Sirriggs
Senior Member
As in a past few threads I have spoken about truck smoking off and on. Ruled out intake since it has been replaced and oil is clean. Now this is where it gets tricky. Motor hasn't been or currently running hot. Little miss here and there but other wise been running real good. Some water comes out tail pipe but has been minimal lately. I have let it idle for close to 45 minutes and temps have not raised about normal. I replaced the head gaskets about a couple of years before it sat and had the heads cleaned and checked. They were fine. When I start it during the day, I don't see a lot of smoke or barely enough. Start it at night with running lights only on and it looks like its smoking pretty good. From my researching, the only thing that would give any idea of this white smoke speaks of head gasket leaking. I found some information on this kit to check for in emission getting into the radiator. If the blue liquid turns yellow then either a head gasket or a crack block may be the reason for this mystery smoke issue. I just don't understand how either could happen since the truck has sat so long and I have only done small trips to test the transmission issues. Oil pressure is normal and and temp has not gone above normal range.
My plans are this weekend is changing a kit I bought for the transmission. I have a compression tester and I was thinking about going to Harbor Freight and buying this kit so I can check both compression and if maybe for some unknown reason if maybe the head gasket is leaking. My question is anyone ever used this kit? Thanks
My plans are this weekend is changing a kit I bought for the transmission. I have a compression tester and I was thinking about going to Harbor Freight and buying this kit so I can check both compression and if maybe for some unknown reason if maybe the head gasket is leaking. My question is anyone ever used this kit? Thanks