Major over heating.

[Jeremy-b]

Boy this truck won’t stop with breaking down. I’ve been having issues with a hard radiator hose. There was a new throttle body bout on recently. I’mover heating bad from the side of the motor. 01 6 cyl sohc 4x4

 

[RonD]

If temp gauge has been close to HOT mark then you most likely blew a head gasket

Do the glove test
Cold engine, remove rad cap
Remove overflow hose and plug that port on rad

Put a latex glove/rubber band, or balloon, or condom over rad cap opening, so its sealed
Disable spark, unplug coil pack

Crank engine over and watch the glove
If it starts to bounce you have a blown head gasket, 100%

At that point you can remove spark plugs, 1 at a time, and crank engine over
When gloves stops bouncing last spark plug removed was from the cylinder with blown gasket
Not that it matters, both heads would need to come off because overheating has CRUSHED both head gaskets, one blew but the other won't be far behind


Anytime an engine is overheated, for any reason, head gaskets get crushed because the head metal expands too far and crushes gasket between head and block, they don't always "blow" at that time, but they are weakened, so can just be a matter of time
Head can also crack because the metal expanded too much

 

[Jeremy-b]

If temp gauge has been close to HOT mark then you most likely blew a head gasket

Do the glove test
Cold engine, remove rad cap
Remove overflow hose and plug that port on rad

Put a latex glove/rubber band, or balloon, or condom over rad cap opening, so its sealed
Disable spark, unplug coil pack

Crank engine over and watch the glove
If it starts to bounce you have a blown head gasket, 100%

At that point you can remove spark plugs, 1 at a time, and crank engine over
When gloves stops bouncing last spark plug removed was from the cylinder with blown gasket
Not that it matters, both heads would need to come off because overheating has CRUSHED both head gaskets, one blew but the other won't be far behind


Anytime an engine is overheated, for any reason, head gaskets get crushed because the head metal expands too far and crushes gasket between head and block, they don't always "blow" at that time, but they are weakened, so can just be a matter of time
Head can also crack because the metal expanded too much

Thank you very much for all your help. Unfortunately it is the head gasket. I guess from the pressure it blew the temp sensor out on top of the throttle body. At first when I opened the hood alot of steam was coming from both sides of the motor. It took 4 gallons before it started pouring out. And thank you once again. You was a big help.