I will have to try that too.

 

i always feel like theyre going to break when i just pull on the wires. visions of exploding knuckles dance in my head

 

I know what you mean.




What?

 

It's colder than a brass monkey here. Supposed to snow tomorrow....

Oh and I got my iPod Touch. Woot

 

Is it normal to get quite a bit of steam from our trucks in freezing weather? When she's cold and after she has been sitting for more than 30 minutes there is a lot of "steam" from the exhaust, I am just hoping that there isn't a more serious underlaying problem... (head gaskets come to mind.) I ask because my coolant always gets lost somewhere, the radiator won't stay more than 65% full.

 

oil looks OK, right?

 

yes, and the antifreeze doesn't appear bad either...

 

Does the steam smell sweat?

 

Spray down the throttle linkage (the part on the side of the carburetor) with WD40 and see if that helps. It might just be sticking a little bit. Also you might check the throttle stop screw on the rear driver side of the carb, and make sure it's set so that when the throttle lever is all the way against it, you get the correct idle speed.

Or if you have a carb with the "bi-metallic hot idle compensator", it might be kicking your idle up a bit as part of its design. From what I've read, what happens is, when the engine heats up, a little metal strip heats up and opens a valve that lets air in under the throttle plates, leaning out the air-fuel mixture and increasing the idle. At least, that's what this site says. Click

On the carb I have on my truck right now, the throttle was sticking at first since it'd sat for like three years, and it made for some.....interesting events when I was starting it up. I put some of that Break-Free stuff I have on the linkage and that was the last time I had trouble. lol. And it didn't backfire last time either...man I can't wait to get my carb back together. All I have left is to clean the various small pieces and I can put it back together.

 

Kind of...

 

Hate to have to tell you, but the coolant is going in a cylinder.

I have blown a head gasket before and not had it mix with oil and I think that is what you have.

With the truck running, fill the cooling system.

Does it bubble air out of the filler neck constantly when full?
If so, you have blown HG.

There is a final test to be 100% sure before you tear into it, but it takes a special tool.

 

Around here, every vehicle steams on a cold morning upon start-up. Even on a cold afternoon when I get out of school everyone's car steams a bit.

 

But does it smell sweat and does the cooling system stay not full?

Steam is normal, but I think he may have a problem.

 

Ok, its 19 degrees here this morning & I planned to go cut wood, my wife says "You Nuts?", so I gather all my saws, gas, oil, tools & off I go. It is only about 16 miles but the last 3 miles is so far back in the boonies that there is not a house anywhere ( i don't have a cell phone ), so I get to where the wood is, back my pickup to where it needs to be & think to myself "what if this pickup won't start ?", so I turn it off, wait a few seconds, & fire it back up, everything ok. The sun is out & no wind at all, I see several deer watching me, they know season is not on right now.

So all went well & I returned home with my pickup full of good oak wood that will help to keep down the cost of heating & told my wife "cake walk".

But seriously, the reason I go there is because these trees have been pushed down this spring to make roads for oil equipment & the owner said take all you want free so I would rather harvest the downed trees as opposed to cutting one down & there is enough for a couple years.

Now I can get back to customers computers where I can sit in a soft leather chair.

okiepc1

 

What do you mean its not deer season?

Does your truck have heat?
All 3 of mine have the heat out and It is not fun when it gets cold.