I Screwed Up And Need Help

[coyote kid]

My antifreeze mix was wrong and it froze into a thick slush I got it running but it has a miss at idle now and overheats quick and shoots steam from the intake manifold seal it also

has steam from exhaust that smells like antifreeze where should I start ?? Is my block cracked and my motor

toast ? Its a 88 2.5 ax4

[Jeep Driver]

Coolant runs through the intake manifold too.........I'd start there.......next is the head.

 

 

Sorry man, that sucks.

[MancheKid86]

ouch,
I'm with jeepdriver, hopefully it just blew the intake seal, causing a missfire where its leaking into the manifold to the cyl,
which makes sense for it steaming out the intake manifold
next is the head

when you check your intake gasket you need to drain the coolant anyways,
when refilling save the hassle and buy a jug of premix  :thumbsup:

[coyote kid]

I will try to fix it but if I can't I don't care because I have a built 300 hp 318 sitting on a stand that needs new home hehehe

[MancheKid86]

I will try to fix it but if I can't I don't care because I have a built 300 hp 318 sitting on a stand that needs new home hehehe

 

then you did a good thing,

slap that baby in

[coyote kid]

Haha been meaning to find a time to stick that motor in there for 2 years