I think I blew a head gasket :( - Page 4

Crunk · 11-12-2009, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by bighoss77

those things are bad about the coolant nipple at the back of the intake rotting and breaking cuasing a leak... check that... also check your intake gasket at the rear of the engine. the reason why it leaks after you shut the truck off and not while its running is becuase when its running, the water is circulating... with the truck off the pressure builds up in the cooling system, which is obviously enough pressure to force it out of whtever hole its leaking from.

yeah it's leaking at the front of the block by cylinder #1

Quote:

Originally Posted by sales@spencershids.com

replace the coolant nipple while your doing the intake. it'll be 1023948375 times easier to change with the intake on a bench

yeah i already got the coolant nipple disconnected and god is there a shit ton of threads on that bitch, although its unthreaded all the way i still couldn't get it to back off out the intake? how does it come off the heater hose?

Crunk · 11-12-2009, 02:56 PM

well i got the intake off finally and started scraping the old gasket material off before we went to lunch, still gotta clean the intake itself. we got the return fuel line loose finally and some peers of mine went to the scrapyard to find me a replacement line. won't get it done today but monday is our next day back in class so it should be done by then

Crunk · 11-12-2009, 04:55 PM

Well I got the intake cleaned off as were goin to run it in the parts washer on Monday. Started to take throttle body, thermostat housing (again

) and the egr and the passages for the egr were COMPLETELY blocked! There's no way in hell it was doin anything

so I got all that shit outta there and cleaned up the majority of the brownies in the valley

**Manbearpig** · 11-12-2009, 09:51 PM

Crunk · 11-13-2009, 10:04 PM

I bought a replacement coolant nipple but not really sure how to take off the stock one and put this new one on?

sales@spencershids.com · 11-13-2009, 10:13 PM

1 inch socket and an impact gun. you will break it. then cuss for a while, head to napa and get the kit to take them out. i should have taken a picture of mine. mine has a drill bit to drill out all the old shit, a tap to re tap the threads and an easy out to attempt to get it out, iirc. its not going to be easy, but totally worth it to do it now while your intake is off.

Crunk · 11-13-2009, 10:47 PM

Damn that sounds like a son of a bitch

Crunk · 11-15-2009, 12:51 AM

still not understanding the concept of how this connector comes on and off

Crunk · 11-15-2009, 07:47 PM

bump, need help understanding this shit considering i'm goin back to school tom. and need to get this done

Crunk · 11-18-2009, 12:51 AM

unfortunately didn't get much of anything accomplished today

wouldn't have had this problem if my damn teacher would've told me it takes a few hrs for the parts washer to warm up to high temps when i could've turned it on before our 1.5 hrs in the classroom

but the intake is clean now so i'm hoping to get this bitch done tomorrow since i'm off work. i opted to take the coolant nipple back cuz i don't wanna risk fuckin some shit up cuz im not sure how to replace it and theres nothing wrong with the one that's on there now so like the sayin goes "if it aint broke, dont fix it"

**SarkOzy** · 11-18-2009, 08:23 AM

Kev I didn't have a problem screwing mine out. And fyi, that thing WILL break eventually. They all did. Then you'll be SOL.

Crunk · 11-18-2009, 10:02 AM

I don't get how that connector just unscrews from the heater hose? And I already took it back to oreillys so I guess I'll just have to roll with the one that's on there

**SarkOzy** · 11-18-2009, 10:05 AM

Ohhh I see what you're saying. You need a special tool for that unless it breaks lol.

Crunk · 11-18-2009, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by SarkOzy

Ohhh I see what you're saying. You need a special tool for that unless it breaks lol.

yeah i guess so, the hell that i know

**SarkOzy** · 11-18-2009, 11:01 AM

Alot of people just ditch the quick connect altogether and use a standard nipple screwed into the manifold.

**slanteye_z** · 11-18-2009, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crunk

yeah i guess so, the hell that i know

replace that thing. 1 if it aint broke dont fix it is bullshit. i just put all new belts and hoses on my truck and none of them were broke or leaking. its called preventive maintenance
2 its damn near impoosible to replace that nipple while its on the truck and it might not have been leaking but as much as you have fucked with it tryin to get it loose its probably leaking now or well on its way.
3 you didnt listen to spencer. spencer is a gm tech. go buy the gm one. they changed the design its better now. you need gm parts,

Crunk · 11-18-2009, 11:33 AM

Well it's too late now since my mom dropped me off this mornin, so the truck will be runnin again today cuz it's my ride home

Crunk · 11-18-2009, 07:37 PM

Finally got the truck runnin again with no leaks

although it took us longer than expected because I forgot to mark where the rotor was when I pulled the distributor

so had to set #1 back to TDC and did all that bs and it took us about 4 different attempts to finally get it right

it was idling pretty high at first but once we started it back up after 2 or 3 starts it went back to normal idle. Must have just been the computer trying to relearn I guess

**SarkOzy** · Yesterday, 08:41 AM

Double check all of your vacuum hoses Kev. Those old ass PCMs don't really "relearn" as you put it.

