My teenaged daughter's truck had a catastrophic water pump failure (no
obvious leaks under truck, then massive failure) and now it appears that
there is exhaust coming up through the radiator.
At the least, this indicates a blown head gasket, perhaps a warped head?
Any sure way to tell the extent of the damage without a teardown? How
easy would this be to do in our driveway? Does it require taking out the
engine, etc?
My son and I are probably capable of doing this, but if it's something
that I could make worse (or end up just taking it to a mechanic anyway)
I'd probably rather just go that route.
Thanks in advance!
Tweaks (Bill atatat indmolding.com)
SnoMan - 10 Jun 2006 18:28 GMT
>My teenaged daughter's truck had a catastrophic water pump failure (no
>obvious leaks under truck, then massive failure) and now it appears that
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>Tweaks (Bill atatat indmolding.com)
Rest assured that if you overheated it and blew the head gaskets, the
heads are at the very lest warped. When coolant is lost, the head can
get very hot quickly for hot exhaust gasses flowing through them and
warp or crack. It need the heads pulled and the very least to
determine the extent of damage and go from there. I have taught all my
kids that if your engine get hot, shut it down no matter where you are
because continuing to drive it will only cause more damage and can
ruin engine too sometimes. I recentyly pickup up a 99 cheap car to
repair that the previuos owner had run the water out of it. I will
decide whether it can be repaired or if the engine needs to be
replaced after I pull the head off in a week or two.
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tweaks - 17 Jun 2006 14:47 GMT
Thanks - I'm going to take off one side this morning to see what's up. Was
told to look for scoring on the cylinder walls, etc.