may be causing the issue that isn't a blown engine.
The car has 138k miles on it, smokes white when it is turned on and continues a light smoke afterwards. After a few minutes it overheats and won't idle. All tell-tale signs of a rebuild. Only thing is the coolant seems fine-- there's quite a bit in the overflow--, and the oil seems fine (actually not sure about the oil-- will have to check again).
Basically I want to know before I part it out if the car may have some things that may be causing the issue that isn't a blown engine.
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From: Orange Park FL (near Jax)
Originally Posted by joe_afternoon
Yeah? What will that tell me?
Maybe do the "block weld" trick - it might work if it's not too late.
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