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Nov 16, 2012 | 12:50 PM

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Encho

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From: Caracas, Venezuela

Nice, I'm glad you found the cause.

Nov 19, 2012 | 09:24 PM

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DNBELOWBRONCO

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From: Roseville,Ca

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Originally Posted by BillyBob69

Well....after doing some digging, resealing the t-stat housing 3 times, I finally just tore into it. Turned out to be the intake manifold gasket. I am surprised that it didn't blow before. 4 bolts were missing! Kinda makes me want to find the previous owner and smack him.
So after a new gasket, oil change and 4 new bolts... She is up and running. And much smoother with more power too. Must of had a pretty bad vacumm leak for awhile...but then again, my kid is the one that I have to keep reminding her.. how many miles ya got on it... when did you last have the oil changed. sheesh...kids.

Anyway...thanks for the tips guys. kept me looking until I was able to finally see where it was drooling from.

Good you got it fixed. I chased a leak down for 6-8 months till I finally found out it was the timing cover gasket.I was racking my brain till I finally had a guy doing some concrete work for my neighbor tell me how much he hated Broncos. I looked and laughed and told him my truck was in great shape other than a little coolant leak, that doing the intake set, H2O pump, Therm housing gasket, etc didn't change. He laughed and asked if I did the timing cover gasket and told me he was in charge of used car/truck repairs at a lot years ago and said he hated every time a Bronco was traded in because he "always" had to do the cover gaskets on the Broncos and it was a pita. He was right, and kind of a jacka**, but it fixed my leak! Plus, I found a place out here in Ca that rebuilt my vibration damper with a 3 yr warranty .....

-Kevin-