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Mitsubishi: Help!!!

  1. #1
    slaball
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    Help!!!

    Yesterday I was cruising down the highway with the cruise control set
    at 70MPH.. All at once i start hearing a clicking type noise then my
    oil pressure starts dropping. My car starts to slow down and then all
    the sudden it just kinded gunned it. I looked out my rear view mirrow
    as i pulled over immediately and noticed a little white smoke coming
    out. After I pulled off the road, while making phone calls for someone
    to come pick me up, my oil starting leaking and what looked like
    water(?) from under my car. My dad is on his way back down to get it
    so he can bring it home to look at it. Anyone have any clues as to
    what he should be looking at???

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    Stewart
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    Re: Help!!!

    "slaball" <com> wrote in message
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    Almost certainly you've done a head gasket and warped the head. Did you
    notice that the temp gauge had gone up too?

    Clicking noise: water in the oil and that's bearing knock. You may be lucky
    that the bearings are OK.
    ... it just kind of gunned it. A bit of water in the cylinder will give a
    power boost for while until the quantity prevents ignition.
    White smoke: burning coolant.
    Oil and water leaks: warped head is letting oil and coolant out. Not
    uncommon.

    Depending on the head damage, you may need a new head. Whoever fixes it
    should also pull the sump off and check the bearings. You may find its
    cheaper to get a running engine from a wrecker.

    Stewart DIBBS
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  3. #3
    Nobody
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    Re: Help!!!

    Yep...I would hazard to say the engine is gone. The temp gauge had to be
    pegged...

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    lucky 



  4. #4
    slaball
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    Re: Re: Help!!!

    "Nobody U. Know" wrote: 

    Thanks... Actually, it never overheated at all and NONE of the
    lights(temp,engine,oil)came on just the oil pressure gauge dropped.
    After he thought about it, he thinks the water that I saw may have
    been fronm the a/c since I had it on and it wasnt alot of water. And
    yeah, he rented a car tow and pulled it back to town so no more damage
    would/could be done.

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