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Old May 5, 2011 | 10:35 AM
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something dont add up , the water can be coming from someplace else or the block is cracked ! you have to pull the thing apart and find it also check the intake ! if it was me i would pressurize the radiator even with low pressure from a air hose and have some one else look the thing over as it was being pressurized !
 
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Old May 5, 2011 | 10:47 AM
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Its not a bolt hole to the bell housing. Its in the side, left to right not front to back like all of the bolt holes, and again, nothing came out in the tear down.
 
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Old May 5, 2011 | 10:49 AM
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But, as suggested, a nice lil crack can make that puppy a V-8 water fountain...
 
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Old May 5, 2011 | 10:50 AM
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pull the head , bet it could be the gasket !
 
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Old May 5, 2011 | 11:08 AM
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X 2 , its the right side head gasket or the intake gasket , more likey to be the intake gasket , its hard to screw up a head gasket , the intake is a little harder to keep in place when it goes on....
 
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Old May 5, 2011 | 11:12 AM
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But its not a matter of "it looks like thats where its coming from. I can SEE it, if i put my finger over the hole i can FEEL it, that is where its coming from, not the head gasket, not the intake gasket. Im sorry, i dont mean to sound like an *** but i KNOW where the water is coming from. I just dont know why.
 
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Old May 5, 2011 | 11:15 AM
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if you can put your finger over the hole and the water stops flowing then you have a cracked block in that area !
 
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Old May 5, 2011 | 11:15 AM
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Maybe Moses accidently touched it when he parted the Red Sea....No logic to it,....
 
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Old May 5, 2011 | 11:23 AM
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But in the spot that its in, a cracked block in next to impossible. Not to say youre wrong, but i see absolutly no way the block could be cracked and water coming out of that hole. It is in such a remote spot that i just dont see it. I dont know of any other way to explain it.
 
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Old May 5, 2011 | 11:27 AM
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See previous post....
 
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Old May 5, 2011 | 11:29 AM
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Ok then just do something to help trouble shoot , just fill the hole with silicone , let it dry then see if it still leaks , if it still leaks the water is tracking from some place above the hole.....Lew
 
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Old May 5, 2011 | 11:31 AM
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every thing that could be wrong has been suggested , none of us can fix this problem over from the keyboards only give our opinions and i think you have them all ! it is now up to you to do some investigating and fix the problem !
 
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Old May 5, 2011 | 01:24 PM
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Welp, time to invest in a tarp. I leave for basic training in 96 days, and i dont have time to be messin with it.
 
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Old May 5, 2011 | 03:55 PM
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well good luck in the service !
 
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Old May 6, 2011 | 08:03 AM
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Vandorin, are you still here in Mizzou? If I remember right you said that you live in Iowa, but the truck is here. If the truck is here in Fulton, I'm in Mexico, 25 mins away, and I have a really knowledgable mechanic friend that work for the company I do, lives in Fulton, and he also works on motors. We can look @ it if you are interested.

Matthew
 
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