Great start to the day.

spitfirebill UltraDork
6/19/12 7:20 a.m.

On the way in to work this morning, I thought I heard a funny sound coming from the radio. Turn the volume down and...nope,.. its the engine knocking. Everytime I rev it, its knocking away. As I get close to the office, its running on three cylinders. For several weeks, I've been loosing coolant and been unable to determine where its going. I isn't going out the exhaust and I cannot see a leak. I can smell it near the TBI or thermostat housing., It has also started using some oil. I can't tell where the oil is going either. Its not leaking and not going out the exhaust.

Looks like time to pull the engine.

Jay_W Dork
6/19/12 8:37 a.m.

Eh, turn the radio back up

Ranger50 SuperDork
6/19/12 8:39 a.m.

So, the coolant fairy is stealing it for someone else?

Dusterbd13 Reader
6/19/12 9:49 a.m.

brick, throttle, video camera.

wait for the bang.

do it over the grass or gravel, though, as its tough to get the stains out of concrete.

what kind of car?

spitfirebill UltraDork
6/19/12 11:38 a.m.

1986 Nissan D-21 Kingcab.

I wouldn't be so bummed, but I put new tires on it last summer, a new battery last month and finally got a shimmy to go away by replacing a bent wheel last week. Its my daily driver, 350k+ miles and I am the only owner.

I was talking with a co-worker at lunch about it and it got me to thinking it could be a valve issue. Same co-worker ran over a recap on the way yesterday and knocked a hole in his radiator. He went to get his dad's pickup and the alternator was not working. So watch out, the bad luck is going around.