Okay, I won't go into the bloody details of how this happened (so I don't
look like a bigger moron than I am =), but lets just say that one day, while
moving from my apartment and into a house I found myself driving my TR6
('74) with a non functioning alternator belt (ie, alternator was not
turning, _water_pump_ was not turning). Also at the time, none of the
gauges except for oil pressure were in the car, as I was in the middle of
installing a new wiring harness. So unbeknownst to me, the engine
temperature was steadily increasing until about 6 miles down the road...
BLAM! The engine is still running, even with the clutch disengaged, but I
have absolutely no power. I coast to a McDonalds parking lot and open the
hood. Water is spraying from all of the hose connections and I just get a
sick feeling in my stomach. I call up my roommate and have him tow the car
to the house (where I have been kicking myself ever since).
I have finally gotten past the paranoia of finding out just how badly I
screwed up the motor, and have decided to finally fix the thing. I would
like some help on the initial analysis. This is where I am at: I can start
the car and get it running, but it still has zero power. It appears that
the thing may be back firing. At regular intervals (once every time thru
the firing order?) the motor makes a loud popping noise and occasionally I
have seen smoke come out of the front carb. While holding a piece of paper
to the exhaust, little grey droplets of fluid were coming out of the
exhaust. They were fairly small and they didn't have a strong gasoline
odor. I did a compression check on all cylinders and they all read 125 psi
(plus or minus 3psi). While running the compression check all of the spark
plugs were out of the car, and when I checked the #2 cylinder I could hear a
chuffing noise from the vicinity of the #4-#5 cylinder.
Any suggestions of what I should do next? Is it likely that the head gasket
is blown or something worse? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
as the big ski/snowboard sale in town just started up and I have been
thinking of getting a new setup, but if the car needs the money instead...
Thanks,
Jason out...
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