Hello,
Sorry for the title I couldn't resist . I recently purchased a 1988 GMC Jimmy with the 2.8 engine---sorry it was cheap. It was in good shape and drove fine for two months with no problem, but a faulty starter. I let a friend borrow it and all hell broke loose.

1. The engine started running hot, so she put water in it and kept driving and putting water in it whenever it ran hot or did not start. Needless to say, the Jimmy didn't take kindly to this kind of treatment. The truck now spews out a tremendously excessive amount of white smoke from the tailpipe, enough smoke to cover the truck and obstruct your view. What does this mean, please help, this girl has killed my Jimmy and I need it back.

How much money am I looking at and what damage has she done, this crazy girl also started the car once, while I was doing an oil change and there was no oil in the Jimmy.

Please help, I appreciate any advice.

Thank you.

Sounds like she blew the head and or the head gasket on your Jimmy.

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N. Hodges
1994 S350
1987 300 SDL (for sale)

My advice would be to fix the truck and trade in the girlfriend.

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



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definately head gasket and probable damaged the head too.

check engine oil, if its grey and not black then you know for sure.

mught get lucky and only need head skimmed and new gasket for a start but you still need to fix the cause.

have fun

are you sure your not dating my ex by the way, blew the head on two of mine about four years ago. heavy throttle foot and lazy gearchange arm.

I really miss the open discussion forum, I feel like I'm breaking the rules talking about my Jimmy in here. I apologize if I am. Just in case, here's the latest update on the engine.

OK

It's official, the engine is a milkshake machine. I'm going to take off the valve covers and all the other stuff so I can take a look at the heads.

I drained the coolant and oil today. An "old wise mechanic" told me I shouldn't have drained the oil as this might make the crankshaft and some other parts in the engine rust. He scared me enough to put some oil back in the engine. Is there any truth to this.

Thanks for the tips, I really appreciate your help now and the help I will be getting in the future.

If your "friend" put cold water into a hot engine that is the receipe for a cracked block. Thought I would mention this before you stated to sink money into it.

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Ray
1998 Mercedes E320, 200K Miles
2001 Acura 3.2TL, 178K Miles
1992 Chevy Astro, 205K Miles