Think Motor is Locked up...
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Think Motor is Locked up...
Ok on my way home with kids, oil preasure drops, check guage light comes on then motor shuts off with in 5 seconds. Checked oil a few days ago and all was ok still have about 1000 miles before next oil change... When I got out and lifted hood, looks like smoke is coming from engine block... Am I looking at new motor, if so any ideas on what motor to go with... Any year of 4.0 better than others or should I go with something else... Never done this before, but I have a buddy who works at Jeep dealership that is head mechanic so he and I are going to work on it.... Any Ideas, solutions?
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I checked oil level and it was alittle low, but not below add line, I didn't get a chance to give good look over b/c I had both kids with me 1 3yrs old other 4 months and yongest was screaming bloody murder, I am waiting on tow truck to bring to shop...
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Ok on my way home with kids, oil preasure drops, check guage light comes on then motor shuts off with in 5 seconds. Checked oil a few days ago and all was ok still have about 1000 miles before next oil change... When I got out and lifted hood, looks like smoke is coming from engine block... Am I looking at new motor, if so any ideas on what motor to go with... Any year of 4.0 better than others or should I go with something else... Never done this before, but I have a buddy who works at Jeep dealership that is head mechanic so he and I are going to work on it.... Any Ideas, solutions?
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Ok XJ has been taken to shop, Jeep started right up but was slugish and was smoking, along with spitting water out of tail pipe... Thinking it is head gasket... if wrong let me know.
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Are you certain that the water coming out of the tailpipe wasn't just condensation? If the smoke was white, it probably is the head gasket.
Only time a motor has shut down on me like that, I had a couple of busted pistons and a few other things wrong. That said, the engine had a valve tick when I bought the truck and I suspected it wouldn't hold up too long.
Only time a motor has shut down on me like that, I had a couple of busted pistons and a few other things wrong. That said, the engine had a valve tick when I bought the truck and I suspected it wouldn't hold up too long.
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Are you certain that the water coming out of the tailpipe wasn't just condensation? If the smoke was white, it probably is the head gasket.
Only time a motor has shut down on me like that, I had a couple of busted pistons and a few other things wrong. That said, the engine had a valve tick when I bought the truck and I suspected it wouldn't hold up too long.
Only time a motor has shut down on me like that, I had a couple of busted pistons and a few other things wrong. That said, the engine had a valve tick when I bought the truck and I suspected it wouldn't hold up too long.
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Could be whatever drives the oil pump (possibly a shaft from the distributor) broke and the oil pump stopped pumping. I saw one hex shaped shaft that twisted so bad it looked like a screw before it broke. The oil pump had locked up and stopped pumping. That would be one cause of lost oil pressure. It sounds like you need a head gasket. On my Saturn that lost oil pressure, the idiot light came on AFTER the engine seized. I like gauges better.
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Could be whatever drives the oil pump (possibly a shaft from the distributor) broke and the oil pump stopped pumping. I saw one hex shaped shaft that twisted so bad it looked like a screw before it broke. The oil pump had locked up and stopped pumping. That would be one cause of lost oil pressure. It sounds like you need a head gasket. On my Saturn that lost oil pressure, the idiot light came on AFTER the engine seized. I like gauges better.
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
Had to be a Ford. Our Jeeps have good oil pump drives.