mike have you checked the oil pan for contaminates....some times the oil and
antifreeze make a terrible mess when the head gasket leaks or the head is
cracked. other thing is the rad gets way over pressured....try running it with
out the rad cap on it....dont know if that will make a difffernce but the
pressure if there is any in the rad will surely come out quick enough ....i
think....im no mechanice but those are things i checked when my 235 bit the big
one....so many cracks so little money.....sorry to say thats why im going 350
now....hope it helps.
Bruce
1949 chev 1/2 ton
MKlepp4335@cs.com wrote:
> First, thanks to all those who provided input in my New Year's Eve stranding.
> I have checked everything (twice) and still cannot make this 235 run more
> than a few seconds. With much pumping and choking, the truck will fire but
> soon die. The real problem is revealed by the large cloud of white smoke
> (steam) that comes from the tail pipe. I'm guessing that the head gasket is
> blown, head or block cracked allowing coolant to be sucked into the
> combustion chamber. The one thing I fail to understand is that most vehicles
> with blown gaskets and/or cracked castings continue to run, some quite
> smoothly. Mine will bearly fire and only run briefly.
> Believe when I say I have checked and redone everything. I guess my last
> resort is to pull the head and see if I can locate the problem. This is very
> frustrating since I consider myself a fair wrench and have built and repaired
> many different type motors in the past. Any more things I should check
> before I jerk the head? I heard Dan Rather talking about global warming on
> the news tonight, what do you think? Thanks.
> Mike Klepp
> '48 3100
> Wichita Falls, TX
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