Yeah........ How was your wheeling this weekend?

There was someone over the weekend who needed your help with a BBD.

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4534F59E.DD2F584@sympatico.ca...
> Billy ray!
>
> Don't send this fool on any more wild goose chases! His engine at 'zero
> psi' for oil pressure would have failed long ago if anything was
> actually wrong with it!
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> billy ray wrote:
>>
>> If coolant had gotten into the oil it would look like a milkshake ....
>> almost exactly like a milkshake.
>>
>> If you were burning coolant the exhaust would smell 'sweet' and that
>> sparkplug would be dramatically cleaner than the others.
>>
>> If oil was in the coolant you would see globules or an oily layer,or it
>> would smell faintly of exhaust, or may be full of air bubbles from the
>> compressed gasses inside the engine or maybe the bubbles are from the
>> cooling system 'burping' itself if the level is low or the coolant
>> recently
>> changed.
>>
>> "NJPainter" <vuso77@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1161093924.172633.67370@m7g2000cwm.googlegrou ps.com...
>> > I've got a Pure One Filter, ready to go. I've compared the inlet holes
>> > and they are wider than the Fram Tough Guard.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Bubbles? What does the oil actually LOOK like? (color consistency,
>> >> smell)
>> >
>> > With only 150 miles on it, the consistency is thin, smells like oil,
>> > and has a slightly amber color. Since we flushed it, the oil has been
>> > very clean.
>> >>
>> >> What does the coolant look like? (color consistency, smell) What
>> >> color
>> >> is
>> >> it supposed to be?
>> >>
>> > It's green. Mechanic tested it- it performs up to 195. He said it was
>> > fine.
>> >>
>> > What does the exhaust 'smell' like? (I realize this sounds like an odd
>> >
>> >> question but there is a rational reason)
>> >
>> > I'll do the smell test when I go out. What smells am I looking for? I
>> > know there isn't unspent fuel in there, butbesides that I haven't made
>> > a
>> >>
>> >> If you have a spark plug wrench pull the plugs and tell me if any
>> >> looks
>> >> 'different' than the others...an what the difference is....
>> >>
>> >
>> > I'll have him check that...
>> >

 

Sounds like he got it worked out.

Had a nice weekend. Windy as crap getting there and got my face frost
bitten a bit in a high wind slush storm Friday night, It was all white
and blotchy for a couple days, but the rest of the time was fun.

Mike

billy ray wrote:
>
> Yeah........ How was your wheeling this weekend?
>
> There was someone over the weekend who needed your help with a BBD.
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4534F59E.DD2F584@sympatico.ca...
> > Billy ray!
> >
> > Don't send this fool on any more wild goose chases! His engine at 'zero
> > psi' for oil pressure would have failed long ago if anything was
> > actually wrong with it!
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > billy ray wrote:
> >>
> >> If coolant had gotten into the oil it would look like a milkshake ....
> >> almost exactly like a milkshake.
> >>
> >> If you were burning coolant the exhaust would smell 'sweet' and that
> >> sparkplug would be dramatically cleaner than the others.
> >>
> >> If oil was in the coolant you would see globules or an oily layer,or it
> >> would smell faintly of exhaust, or may be full of air bubbles from the
> >> compressed gasses inside the engine or maybe the bubbles are from the
> >> cooling system 'burping' itself if the level is low or the coolant
> >> recently
> >> changed.
> >>
> >> "NJPainter" <vuso77@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1161093924.172633.67370@m7g2000cwm.googlegrou ps.com...
> >> > I've got a Pure One Filter, ready to go. I've compared the inlet holes
> >> > and they are wider than the Fram Tough Guard.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Bubbles? What does the oil actually LOOK like? (color consistency,
> >> >> smell)
> >> >
> >> > With only 150 miles on it, the consistency is thin, smells like oil,
> >> > and has a slightly amber color. Since we flushed it, the oil has been
> >> > very clean.
> >> >>
> >> >> What does the coolant look like? (color consistency, smell) What
> >> >> color
> >> >> is
> >> >> it supposed to be?
> >> >>
> >> > It's green. Mechanic tested it- it performs up to 195. He said it was
> >> > fine.
> >> >>
> >> > What does the exhaust 'smell' like? (I realize this sounds like an odd
> >> >
> >> >> question but there is a rational reason)
> >> >
> >> > I'll do the smell test when I go out. What smells am I looking for? I
> >> > know there isn't unspent fuel in there, butbesides that I haven't made
> >> > a
> >> >>
> >> >> If you have a spark plug wrench pull the plugs and tell me if any
> >> >> looks
> >> >> 'different' than the others...an what the difference is....
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > I'll have him check that...
> >> >

 

Sounds like he got it worked out.

