over heating

[Ferendon 10+ year member]

Won't hurt anything, but I would disconnect the coil wire or coil packs first, so that it won't start. You just need to remove the spark plug, and crank the engine, to see if it shoots coolant out of the spark plug well.

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

it was the head gaskets. both of em. its in the shop now.

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[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

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too bad you couldnt baby it for another month, if you work so close to your house can you ride a bike?

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

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too bad you couldnt baby it for another month, if you work so close to your house can you ride a bike?

iirc, jman suggested this. i CAN but with all this shitty weather and humidity, id be soaked by the time i get there. the bus is an option but i think my best bet would of been to just get em done. at least this way i can sell/trade it for more when the time does come. im just hoping nothing else goes wrong.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

meh, if you were closer I would help, could do it in a good days works. Just hope you didnt heat it up too much and warp the heads or worse yet have a cracked one. I guess even though there are alot of those engines around you could find a use head if need be.

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

meh, if you were closer I would help, could do it in a good days works. Just hope you didnt heat it up too much and warp the heads or worse yet have a cracked one. I guess even though there are alot of those engines around you could find a use head if need be.

i didnt ride it long at all once it started to over heat. furthest i drive to is work. anything further , i use the girls car. its at the shop now and ive spoke to them a few times. they said its just the gaskets, no warped or cracked heads. so thats a big plus. if i had my mechanic friends around still id think about dropping a 350 in there.