Anybody know whats wrong with my zj???

zjguy

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The other day i drove maybe a mile went in a friends house for maybe 5 minutes and when i came out it was smoking. I cut it off and popped the hood, when i popped the hood i heard a pop and sizzling noise. When i looked there was antifreeze everywhere and little chunks of oil in it. Can anybody tell me what happened?
 
hose, hose clamp, radiator cap, radiator. May have popped a muffler bearing...
 
It blew its load cause it was happy to see you!
 
Jeff B said:
hose, hose clamp, radiator cap, radiator. May have popped a muffler bearing...
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Its not the radiator or the cap. I had a new radiator about a month ago. I will check the hose again today. So would I still be able to drive it or is something messed up?
 
If its over heating don't drive it you need to put pressure on the system and see where the leak is coming from and go from there
 
With the available info ... not even Carnac The Magnificent could tell you whats wrong or if it's safe to drive.

With anti-freeze everywhere after a 1 mile drive ... my guess would be not to drive it until someone who knows what they're doing looks at it.


Matt
 
ok. I was thinking that the pop was the reservoir cap that came off and thats where the antifreeze came from but i still don't know where the oil came from. I checked the antifreeze in the reservoir and there was no oil.
 
Is the oil brown and milky looking? Check the dip stick and at the cap.

The oil could also just be getting steamed off from wherever the coolant leak started. Or from the underside of the hood, etc.

Wait until it's cool, refill the radiator, then start it up and watch to see where the coolant starts to come out.
 
I just gotta say it. Look at the front of the vehicle. See those 4 letters on it? That's your problem.
 
rattlecanpaint said:
I just gotta say it. Look at the front of the vehicle. See those 4 letters on it? That's your problem.
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