Had a nice weekend. Windy as crap getting there and got my face frost
bitten a bit in a high wind slush storm Friday night, It was all white
and blotchy for a couple days, but the rest of the time was fun.

Mike

billy ray wrote:
>
> Yeah........ How was your wheeling this weekend?
>
> There was someone over the weekend who needed your help with a BBD.
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4534F59E.DD2F584@sympatico.ca...
> > Billy ray!
> >
> > Don't send this fool on any more wild goose chases! His engine at 'zero
> > psi' for oil pressure would have failed long ago if anything was
> > actually wrong with it!
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > billy ray wrote:
> >>
> >> If coolant had gotten into the oil it would look like a milkshake ....
> >> almost exactly like a milkshake.
> >>
> >> If you were burning coolant the exhaust would smell 'sweet' and that
> >> sparkplug would be dramatically cleaner than the others.
> >>
> >> If oil was in the coolant you would see globules or an oily layer,or it
> >> would smell faintly of exhaust, or may be full of air bubbles from the
> >> compressed gasses inside the engine or maybe the bubbles are from the
> >> cooling system 'burping' itself if the level is low or the coolant
> >> recently
> >> changed.
> >>
> >> "NJPainter" <vuso77@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1161093924.172633.67370@m7g2000cwm.googlegrou ps.com...
> >> > I've got a Pure One Filter, ready to go. I've compared the inlet holes
> >> > and they are wider than the Fram Tough Guard.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Bubbles? What does the oil actually LOOK like? (color consistency,
> >> >> smell)
> >> >
> >> > With only 150 miles on it, the consistency is thin, smells like oil,
> >> > and has a slightly amber color. Since we flushed it, the oil has been
> >> > very clean.
> >> >>
> >> >> What does the coolant look like? (color consistency, smell) What
> >> >> color
> >> >> is
> >> >> it supposed to be?
> >> >>
> >> > It's green. Mechanic tested it- it performs up to 195. He said it was
> >> > fine.
> >> >>
> >> > What does the exhaust 'smell' like? (I realize this sounds like an odd
> >> >
> >> >> question but there is a rational reason)
> >> >
> >> > I'll do the smell test when I go out. What smells am I looking for? I
> >> > know there isn't unspent fuel in there, butbesides that I haven't made
> >> > a
> >> >>
> >> >> If you have a spark plug wrench pull the plugs and tell me if any
> >> >> looks
> >> >> 'different' than the others...an what the difference is....
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > I'll have him check that...
> >> >

 

Sounds like he got it worked out.

Had a nice weekend. Windy as crap getting there and got my face frost
bitten a bit in a high wind slush storm Friday night, It was all white
and blotchy for a couple days, but the rest of the time was fun.

Mike

billy ray wrote:
>
> Yeah........ How was your wheeling this weekend?
>
> There was someone over the weekend who needed your help with a BBD.
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4534F59E.DD2F584@sympatico.ca...
> > Billy ray!
> >
> > Don't send this fool on any more wild goose chases! His engine at 'zero
> > psi' for oil pressure would have failed long ago if anything was
> > actually wrong with it!
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > billy ray wrote:
> >>
> >> If coolant had gotten into the oil it would look like a milkshake ....
> >> almost exactly like a milkshake.
> >>
> >> If you were burning coolant the exhaust would smell 'sweet' and that
> >> sparkplug would be dramatically cleaner than the others.
> >>
> >> If oil was in the coolant you would see globules or an oily layer,or it
> >> would smell faintly of exhaust, or may be full of air bubbles from the
> >> compressed gasses inside the engine or maybe the bubbles are from the
> >> cooling system 'burping' itself if the level is low or the coolant
> >> recently
> >> changed.
> >>
> >> "NJPainter" <vuso77@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1161093924.172633.67370@m7g2000cwm.googlegrou ps.com...
> >> > I've got a Pure One Filter, ready to go. I've compared the inlet holes
> >> > and they are wider than the Fram Tough Guard.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Bubbles? What does the oil actually LOOK like? (color consistency,
> >> >> smell)
> >> >
> >> > With only 150 miles on it, the consistency is thin, smells like oil,
> >> > and has a slightly amber color. Since we flushed it, the oil has been
> >> > very clean.
> >> >>
> >> >> What does the coolant look like? (color consistency, smell) What
> >> >> color
> >> >> is
> >> >> it supposed to be?
> >> >>
> >> > It's green. Mechanic tested it- it performs up to 195. He said it was
> >> > fine.
> >> >>
> >> > What does the exhaust 'smell' like? (I realize this sounds like an odd
> >> >
> >> >> question but there is a rational reason)
> >> >
> >> > I'll do the smell test when I go out. What smells am I looking for? I
> >> > know there isn't unspent fuel in there, butbesides that I haven't made
> >> > a
> >> >>
> >> >> If you have a spark plug wrench pull the plugs and tell me if any
> >> >> looks
> >> >> 'different' than the others...an what the difference is....
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > I'll have him check that...
> >> >

