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| | | Re: Another Arizona Newbie | Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 30 Likes: 2 newbie | OP newbie Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 30 Likes: 2 | Thanks for the tips.
So far I have done the following:
New Radiator New water pump New thermostat New fan clutch Fresh coolant every time I drained the engine/radiator New fuel tank (for different reason) New fuel pump (for different reason) Flushed out fuel lines and installed new filter (for different reason) Carb rebuild (again for different reason)
every time I needed to drain the coolant there has been a grayish colored substance in the coolant.
Next test is a compression test and possibly a cylinder leak down test. | | | Re: Another Arizona Newbie | Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 30 Likes: 2 newbie | OP newbie Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 30 Likes: 2 | I did forget to mention that I did set the timing also, that was an interesting job but it got set to specs. | | | Re: Another Arizona Newbie | Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 2,286 Likes: 153 veteran | veteran Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 2,286 Likes: 153 | Hey Jay,
Welcome to the site! Sounds like you are on the right track. Head gasket failure is indicated by water in the oil, also, exhaust can leak into the coolant as well. Which in turn, displaces the coolant. That will warm up a motor. How do I know that... Ha!
Good wrenching in the Zone | | | Re: Another Arizona Newbie | Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 30 Likes: 2 newbie | OP newbie Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 30 Likes: 2 | I finally got my van off the back burner sort of speaking. I checked for water in the oil, negative..no water in the oil. I checked for exhaust gases in the radiator, no bubbles indicating an internal leak and also negative on the tester fluid kit. I drained the coolant down a few inches, let the rad cap set loose on top of the rad while the engine was warming up and then poured the test fluid into the tester and held in place for ten minutes while using the vacuum bulb to pull coolant vapors through the tester, and the fluid remained blue indicating no combustion gases were present in the rad. I ran a compression test on all the cylinders and they are all within 10 psi of each other. All the spark plugs looked nice, and still idles beautiful after the engine gets warmed up. I did readjust the timing, was reading 4 degrees before tdc, and so I re-set it to tdc like the book says. The only thing left is to do a pressure test on the cooling system and maybe rebuild the and adjust the carb since it has been setting for awhile. As soon as I get the new spare tire mounted I can take it for a test drive and see what happens. The tires are about 15 years old and I hate to take it anywhere without a good spare, need to get new tires as soon as I can afford it. | | | Re: Another Arizona Newbie | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 Old Timer | Old Timer Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 | I would get new tires for it. Everything else sounds good.
Jim & Lucy Newkirk 1965 Chevy Bad Influence 1981 Chevy-the Love Shack 2012 Chevy Van , 2020 chevy van 2020 Chevy van Sapphire Sweet. Club Vannerz. vanninvanner@comcast.net | | | Re: Another Arizona Newbie | Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 30 Likes: 2 newbie | OP newbie Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 30 Likes: 2 | Yes it definitely needs new tires. I am thinking that maybe I can afford one new tire a month. Used tires around here are so dry rotted that they are not worth wasting money on. | | | Re: Another Arizona Newbie | Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 339 enthusiast | enthusiast Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 339 | You might want to put the timing back to 4 degrees.
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| | | Re: Another Arizona Newbie | Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 30 Likes: 2 newbie | OP newbie Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 30 Likes: 2 | Why do you suggest 4 degrees? The recommended setting is TDC according to the manual. I am always open to tips tricks and suggestions, but would like to hear reasons behind them too. | | |
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