Smoking/watery Exhaust
bigt61
03-26-2007, 10:25 PM
I have a 98 Rodeo, just purchased. Before I bought it, it had been sitting for over 2 years in storage. Previous owner not sure what maintenance/problems it has had. Knew it had a bad trans .
replaced the trans.
Now, the engine smokes like crazy. It doesnt do it at first, but after it gets hot or I step on the throttle past idle, white smoke comes out of the exhaust and water pours and drips out of the tail pipe.
I can see no evidence of oil in the coolant, or water in the oil pan.
I am thinking it has a head gasket blown, but I have read about issues regarding the IM leaking.
Which do you guys think the problem is?
replaced the trans.
Now, the engine smokes like crazy. It doesnt do it at first, but after it gets hot or I step on the throttle past idle, white smoke comes out of the exhaust and water pours and drips out of the tail pipe.
I can see no evidence of oil in the coolant, or water in the oil pan.
I am thinking it has a head gasket blown, but I have read about issues regarding the IM leaking.
Which do you guys think the problem is?
amigo-2k
03-26-2007, 10:29 PM
blow head or cracked head (cracked heads on +98 isuzu's are not that common, but I've read the 98-99 had a bad run of heads that crack more often).
bigt61
03-26-2007, 10:39 PM
blow head or cracked head (cracked heads on +98 isuzu's are not that common, but I've read the 98-99 had a bad run of heads that crack more often).
So, should I get a newer head off a newer 2000 or up engine, or will I be safe to have a machine shop machine the heads and replace them myself?
If I could have a bad run of heads, doing the work wont fix it because it will happen again, right? or is that just a fluke that I have a bad one?
So, should I get a newer head off a newer 2000 or up engine, or will I be safe to have a machine shop machine the heads and replace them myself?
If I could have a bad run of heads, doing the work wont fix it because it will happen again, right? or is that just a fluke that I have a bad one?
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