The Stupid Engine Questions Thread

[PlayingWithTBI]

I'd prefer an all-aluminum,

I agree I dont care for the plastic either.

Here's what I bought almost 3 years ago, IIRC. It's a little thicker than stock so I trimmed the cowl back and split a fuel line hose to seal/insulate it to the radiator. You can search here for whatever one fits your application. Nice clean welds and looks good.

https://www.radiatorexpress.com/Product/222481/1031106#vehiclefitmenttab

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You can barely see the filler neck and other connections for overflow, heater core, and trans cooler. It came with an oil cooler on the other side but, I don't have one.

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[SUBURBAN5]

Awesome I'll look into it

 

[bigfutz]

Not an engine question but stupid nonetheless, should a floor jack or jackstand (pair) rating be for the entire GVW or half? I have a 95 Silverado with a sticker weight of 8900 lbs. Will 3-ton suffice or do I need to step up to 6-ton?

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

Will 3-ton suffice or do I need to step up to 6-ton?

3T jack stands will work plus, there's always a safety margin on ratings (unless it's defective), but If I'm crawling around under a 4-1/2T vehicle, I'd have the biggest ones I can afford and have my floor jack under it for back-up. Especially if I had Pittsburgh ones!

For example, when I worked for Werner Ladder, our ladders were designed with a 4:1 safety margin meaning, if a ladder was rated @250LBs (1A), it was designed and tested @ 1000LBs.

 

[df2x4]

when I worked for Werner Ladder

Not sure if I've commented on this before but I've seen you mention it a couple times. Thanks for helping keep my crazy dad alive. He runs a residential framing business and he's used Werner ladders exclusively for the last 30+ years. He swears up and down there's nothing else worth buying. I've lost count of the yellow Werner step ladders we've got floating around.

 

[xjsciortino]

Weird question and hopefully I can get a quick reply for this. My truck leaks coolant and it drips down and exits in front of the driver side front tire. It only does this when I decide to drive this truck to work and I cannot get it to recreate this leak to further investigate it. My work is really close to my apartment. Maybe a 5-10 minute drive. Of course my work doesn’t tolerate leaks so I can’t get a good view of the leak. I’ve drove it back 400 miles when I bought it and no issues whatsoever. I continually drive it around town and 45 minute plus trips with no leak whatsoever. Any idea where the leak is from or how to recreate the leak in a controlled place?

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Weird question and hopefully I can get a quick reply for this. My truck leaks coolant and it drips down and exits in front of the driver side front tire. It only does this when I decide to drive this truck to work and I cannot get it to recreate this leak to further investigate it. My work is really close to my apartment. Maybe a 5-10 minute drive. Of course my work doesn’t tolerate leaks so I can’t get a good view of the leak. I’ve drove it back 400 miles when I bought it and no issues whatsoever. I continually drive it around town and 45 minute plus trips with no leak whatsoever. Any idea where the leak is from or how to recreate the leak in a controlled place?

They sell a pressure test kit. I would try 2 things visually check and look at all hoses, connections, water pump and reservoir tank. 2 install the pressure kit. Pump it up and then visually check. Could be something more serious btw like a head gasket.. dont forget to check you freeze plugs

 

[SUBURBAN5]

2 mean sounds like something swells and slows the leak down when you drive far and when you heading to work motor too cool and thus has a leak

 

[xjsciortino]

2 mean sounds like something swells and slows the leak down when you drive far and when you heading to work motor too cool and thus has a leak

That would make sense. I’ll try the pressure test kit with the engine cool to see if that shows anything. Thanks for the response

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

My truck leaks coolant and it drips down and exits in front of the driver side front tire

Are you actually losing coolant? What you're describing could be the evaporator drain where it only drips when running the A/C with humid weather?