So the overheating issue....
This past weekend I replaced the waterpump(twice), re-installed a thermostat and flushed out what little coolant was actually in the engine or radiator. Ever since we(my friend and I) go this truck running before it was mine back in March, he had put water in the radiator to keep it "cool" since "I run water in all my stuff and NEVER had an issue". This is also the same guy that put E-85 in the gas tank. So...
When the truck was still at his house, we swapped out the cracked radiator for a used one and I put coolant in this, but there was still about ~40% water in the engine. We used this neighborhood under construction that was about a quarter mile from his house as a "testing route". Before the rad swap and actual coolant, you could barely make it to the houses before the temp gauge would peg at 260. Now you can drive to this neighborhood, through it and get back into his driveway before the gauge starts to crest 220.
So now that it's at my house, I can address this properly. So I got a new waterpump for it(why not only$40) and a bunch of coolant. Good thing I got a new pump because the bearings for shaft on the old pump were junk. Got the new pump installed along with a new stat and went to start the engine only to discover the new pump was leaking at the mounting location.....
Pulled everything back apart to find out on of the mounting gaskets had fell during the install. Bought new gaskets, installed everything again and ran the engine so I could keep an eye on the coolant level and purge the air out.
Engine is still overheating after all of this and I'm sure a vast majority of the water is out of the system. And I am sure they gauge is correct as I used my infrared thermometer, point it at the temp sensor on the side of the engine it would read about 250 while the gauge would read 260.
I don't see any smoke coming from the exhaust nor do I see a obvious leak.
So I'm sure it will need a set of head gaskets or maybe the heads are cracked?
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