Blown Head Gasket???
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Blown Head Gasket???
So I finally finished the steering issue, front crank seal, new plugs, new cap, new tires, and new valve cover gaskets on my truck and I'm still getting white smoke out of the passenger side of the engine best I can determine it comes right out from behind the exhaust manifold. It is also coming out of the passenger side tail pipe but not the driver side. I'm worried this might be blown head gasket or worse. I haven't replaced head gaskets on anything before but plan to do this one myself anyways. neither ALLDATA nor my Haynes manual give me any info on the required steps to do this. Help please haha I need this truck running smooth in a few weeks.
86 F150 Reg Cab/ Long Bed
Carb 302 and 4 speed manual
I know the 86 didn't come carbureted but this is how I bought it.
86 F150 Reg Cab/ Long Bed
Carb 302 and 4 speed manual
I know the 86 didn't come carbureted but this is how I bought it.
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You need evidence. Pull the sparkplugs on that side, are any of them fouled with gooey green stuff? Are you losing coolant? You may need to drive it a little bit so the evidence is easier to see, as in the stuff to build up on the plugs, and keep checking the coolant level.
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I had just put new plugs in so i guess im just gonna have to wait and see drover it to work this morning didnt see any smoke coming out the pipes on the drive. My father in law thinks it could have just been condensation from sitting the past few weeks in the cold
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If you have a 50/50 mix in the radiator and it is a bad gasket, could it be intake gasket bad? When coolant is pushed out the exh it has a sweet smell to it and kind of hangs around a little longer.
I would drive it more and keep eye on coolant level.
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is the coolant level going down as you drive it? Also you say smoke is coming out from behind the manifold, exactly where do you mean. Is it like from the back of the head(the part towards the firewall), if that's where you mean the thermactor plug could be getting rusted out a little and you have an exhaust leak there. If this is true then I would not believe it is condensation as it would not be built up in the engine that bad. Also as said if you have antifreeze in engine the steam should have a sweet smell to it.
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