ericinga
Newbie
A friend of mine is basically giving me an 88 C1500 5.7L short bed standard cab. It has 143K miles and looks pretty good. The only problem is white smoke in the exhaust. As soon as the smoke started showing up 5 years ago he parked the truck and stopped driving it. Now, his wife wants it gone. His loss = my gain (I hope). He is willing to part with it if I fix and drive it. I'm looking for a daily driver and this looks good.
I had this problem in a '99 5.7L and solved it with an intake gasket change. Before tearing into the motor, I plan to check compression and leak down pressures. I don't want to do too much with the motor if it's not needed. IIABDFI.
My question: Would you skip the compression / leak down tests and simply pressure test the cooling system?
There are a bunch of other small age related repairs but the truck is generally in good shape. Worst case, my dad can get a long block from Autozone with his discount for a little over a grand. I can go that route if the engine is toast.
TIA.
Eric
I had this problem in a '99 5.7L and solved it with an intake gasket change. Before tearing into the motor, I plan to check compression and leak down pressures. I don't want to do too much with the motor if it's not needed. IIABDFI.
My question: Would you skip the compression / leak down tests and simply pressure test the cooling system?
There are a bunch of other small age related repairs but the truck is generally in good shape. Worst case, my dad can get a long block from Autozone with his discount for a little over a grand. I can go that route if the engine is toast.
TIA.
Eric