 

Oil Pressure: 40 PSI (idle)
60-70 PSI (pull)

Mechanic was right, engine would've been f-ed if there was no or low
pressure.

We changed out the pressure sensor again, changed from Fram to PureOne,
and put in a quart of Lucas. He also cleaned dome of the connections.

Everything seems fine. Engine was hot and the dash gauge read a
consistent 40, goes up to 45 when accelerating.

I appreciate all the help and hope that those trying to flame me would
cool off. I saved myself at least $100 dollars, and ultimately, my
mechanic didn't charge me to do the mechanical gauge, filter change et
al.

Those doggone idiot lights drove me crazy, as I'm sure I've done the
same to some of you guys trying to help.

THX!!!

Oh, going to flush the antifreeze, any recommendations?

 

Oil Pressure: 40 PSI (idle)
60-70 PSI (pull)

Mechanic was right, engine would've been f-ed if there was no or low
pressure.

We changed out the pressure sensor again, changed from Fram to PureOne,
and put in a quart of Lucas. He also cleaned dome of the connections.

Everything seems fine. Engine was hot and the dash gauge read a
consistent 40, goes up to 45 when accelerating.

I appreciate all the help and hope that those trying to flame me would
cool off. I saved myself at least $100 dollars, and ultimately, my
mechanic didn't charge me to do the mechanical gauge, filter change et
al.

Those doggone idiot lights drove me crazy, as I'm sure I've done the
same to some of you guys trying to help.

THX!!!

Oh, going to flush the antifreeze, any recommendations?

 

Oil Pressure: 40 PSI (idle)
60-70 PSI (pull)

Mechanic was right, engine would've been f-ed if there was no or low
pressure.

We changed out the pressure sensor again, changed from Fram to PureOne,
and put in a quart of Lucas. He also cleaned dome of the connections.

Everything seems fine. Engine was hot and the dash gauge read a
consistent 40, goes up to 45 when accelerating.

I appreciate all the help and hope that those trying to flame me would
cool off. I saved myself at least $100 dollars, and ultimately, my
mechanic didn't charge me to do the mechanical gauge, filter change et
al.

Those doggone idiot lights drove me crazy, as I'm sure I've done the
same to some of you guys trying to help.

THX!!!

Oh, going to flush the antifreeze, any recommendations?

 

billy ray wrote:
> You needn't a Jeep specialist although that would be preferable, any
> competent mechanic would know that sending units are trouble prone and
> rarely reliable and the VERY FIRST test is to attach a mechanical gauge. If
> he was too lazy to do that then........
>
.... this is getting to be a pretty complicated intersection....
> especially from a guy who lives in a town that has the Welcome To and Now
> Leaving signs on the same pole
>


That last line is pretty funny.

 

billy ray wrote:
> You needn't a Jeep specialist although that would be preferable, any
> competent mechanic would know that sending units are trouble prone and
> rarely reliable and the VERY FIRST test is to attach a mechanical gauge. If
> he was too lazy to do that then........
>
.... this is getting to be a pretty complicated intersection....
> especially from a guy who lives in a town that has the Welcome To and Now
> Leaving signs on the same pole
>


That last line is pretty funny.

 

billy ray wrote:
> You needn't a Jeep specialist although that would be preferable, any
> competent mechanic would know that sending units are trouble prone and
> rarely reliable and the VERY FIRST test is to attach a mechanical gauge. If
> he was too lazy to do that then........
>
.... this is getting to be a pretty complicated intersection....
> especially from a guy who lives in a town that has the Welcome To and Now
> Leaving signs on the same pole
>


That last line is pretty funny.