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idk what a geyser is.. lol

I opened the radiator cap today I started it up, but then coolant just started pouring out of the top of the radiator... There were no bubbles or anything..

If it has one.. cargo light and switch :)

If I take the head to a machine shop and have it decked.. Will I have to get new valves if they put new valve seats in? Thanks for the help so far.. I've gotten some info like torque specs and all at school. Hopefully it should be an easy job.

What does it mean you can start your truck without a key in it? lol

I'm not in NC but I'm 20 minutes from Charlotte :) I would like to join in that little get together on the trails if I get my truck running better.

Ok thanks. I will try and get a compression test soon. What will I needtobreathe do to take head off of my 2.5? Do I need to take rocker arms and valve stems out?

My preferred method for exploration...instead of just sticking your face down there. :cheers: I emailed my grandfather and that is what he told me to do, he does with almost every car he buys.

I have a picture of my hand, it doesn't smell like oil at all... Be aware my hands are greasy in this picture.. I got out of school and washed my hands but they are still greasy/black.. Picture of the smoke, I held a flashlight near the smoke so you could see.. That is how the smoke is all the time it is running... If I accelerate, it just comes out much more.. Thanks

I put a 92 wrangler valve cover on my 2.5L engine and it stopped the oil in the airbox.. I got the fittings from a Jeep dealership, got the valve cover for $25 on ebay and the fittings for about $15 and then new heater hose for the back of the airbox and vacuum hose from autozone for $2.. Fairly simple.

Thanks guys. I'm going to go out later tonight or tomorrow afternoon and hold my hand infront of the exhaust pipe and then smell my hand see if I smell burned oil. If it is burning oil That could be bad piston rings or bad valves correct? If it coolant, that could be a cracked block correct?

It's ok, everything helps and you learn something new everyday.. I drove it around my block maybe 2 minutes and it was still smoking when I got in my driveway. So I guess you would say it does it all the time. I kept it on the other day for 5-10 minutes and it did then also (smoke and water).

I turn my truck on and I look back in my mirror and I can see some white smoke coming from it, I'm pretty sure it means burning oil, but I want to know how to stop it, because it didn't used to do that 2 weeks ago. Also, condensation is coming from it too, when I go up a hill, liquid comes out (not oil). Just need some opinions. Thanks.

We are rebuilding engines in my auto class now.. To check to see if you have cracks in the head is to have a certain magnet and dust material, it is very complicated and expensive. School pays for all the tools here so idk how much.. We sent the blocks and some of the heads that needed to be repaired to the machine shop. In auto class, you don't need to know what the machine shop does, they will give you all new pistons and everything that match up to what they did. You just need to know how to put it together. If your taking off the head, go ahead and do a rebuild while your at it, but I would wait until you have some cash, cause it is expensive. Just wait until money is approved, wouldn't want to take head off twice..

No they aren't. I have a program that types for me but rock auto won't allow it. I'd figure I would post here because some people might actually help me. Thanks prick.

I did my guage cluster swap awhile back and never did get the oil pressure sending unit or the coolant temperature sensor.. Does anyone have the part numbers from Rock Auto? Anything else I need..? Thanks

I was thinking it would be pretty nice to have a v8 in the comanche... Is it possible? I know you would have to basically take everything out of Cherokee wiring ect. But what about axles? Like 44?

If it just dies going down the road sounds like alternator to me...

Ahh, yes it might be lol. Thanks.

Yeah, for the back, and I'm going to run the hose from the airbox to back there. Does it matter how much air gets into it from the airbox? Should I keep about the same amount of hose diameter?

Hmmm. Ok, thanks. I got it off ebay and the title said.. "AMC Jeep 2.5L valve cover" in the description it said it would fit 92-up. It did fit, but I don't know what the system goes to... Might contact seller and ask.

Yeah middle is oil cap, got that today. Where would the help section be in a parts store? The register? lol

Yeah but I don't know what goes in the hole.. Like what screws in it

I got a vacuum hose from oreily's, I figured out how much I need and where to mount, I just don't know what screws in to the front of valve cover... or the back...

Mine is red and hasn't been drivable lately :( I'll keep my eye out.