sixteenacrewood
Newbie
Hi everyone
first time here with a question.
I have a 350 with 421,000 miles blowing white smoke and leaking coolant on top of the intake.
She uses about 16 oz of coolant per 200 mile round trip to a farmers market i work.
It has been doing this for about 8 years, but has been blowing a bit more smoke/steam this year
I want to get another year or so out of this motor so I am thinking about replacing the intake manifold and gaskets, well within my abilities.
My question
the motor has a fair amount of gunk and sludge build up i think, it has been mistreated through most of her life.
Do I run the risk of dislodging sludge and causing engine failure in the near future?
Should I not do the intake swap?
The truck drives like new, decent acceleration and will still pull a 6000 lb load
never been wreaked, 0 rust, no major dents, new transmission, front end, brakes.
If I decide to do the intake, do I clean out the sludge build up?
Thanks for any help / past experiences you can offer
Steve
first time here with a question.
I have a 350 with 421,000 miles blowing white smoke and leaking coolant on top of the intake.
She uses about 16 oz of coolant per 200 mile round trip to a farmers market i work.
It has been doing this for about 8 years, but has been blowing a bit more smoke/steam this year
I want to get another year or so out of this motor so I am thinking about replacing the intake manifold and gaskets, well within my abilities.
My question
the motor has a fair amount of gunk and sludge build up i think, it has been mistreated through most of her life.
Do I run the risk of dislodging sludge and causing engine failure in the near future?
Should I not do the intake swap?
The truck drives like new, decent acceleration and will still pull a 6000 lb load
never been wreaked, 0 rust, no major dents, new transmission, front end, brakes.
If I decide to do the intake, do I clean out the sludge build up?
Thanks for any help / past experiences you can offer
Steve