Crunk · Yesterday, 11:26 AM

I double checked all of them and there was no leaks and it idles fine so idk what the deal was

thArf · Yesterday, 03:09 PM

congratulations

11-12-2009, 02:56 PM	#77
Crunk GMFS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ARKANSAS Name: Kevin Age: 22 Posts: 8,218	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( well i got the intake off finally and started scraping the old gasket material off before we went to lunch, still gotta clean the intake itself. we got the return fuel line loose finally and some peers of mine went to the scrapyard to find me a replacement line. won't get it done today but monday is our next day back in class so it should be done by then

11-12-2009, 04:55 PM	#78
Crunk GMFS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ARKANSAS Name: Kevin Age: 22 Posts: 8,218	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( Well I got the intake cleaned off as were goin to run it in the parts washer on Monday. Started to take throttle body, thermostat housing (again ) and the egr and the passages for the egr were COMPLETELY blocked! There's no way in hell it was doin anything so I got all that shit outta there and cleaned up the majority of the brownies in the valley

11-12-2009, 09:51 PM	#79
Manbearpig Bringer of youtube crap Chevrolet Owner GMC Owner Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Anywhere but here. Name: Tyler Age: 20 Posts: 4,818	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( Nice

11-13-2009, 10:04 PM	#80
Crunk GMFS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ARKANSAS Name: Kevin Age: 22 Posts: 8,218	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( I bought a replacement coolant nipple but not really sure how to take off the stock one and put this new one on?

11-13-2009, 10:13 PM	#81
sales@spencershids.com Your HID Preferred Vendor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Alaska Name: spencer Posts: 893	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( 1 inch socket and an impact gun. you will break it. then cuss for a while, head to napa and get the kit to take them out. i should have taken a picture of mine. mine has a drill bit to drill out all the old shit, a tap to re tap the threads and an easy out to attempt to get it out, iirc. its not going to be easy, but totally worth it to do it now while your intake is off.
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11-13-2009, 10:47 PM	#82
Crunk GMFS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ARKANSAS Name: Kevin Age: 22 Posts: 8,218	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( Damn that sounds like a son of a bitch

11-15-2009, 12:51 AM	#83
Crunk GMFS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ARKANSAS Name: Kevin Age: 22 Posts: 8,218	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( still not understanding the concept of how this connector comes on and off

11-15-2009, 07:47 PM	#84
Crunk GMFS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ARKANSAS Name: Kevin Age: 22 Posts: 8,218	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( bump, need help understanding this shit considering i'm goin back to school tom. and need to get this done

11-18-2009, 12:51 AM	#85
Crunk GMFS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ARKANSAS Name: Kevin Age: 22 Posts: 8,218	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( unfortunately didn't get much of anything accomplished today wouldn't have had this problem if my damn teacher would've told me it takes a few hrs for the parts washer to warm up to high temps when i could've turned it on before our 1.5 hrs in the classroom but the intake is clean now so i'm hoping to get this bitch done tomorrow since i'm off work. i opted to take the coolant nipple back cuz i don't wanna risk fuckin some shit up cuz im not sure how to replace it and theres nothing wrong with the one that's on there now so like the sayin goes "if it aint broke, dont fix it"

11-18-2009, 10:02 AM	#87
Crunk GMFS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ARKANSAS Name: Kevin Age: 22 Posts: 8,218	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( I don't get how that connector just unscrews from the heater hose? And I already took it back to oreillys so I guess I'll just have to roll with the one that's on there

11-18-2009, 11:33 AM	#92
Crunk GMFS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ARKANSAS Name: Kevin Age: 22 Posts: 8,218	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( Well it's too late now since my mom dropped me off this mornin, so the truck will be runnin again today cuz it's my ride home

11-18-2009, 07:37 PM	#93
Crunk GMFS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ARKANSAS Name: Kevin Age: 22 Posts: 8,218	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( Finally got the truck runnin again with no leaks although it took us longer than expected because I forgot to mark where the rotor was when I pulled the distributor so had to set #1 back to TDC and did all that bs and it took us about 4 different attempts to finally get it right it was idling pretty high at first but once we started it back up after 2 or 3 starts it went back to normal idle. Must have just been the computer trying to relearn I guess

Yesterday, 11:26 AM	#95
Crunk GMFS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ARKANSAS Name: Kevin Age: 22 Posts: 8,218	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( I double checked all of them and there was no leaks and it idles fine so idk what the deal was

Yesterday, 03:09 PM	#96
thArf Member #1303 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: mass Name: Thaddeus Harfenschlepcht Age: 24 Posts: 5,033	Re: I think I blew a head gasket :( congratulations
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