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Old Aug 7, 2019 | 08:23 PM
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so i took the truck out today to do some data logging and did a small pull while getting on the freeway and truck went pig rich and wouldn't let me accelerate past 4500 and was bogging out so i got off the highway and everything was running fine i pulled into a parking lot to save the log and let the truck idle for about 3 min then turned it off and did everything i needed to on the computer and turned the truck back on and it started blowing white smoke out the exhaust so i popped the hood and noticed i had a lot of smoke coming out of my blow by also coolant level is where it has always been and oil pressure was good around 40psi at idle any ideas?
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Old Aug 7, 2019 | 08:42 PM
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Blown head gasket
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Old Aug 7, 2019 | 10:10 PM
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even though no coolant loss?
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Old Aug 7, 2019 | 10:13 PM
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Can neither confirm nor deny the diagnosis, but I know it doesn't take a lot of coolant to burn white
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Old Aug 7, 2019 | 11:51 PM
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Also having a lot of what appears to be steam or smoke coming our of my catch can
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Old Aug 8, 2019 | 05:22 AM
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Under boost can be causing the head gasket to expose a leak, as it’s trying to separate head from block any weak point in head gasket will show up.
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Old Aug 8, 2019 | 12:45 PM
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castech heads maybe?
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