Exhaust leak under intake????????

[Silvertooth]

.............my 1988 ranger 2.3 has an exhaust leak under the intake. Is there a cross over there????? Do I just need to get an intake gasket??
It is for sure under the intake, right above the oil filter. The engine runs fine,just a bad exhaust leak there. Thanks

 

[adsm08]

Could the EGR is leaking. That's about the only place the exhaust and intake meet.

 

[Silvertooth]

Could the EGR is leaking. That's about the only place the exhaust and intake meet.

............that is the only thing I could think of too. I unhooked it while running (the large tube from the exhaust) and it did not change. I just can not think of anything else under the intake??????????

 

[Mikel89us]

You may have a blown head gasket, the egr comes too high to leak under the intake. Its either a head gasket, or the hose is cracked or falling off of the crankcase breather. It could also be a plugged pcv valve too.

 

[Silvertooth]

You may have a blown head gasket, the egr comes too high to leak under the intake. Its either a head gasket, or the hose is cracked or falling off of the crankcase breather. It could also be a plugged pcv valve too.

...........I will let you guys know Saturday. I am going to pull the intake then. A guy at work ask me tonight if I am running with spark plug pulled out. ,,,,yes it is that loud............still runs ok. Thanks for the replies.

 

[Mark_88]

Could be the canister for the PCV has blown out of place. It is directly below the intake and will allow whatever blow-by that is supposed to be sucked into the PCV/intake to blow out as oily smoke...or simply exhaust gases...there is a hose attached to the top that can also come off...although I've never seen that...but my canister did come right out of the hole one time and I thought I had other problems till I found the canister was loose.

 

[shane96ranger]

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E-gads. It's been over 20 years since I worked on a 2.3 - don't listen to me. Thanks to the guy below for smacking me in the head.

 

[Mikel89us]

Shane, that Is a water jacket! These motors take the egr from the collector of the exhaust manifold.

 

[shane96ranger]

Thanks man.... been too long since I worked on one and I got it confused with the small block location.

 

[Mark_88]

Well, I work on them quite a bit...but my reading comprehension sucks sometimes...the oil catch can on the block shouldn't make loud noises so you can take my advice with a grain of cocaine...since salt is bad for the heart...

It does make quite a bit of smoke though...sometimes.

 

[Silvertooth]

You may have a blown head gasket, the egr comes too high to leak under the intake. Its either a head gasket, or the hose is cracked or falling off of the crankcase breather. It could also be a plugged pcv valve too.

.............it was the head gasket. Number two pushed out on that side. Got it changed, runs great. Thanks for all the replies.

 

[Mikel89us]

Good news! Glad you got her fixed.