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I figure this is gonna be a hard one to diag over the net but what the hell.
a couple months ago I moved my GF back in with me about 700 miles, with a full bed an a small enclosed trailer (8*6?) also full.
temp outside was from 80-100* that day.... IM sure you are already shaking... about half of the trip was montains.
it boiled over a few times so we stopped to let it cool and top off the coolant as needed.
a week later I noticed a HISSSSS from the rad after I went to home depot, open the hood and CRAP radiator has a crack, wont hold pressure.
minimal driving for a week while keeping it topped off, then I install a junkyard radiator.
new radiator seems to hold pressure just fine, temp is way lower and everything seems peachy... untill the next time i drive it.
needless to say it looked like I ran a couple cans of seafoam, and it just kept on bealching smoke.
now I knew that the loose intake was a known issue with this truck so for shits and giggles I checked the bolts, no where near the spec, so I tightened up the ones I could reach (again not to spec, but not loose) and go figure it smokes 1/10 of what it was before, and only in little tantrums, not all the time.
It DOES go through about a qt every 3500 miles or so, but I always attributed that to its age/miles
I've purchised some intake gaskets and I'll install them in the morning but what do you guys think? sat afternoon think it'll still smoke or think it's be peachy again?
Im 100% sure its coolant, Im familiar with the smell.
93 4.0 just rolled 200k
a couple months ago I moved my GF back in with me about 700 miles, with a full bed an a small enclosed trailer (8*6?) also full.
temp outside was from 80-100* that day.... IM sure you are already shaking... about half of the trip was montains.
it boiled over a few times so we stopped to let it cool and top off the coolant as needed.
a week later I noticed a HISSSSS from the rad after I went to home depot, open the hood and CRAP radiator has a crack, wont hold pressure.
minimal driving for a week while keeping it topped off, then I install a junkyard radiator.
new radiator seems to hold pressure just fine, temp is way lower and everything seems peachy... untill the next time i drive it.
needless to say it looked like I ran a couple cans of seafoam, and it just kept on bealching smoke.
now I knew that the loose intake was a known issue with this truck so for shits and giggles I checked the bolts, no where near the spec, so I tightened up the ones I could reach (again not to spec, but not loose) and go figure it smokes 1/10 of what it was before, and only in little tantrums, not all the time.
It DOES go through about a qt every 3500 miles or so, but I always attributed that to its age/miles
I've purchised some intake gaskets and I'll install them in the morning but what do you guys think? sat afternoon think it'll still smoke or think it's be peachy again?
Im 100% sure its coolant, Im familiar with the smell.
93 4.0 just rolled 200k
