Engine loses coolant, Freeze Plugs
#11
1fast2liter,
I acknowledge the possibility that the engine may have been further damaged by overheating after coolant had drained out. But I can't envision that quantity of water leaking through a hole in the head gasket. You're right to say there COULD be a blown head gasket. I hope not. But if there is, its not the only problem.
I acknowledge the possibility that the engine may have been further damaged by overheating after coolant had drained out. But I can't envision that quantity of water leaking through a hole in the head gasket. You're right to say there COULD be a blown head gasket. I hope not. But if there is, its not the only problem.
#14
About paying a mechanic or doing it myself
I've been in this situation before. I've had situations where a little investigating revealed the problem, and it was a new part and a relatively easy fix, and I saved myself some $$ and enjoyed the satisfaction of having done the fix myself. Conversely, I've also spent hours learning how to do something new, and spent way more time than a mechanic would spend to do the job, largely because of inexperience.
I don't have 3 days to spend on the cold wet ground beneath the belly of this truck. If I had my own heated shop, and the tools to safely remove a tranny, maybe I'd feel different. At the moment, I think its out of my league, not because I can't do it, but because I've never done it before, and I've got better things to do with my time than learn how to do this.
I don't have 3 days to spend on the cold wet ground beneath the belly of this truck. If I had my own heated shop, and the tools to safely remove a tranny, maybe I'd feel different. At the moment, I think its out of my league, not because I can't do it, but because I've never done it before, and I've got better things to do with my time than learn how to do this.
#19