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Installed the hughes plenum repair kit and I believe I failed
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Installed the hughes plenum repair kit and I believe I failed
Did the the hughes plenum repair, along with some other things. Well I got the everything installed and put back together. Truck started up great ran it at idle for a bit while i added some more coolant. I drove the truck around the block, still runing good. When i got back i left it idle for another 10 minutes then i was just about to head out and when I started driving away the truck started popping when I got on the gas. Went back to the garage popped the hood and noticed that she was leaking coolant. I can see coolant pooled above behind the water pump. I looked and it is not cooming from the bypass hose (new) or the upper radiator hose to t-stat pipe. Also looked dry from t-stat pipe to plenum where gasket is. I belive it is coming from between plenum and head, which really sucks. Does that sound about right? As far as the popping im not quite sure. Boy does is suck doing things twice. I suppose I will learn from my mistakes.
check your oil too.. if it's mixed in the crankcase but not the cooling system it's most likely you either didn't get the gasket on there straight, or as DV said, you didn't get a good torque..
Used new plenum bolts, and I did the proper torque sequence ending with 12 ft lbs. I am going to try and pinpoint the leak tomorrom before I go buck wild and tear it apart again.
That sucks, sorry to hear that. At least you will be a plenum expert if you have to do it again. Like others said, I'd retorque the intake bolts. Hell, I'd overtorque them a tad (maybe 14 ft pounds) if I had too. Not recommending you do that....but I would before I tore it all apart again. If that doesn't work, back in ya go. Good luck.