WOW this one is the best wtf so far..........NOT

[RamRod]

Alright week 7 of being a proud new papa of a 97 Disco 4.0 auto

And here's the story after sitting for about 3 days after doing a FCF of a shift light assm. actually wasnt that bad had the center console out in about 15 mins but then 1 of my tech's decided it would be a great idea to "help" me and ended up loosing my Chuck key for the top of the shifter.....resulting in me not knowing about it until everything was put back together.....resulting in another R&R or centerconsole and lucky me.....I found it. But now onto the WTF.... After sitting 3 days cause I had to drive my Titan I decided to start her up and let her run...... When started she was smoking pure white smoke like I was doing an induction srvc.... Thinking she just needed to run poss leaky injectors causing fuel to pile up in chambers....... So I ran her not too hard just a quick jog around the block in which it never really did stop smoking and then she Overheated....... Thats right the big.......O.....shit..... so in my never ending quest to bang my head against the wall with this Rover I refuse to give up on her so I just need to know where to look..... Any hints or Poss I would love at this point......Thanks Matt

 

[Lutzgaterr]

Matt,
per my PM, what kind of smoke? Steam or oil. If it is steam, check you coolant for traces of exhaust gases. If positive on that, I would guess it is a head gasket.
Not a big deal really. I know a good source in the bay area to address heads if this is indeed your problem.
Don't give-up... Damn Disco's are worth every bit of frustration for sure although I have had to threaten mine a time or two about selling her before she calmed down.

 

[RamRod]

haha right..... Yea thats true ill see if anyone here has a block tester and I swear if that bitch turns green im going to flip..... and to awnser your question I believe it is steam now that I think about it cause when I put my hands in front of the tail pipe it would be soaked with condensation.... However, the only thing that blows my mind is the disco was sitting!!!!! There was no driving.....no Wheeling.... no trip to richlom!!! So I am just not understanding how this went down unless the previous owner had the problem and just put block seal