Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine

4x4Wire Trail Talk Forums: Jeep, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Pajero, Isuzu, Kia, 4WD, 4x4, SUV, Off-Road and OutdoorWire Forums

Register Log In 4x4Wire TrailTalk Forums Mitsubishi 4x4 and SUV Tech Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine

Print Thread

Rate Thread

Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine [Re: Szia] #1008413 10/05/10 08:15 PM

Joined: Jan 2001

Posts: 13,649

Helen , GA

fasteddy

Web Wheeler

I'm pretty sure you have a blown head gasket. The coolant loss is indicative.

Yes, you have to remove the valve cover to get at the head bolts, and the bolts take a 10mm allen socket.

Not responsible for advice not taken...

Entire Thread
Subject	Posted By	Posted
Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	Szia	09/12/10 08:45 PM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	zarktheshark	09/13/10 12:09 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	Szia	09/13/10 12:12 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	rxinhed	09/13/10 01:51 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	fasteddy	09/13/10 03:32 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	Szia	09/13/10 07:33 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	fasteddy	09/13/10 09:49 PM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	Szia	09/14/10 10:20 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	Bernoulli	09/14/10 11:54 PM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	fasteddy	09/14/10 11:59 PM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	Jamez	09/15/10 01:05 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	PHIL_	09/15/10 01:21 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	Szia	10/02/10 01:50 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	fasteddy	10/02/10 01:54 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	Szia	10/02/10 01:55 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	airbats801	10/02/10 09:57 PM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	Szia	10/05/10 05:57 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	fasteddy	10/05/10 08:15 PM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	Szia	10/06/10 12:43 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	fasteddy	10/06/10 12:53 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	Szia	10/08/10 11:14 PM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	fasteddy	10/09/10 02:53 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	Jamez	10/09/10 03:04 AM
Re: Coolant boiled away and steam coming from behind the engine	Szia	10/14/10 09:12 AM

Moderated by 4x4Wire, Macka, Mudraider, off-roader, PHIL_, rxinhed

Hop To

4x4Wire Social:

| 4x4Wire on FaceBook |

OutdoorWire, 4x4Wire, JeepWire, TrailTalk, MUIRNet-News, and 4x4Voice are all trademarks and publications of OutdoorWire, Inc. and MUIRNet Consulting.
Copyright (c) 1999-2019 OutdoorWire, Inc and MUIRNet Consulting - All Rights Reserved, no part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without express written permission
You may link freely to this site, but no further use is allowed without the express written permission of the owner of this material.
All corporate trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

PHP: 7.4.33 Page Time: 3.512s Queries: 16 (3.510s) Memory: 0.6483 MB (Peak: 0.6868 MB) Data Comp: Off Server Time: 2026-06-05 15:05:16 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS