Foodang

I have a 1988 Jeep Cherokee Lmtd and I was driving home from work yesterday when all of a sudden the jeep stops and smoke starts coming out from under the hood. Now at the time it was probably 90degrees+ outside and i had my ac on full blast. So i was only a few blocks from home and was able to start it back up 5-10min later and pull it into my drive way when before i could take the keys out it turned off on its own again.

I have antifreeze/oil. Now the thing that worries me is this morning i went out and turned it on again and tried revving it a bit and the temp gauge shows fine, but at one point during the revving i took my foot off the gas and it was still accelerating. And i opened the hood and the whole engine was smoking and what seemed to be oil burning.

Now I would take it to the shop but being the 4th and all everywhere is closed and I don't know anyone that is familiar with cars. So if you guys could point me in the right direction here I would highly appreciate it! Thanks!

95Cherokee

By "antifreeze/oil" you mean you have antifreeze IN your oil?

Foodang

no i have antifreeze in my reserve and oil where its supposed to be

Foodang

Okay, so i found the issue. The radiator looked full... actually wasn't... threw some water in and drove it around the block and it ran fine xcept when i got home noticed all the water was dripping out... tried seeing where it comes out of but cannot pin point it. Looks like from the engine (God i hope not) but gotta bring it in the shop i guess and put it on the lift.

robertj

When you say "from the engine" what part? If it's the front, it's probably leaking out of the seap hole of the waterpump.

Foodang

yea my brother came over to look at it... (hes not expert but has more knowledge than I do) and says it looks like its coming from the water pump. So tomorrow all the shops in my area are closed >< so i gotta bring it in tuesday.