- Jul 9, 2014
- 29
My dad just finished up a similar project to the one HizAndHerz did here with replacing the lifters due to one being collapsed.
New head gaskets and head bolts were installed and torqued appropriately. Started it up and the lifter tick was gone! However after a few minutes of idle the truck started spewing white smoke. It never got up to full temp, though. His hope was that there may have been some water in the exhaust from when he did the swap, so he decided to try and take it to work this morning.
However he had to turn around and bring the car back home because the temp gauge pegged.
Could there just be air in the coolant system? I'm thinking we aren't going to get that lucky.
Later tonight he will check the oil to see if it's milky and check the plugs to see if they are wet. In the meantime I'd like some opinions from those who know these engines better. He leaves for vacation friday and I need the car for my vacation on August 2 so we are under a tight deadline to figure this out!
Thanks in advance!
New head gaskets and head bolts were installed and torqued appropriately. Started it up and the lifter tick was gone! However after a few minutes of idle the truck started spewing white smoke. It never got up to full temp, though. His hope was that there may have been some water in the exhaust from when he did the swap, so he decided to try and take it to work this morning.
However he had to turn around and bring the car back home because the temp gauge pegged.
Could there just be air in the coolant system? I'm thinking we aren't going to get that lucky.
Later tonight he will check the oil to see if it's milky and check the plugs to see if they are wet. In the meantime I'd like some opinions from those who know these engines better. He leaves for vacation friday and I need the car for my vacation on August 2 so we are under a tight deadline to figure this out!
Thanks in advance!