I think my truck is alive.
#1
I think my truck is alive.
It smokes, has an attitude, and now it pees when it feels like it.
My truck smokes intermittently. It gets an attitude and every once in awhile will idle at about 1200 RPM instead of the 700 that I have commanded. Last night, it peed in the garage...
Got home today and the garage floor was wet with coolant. I got underneath and found some residue on the idler arm, sway bar, and passenger side CV to front diff connection (whatever it's called). The idler arm was pretty wet. The other parts just had small droplets of coolant on them. I checked the coolant level. Hasn't changed. I parked the truck again, no drips hitting the ground. I felt around all of the hose connections that I could find, no leaks. Looked around under the truck and it seems to be isolated to the front passenger area by the idler arm and output shaft/plate of the front diff. WTF???
My truck smokes intermittently. It gets an attitude and every once in awhile will idle at about 1200 RPM instead of the 700 that I have commanded. Last night, it peed in the garage...
Got home today and the garage floor was wet with coolant. I got underneath and found some residue on the idler arm, sway bar, and passenger side CV to front diff connection (whatever it's called). The idler arm was pretty wet. The other parts just had small droplets of coolant on them. I checked the coolant level. Hasn't changed. I parked the truck again, no drips hitting the ground. I felt around all of the hose connections that I could find, no leaks. Looked around under the truck and it seems to be isolated to the front passenger area by the idler arm and output shaft/plate of the front diff. WTF???
#4
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I say put a electric blanket on the ground, when it pees it will shock the **** out of it. However, I guess you have **** to clean up then.
I read somewhere...I swear I read this somewhere, it is good to replace that overflow at some point in the 100K mile marker anyway.
#6
Ahhh....so it's bladder is possibly leaking. Now would be a good time to swap to a Vette bladder then...I was thinking about doing that anyway Must be getting old, can't hold it's urine anymore. Time for some Depends. I wonder if it burned when it was leaking out?
Oh, when I took off the coolant cap today it was a lot harder than I ever remember it being. I dunno if that means anything or not.
Oh, when I took off the coolant cap today it was a lot harder than I ever remember it being. I dunno if that means anything or not.
#7
Dewey, 100k you say? Probably about time then. I have 153,000 on the clock with the original overflow tank.
BTW, if my truck starts shitting on the ground, I'm getting rid of it. No questions asked.