I'm sure I got a short.

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Im not sure what I would use for sealant on the threads if it is into the water jacket. It needs some high heat resistant sealant I would guess.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I'm also wondering if bolts I bought to replace the exhaust manifold bolts
( because the heads of the bolts are really messed up and rounded )
even though they're the right thread are the wrong size stud portion of the bolt.

I believe that the old bolts are in the bed of my truck.
I might need to get them out and use my generic calipers I got from harbor freight see what size the stud portion of them are and if there's a difference.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I wonder if they sell UV dye at Home Depot.?

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

Harbor freight's website says they sell three different kinds of UV dye for $9.99 each.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I went to my brother Larry's house today and got his radiator pressure testing kit.

I got to go to the title bureau tomorrow get a title transferred into my name for the 08 Chevy Malibu I drive and get some tags put on it next door at the license bureau.

My plans are to use the radiator pressure testing kit on my truck tomorrow afternoon and see if I can figure out exactly where the water is coming from.

Of course I'll post an update once I know exactly what's going on or at least more of what's going on.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I made a new video today when I was trying to figure out why the water/antifreeze whatever we want to call it was leaking out of my truck.

So let's see if this link works or not.

New video · Tuesday, Sep 2 🎬

Tap to view!

photos.app.goo.gl

Once I hooked up the radiator pressure tester to the radiator of the truck and then pump it up I saw what's in the video right away.

I will go into explaining more once I know the link works or not.

 

[Curious Hound]

Link works fine. So, is that leak somehow spraying onto the exhaust manifold to cause what we saw in the first video? If it is, you're in luck. This is a cheap and easy thing to fix.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

Thanks for verifying the link works @Curious Hound .

I had started writing this in advance waiting for someone to verify the link worked.

So I will now explain what was going on with my truck.

The radiator hose you see leaking in the video I unhooked when I took the transmission out of my truck so I'd have better access to the exhaust manifold on the passenger side.

Evidently when I tightened up the hose clamp on that radiator hose the clamp broke somehow someway.

But that happening when my truck got warm as I was driving it around it got warm enough to put some pressure into the radiator system but not a lot to where it would shoot out of the hose like it did in the video.
It must have just been barely leaking onto the intake Manifold and onto the valve cover as well.

Then once the water fluid whatever you want to call it was on my valve cover it was rolling around the valve cover and dripping down hitting the manifold and boiling there and that's what the bubbles was about.

At least this is what I do believe.
I bought a new radiator hose clamp and since I've replaced it I've not had that problem again.
I've drove my truck five times today.

The transmission is for sure slipping I've checked the transmission fluid approximately 10 times today and it's right at the very top of the hash mark on the dipstick.

So I believe when the transmission fluid came out when the front seal messed up, and I added more fluid in it so I could drive it home I may have messed up the transmission.

I've got more inspections to do on the transmission because I think the lines ain't tied enough at the transmission either.
Because I could see a puddle, where some fluid leakage happened under the truck where it was parked at behind my brother's house right around the location of the transmission lines hooking up to the transmission but it also could be the transmission pan gasket leaking as well.

Once again I wrote a book.
I have a tendency to do that.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

P S. To my last post.
I'm very, very, very happy that's what the problem turned out to be.
A head gasket would have really hurt me bad.

Thanks once again to everyone for the help and the encouragement.