outatime86
Active Member
Sooooo, went driving to the local exhaust shop installed dual 3" with flowmaster 10's, no cat. Sounds GREAT!
Problem....on the way home lower rad hose came off, didn't notice until it was too late, white smoke everywhere.
Water temp gauge showed good 180-185 so I never looked in the rear view mirror, then dash light for water temp
popped up and I looked in the rear view to see lots of white smoke. Pulled over, opened hood, sure enough the lower
rad hose came off lost all coolant. By the time I ran to the local gas stop n got 3 gallon of coolant, the temp gauge
shot up to its max 250, of course I poured coolant into the hot rad and had my 'ol faithful' moment, f'ing shot coolant
all over me n the engine bay....yay. My cork valve cover and oil pan gaskets got cooked and were leaking everywhere.
Changed exhaust manifold gaskets, valve cover gaskets, still need to do the oil pan gasket. Changed the oil n fliter
it got cooked as well n smelled like ceit. But the motors now making a ticking noise! Before I dig into it, wonder if
anyone has any guesses as to what it could be. Im preying just a bent pushrod and not a bad lifter or wiped lobe on the cam.
I already know the squeak is from coolant getting on the belt, Im not worried about that, ez change. Enjoy XDarkSidexX
Problem....on the way home lower rad hose came off, didn't notice until it was too late, white smoke everywhere.
Water temp gauge showed good 180-185 so I never looked in the rear view mirror, then dash light for water temp
popped up and I looked in the rear view to see lots of white smoke. Pulled over, opened hood, sure enough the lower
rad hose came off lost all coolant. By the time I ran to the local gas stop n got 3 gallon of coolant, the temp gauge
shot up to its max 250, of course I poured coolant into the hot rad and had my 'ol faithful' moment, f'ing shot coolant
all over me n the engine bay....yay. My cork valve cover and oil pan gaskets got cooked and were leaking everywhere.
Changed exhaust manifold gaskets, valve cover gaskets, still need to do the oil pan gasket. Changed the oil n fliter
it got cooked as well n smelled like ceit. But the motors now making a ticking noise! Before I dig into it, wonder if
anyone has any guesses as to what it could be. Im preying just a bent pushrod and not a bad lifter or wiped lobe on the cam.
I already know the squeak is from coolant getting on the belt, Im not worried about that, ez change. Enjoy XDarkSidexX