zach

well i appreciate the advice i wasnt running any anti-freeze because it's pretty warm here right now, but i had my buddy look at it and he said the head that they just fixed blew so i'm pretty much done with this car im going to sell it for parts if anyone wants it let me know the only thing messed up to my knowledge is the left head and a pinhole in the radiator. i really was hoping that i could get this peice of crap fixed so i could lift it and do all the fun stuff with it but if it's not even going to run whats the point.

yeah after reading the thread about overheating sub i realised i was not to precise in what i said but i don't know hardly anything about cars in gen. just starting drivng about a year ago and this is my first car. the guy that's helped me get this car running told me the more i run it the better it'd be - even though it was running hot and i had to fill the rad. with water almost everytime i entered it , it was not running hot when this incodent happened. but the smoke seemed to be coming from where the head connects the where you pour the oil in - i'm using a 10-30w valvoline "maxlife". i replaced the oil pan gasket because it was leaking and is still leaking a tad (was not able to get 2 bolts in due to oil pan not lining up with thread holes and the lack of access due to the cross member). the head itself does not seem to be leaking oil so i'm not really sure what's going on i appreciate any advice though

hey guys i've been looking at this website for a while and havent ever posted not really needing to , i have this delima and was wondering if anyone could throw me some advice - i've got this 87 gl wagon manual trans. fwd. and about 7-8 years ago the left head blew up on a trip my dad was taking, it was sitting at my house for about 6-7 years when my older brother decided to get his buddy who knows subs to help him fix the head. well they fixed it but he never took the time to get all the paper work done and it sat another year until i figured i'd do the paper work seeing as how i needed a car. well i replaced the breaks and all the stuff that needed to be replaced - and just about last week i tryed changing the oil pan gasket not knowing anything about overhead valve engines, finally got it done 2 days ago was running fine except i think the radiator has a pinhole in it so it was running hot, tonight i was coming home from being out and it wasnt running hot , had plenty of gas and the all the sudden when i would stop at a light or get real slow it would cut off and i'd have to hold the key to get it to start again, in netueral while moving. when i got it started i decided i just needed to get it home then figured out what's wrong well it didnt make it home and when i pulled into a vacant parking lot the whole car by then was filled with eyeburning smoke/steam and it was coming off of the head my brother fixed a year ago - it was running fine for about 2-3 months and this happened so im not sure if i should sell it for parts or if there's an easy solution to the matter please help, Zach