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318 Engine coolant leak Coolant from S/Dak engine

#1 User is offline   BobsShelbyDakota 

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 08:30 AM

Hello,
Time has been slow to come by lately and therefore I have not had time to do much with the S/Dak. My problem though is the engine leaks coolant from the rear left side of the engine somewhere. When I bought the truck it did not have a fan assembly and the oil was 2 inches above the full mark. There is no coolant in the oil. Could it be a blown head gasket? I am gussing here, but maybe they overheated it due to a bad fan, took the old fan out to replace and gave up after the leak appeared. I know there are freeze plugs but they look okay but I can't guarantee this even though I can't see the ones in the rear.

Any opinions would be great! I am thinking blown head gasket, does this sound logical?

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 09:43 AM

If by left rear side you mean the drivers side of the engine I would look at freeze plugs and the heater control valve.

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 10:04 AM

View Postshelbymotorsports, on Nov 10 2009, 10:43 AM, said:

If by left rear side you mean the drivers side of the engine I would look at freeze plugs and the heater control valve.

Steve

Yes, drivers side (I always go left and right while sitting in the truck). I did not look at the heater control valve but there are no hoses going to or coming from the heater core in the fire wall. Head gasket not a real possibility?

Bob

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 02:01 PM

[I need an oil pan for anybody out there that may have one.

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 02:03 PM

Are you still parting out this truck? I need an oil pan if you still have it. Also i know a guy that has atleast 4 enigines for sale.
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Posted 05 March 2010 - 09:29 AM

View Postprlucky299, on 04 March 2010 - 02:03 PM, said:

Are you still parting out this truck? I need an oil pan if you still have it. Also i know a guy that has atleast 4 enigines for sale.

As of right now, I am not parting it out.

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