Recent content by Bogus

First off should i even run the car if its in the conidition? Or will it just make it worse? I've been checking on the coolant levels every day and i haven't been adding coolant just water because of how much its leaking and how fast its going through it. And it hasn't overheated at all which is...

Well today was certainly intresting seeing that i started up and drove to school just fine. I left class though and it started billowing white smoke off and on as i drove down the road. So does this mean its leaking rather than blown or cracked if its not blowing white smoke all the time?

Going to see if i can go an order a dye test tomorrow i mean its all speculation until you go look at it. But as far as it goes would it be easier to just go to shop pay for it to be done? I mean that's going to cost upward of 1-2.5 grand i'm assuming? or could you do this on your own with a...

What i have on mine is this key looking thing that if you pull it out, even if you have the keys to it you can't start the vehicle I'm not sure what its called but idk how helpful that would be if they could just wire around it or whatnot.

Okay so i took a closer look and it appeared that it had been dried out coolant so maybe it had been leaking before and now it was fixed i found receipt for work done to replace the thermostat awhile back. But i'm going to look at the water pump and see. I took a closer look and it didn't look...

*UPDATE* I filled the reserve up with water today seeing that it was empty and i wanted to know how much it was burning. The whole reserve tank was completely empty after driving to and from school today and going to work and back of stop in go traffic at 90 degrees outside so i think something...

Yes it does sound like it misses especially when idling after starting it up sounds like its rugged like almost like its a diesel engine. But when driving it doesn't sound terrible or anything of that nature. Here are some pictures of the leaking i spotted coming from the radiator

Okay, so is it something that i should be concerned about that will potentially destroy my engine down the road, or can i deal with it at the moment just making sure i top off my coolant and check it regularly? And how do you post pictures on the forums? do i have to upload to a website then...

So this weekend i bought a toyota 4 runner 1995 for $1500 Head block was replaced in 06' radiator was rebuilt so it seemed like a nice pickup. However, i noticed something when driving it the other day it seems that the car has funny smelling exhaust, i say it smells sweet, my gf on the other...