Well wondering if I finally done it. When I left FFW I drove home 120 miles with the temps spiking. My autometer went to 250 and the stock temp gauge said "M". I haven't driven it since Saturday and when I started her up today the temp automatically buried on the autometer and then smoke. I drove fine with power and boost all the way home. I just thought the gauge might have took a dump so I wasn't worried.
I'm thinking the motor was so hot that the crack stayed kinda sealed until it cooled off and now it's a little bigger. I haven't pulled the lower yet to look but I won't have time until this weekend to do a leakdown test. The car still runs quiet unlike when I blew the HG's in the past and the coolant/oil hasn't shown any signs of mixture. The only sign now it spiking temps from 250 then down to 218 up and down and now the little hint of smoke.
Sounds more like a cracked block to me, what do you guys think?
I was hoping a grenaded motor before a cracked one when it went.
I'm thinking the motor was so hot that the crack stayed kinda sealed until it cooled off and now it's a little bigger. I haven't pulled the lower yet to look but I won't have time until this weekend to do a leakdown test. The car still runs quiet unlike when I blew the HG's in the past and the coolant/oil hasn't shown any signs of mixture. The only sign now it spiking temps from 250 then down to 218 up and down and now the little hint of smoke.
Sounds more like a cracked block to me, what do you guys think?
I was hoping a grenaded motor before a cracked one when it went.