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Originally Posted by c4boom
so what the hell happened sounds like some thing stuck
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Well, when we got the truck it had very little heat but the temp also never got obey like 110. Otherwise drove fine besides not having much oil pressure at idle.
So, I figured it needed a thermostat. A couple days ago I finally got around to putting in a thermostat. Worked great, had heat, truck ran/drove even better. Had a family day on Sunday, went to Boston museum of science, then drove around for an hour trying to get to hard rock for dinner lol. All told cruised around for about 5 hours total and it seemed fine, smelled antifreeze a couple times but I just assumed it was leftover stuff burning off.
Anyhow, she took the truck last night and by then apparently the radiator was empty. Today I checked it out and the overflow is full and everything around it is soaked like the radiator emptied itself out the overflow.
Filled it all back up with antifreeze/water and no leaks anywhere. It also won't heat up again at all. I'm guessing my new $5 thermostat gave up when it overheated. Drove it around for an hour tonight with no issues beyond having no heat again. I'll double check tomorrow and see how much antifreeze it swallowed. I could definitely smell it again here and there. But, it's not leaking anywhere....
Oh, and it also has a constant faint white smoke coming from the exhaust and the radiator hose is nice and stiff right after you fire the truck up...