I added cliff notes at the end, it's a detailed read, sorry.
I'm pulling the exhaust mani in the morning to see where the water is coming from. I'm fairly certian I cracked either the head or the block, as I've never seen a D-series head warp enough to cause an external leak. I'm sure it's been done, but I've never personally seen it happen.
Bought the car for $1100 with multiple misfire codes, pulled the intake mani and cleaned all the carbon off and haven't had an engine issue since. I was driving home from Orlando this afternoon and the little hose that connects the overflow/resivoir to the radiator popped off and made the car overheat. It was in the red before I noticed, and at that point my only thought was "It's got almost 300k on it, and I'm not about to walk home" So I turned the heat on full blast with all the windows down and slowed down to 10 under the speed limit. It eventually told me to eff off and shut itself down. I pulled off the road and left the key in the run position and hit the a/c button to turn the fans on to try and help cool it down. It got down to about 3/4 hot before it would start again, so I started limping home. Almost made it to the house before it shut off again. Called the wife to come get me and went back after it sat for about 4 hours. Put water in the radiator, and it's leaking from somewhere behind the exhaust mani. I was able to get it home, and I'm going to start with pulling the exhaust mani off and adding more water to see where the leak is coming from.
It's also worth noting that the interior now smells like burnt oil, which honestly angers me more than the blown engine lol I'm not the least bit worried about the rebuild or replacing the engine if it comes to that, but getting that smell out of the car is going to be a nightmare.
Cliff notes:
Overheated
Continued driving til it died
Cooled to 3/4 hot
Drove until it died again
Sat and cooled 4 hours
Added water, discovered leak behind exhaust mani
Drove home (less than 10 minutes) without issue
Interior smells like burnt oil, but oil is well within "normal" levels, almost to the full mark.
I'm pulling the exhaust mani in the morning to see where the water is coming from. I'm fairly certian I cracked either the head or the block, as I've never seen a D-series head warp enough to cause an external leak. I'm sure it's been done, but I've never personally seen it happen.
Bought the car for $1100 with multiple misfire codes, pulled the intake mani and cleaned all the carbon off and haven't had an engine issue since. I was driving home from Orlando this afternoon and the little hose that connects the overflow/resivoir to the radiator popped off and made the car overheat. It was in the red before I noticed, and at that point my only thought was "It's got almost 300k on it, and I'm not about to walk home" So I turned the heat on full blast with all the windows down and slowed down to 10 under the speed limit. It eventually told me to eff off and shut itself down. I pulled off the road and left the key in the run position and hit the a/c button to turn the fans on to try and help cool it down. It got down to about 3/4 hot before it would start again, so I started limping home. Almost made it to the house before it shut off again. Called the wife to come get me and went back after it sat for about 4 hours. Put water in the radiator, and it's leaking from somewhere behind the exhaust mani. I was able to get it home, and I'm going to start with pulling the exhaust mani off and adding more water to see where the leak is coming from.
It's also worth noting that the interior now smells like burnt oil, which honestly angers me more than the blown engine lol I'm not the least bit worried about the rebuild or replacing the engine if it comes to that, but getting that smell out of the car is going to be a nightmare.
Cliff notes:
Overheated
Continued driving til it died
Cooled to 3/4 hot
Drove until it died again
Sat and cooled 4 hours
Added water, discovered leak behind exhaust mani
Drove home (less than 10 minutes) without issue
Interior smells like burnt oil, but oil is well within "normal" levels, almost to the full mark.
