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Blown head gasket, cracked head, cracked block? ? ? ? ? 1st - Squeeze the upper hose after start up of a cold motor, if it gets hard right a way move to next step. 2nd - Pull Serpentine belt, and t Stats, top off the cooling system til seen at the T stat housing. Start the engine for a...

I'm just as much redneck / hillbilly as anyone else, on top of that I grew up farming. Translated, "a cheap bastard". There's cheap and then there is stupid. Cheap can fix a lot of things pretty well, its been said that you can't fix . . . Granted, I've also done my share of stupid stuff...

Keep in mind that Diesels require a certain amount of heat to run efficiently, for best mileage. Diesels are heat engines, there is a relationship between, what I'll call base temp and compression temperature. You see this in the extreme at start up and having a bad glow plug. The white smoke...

:iagree: The pressure is required! The localized boiling is what cracks the heads. A clean system inside and outside, proper coolant concentration does more to keep things cooled than anything. The rest of the system is important, but the radiator core is easily and often overlooked. A...

PS, I've tied KOKO once, it seemed to do something when I replace my engine. But I used the timing offset procedure through the car code sw to set final timing and tweak the pump position.

I too have not concentrated on the 6.5 timing guts. But I can take knowledge of electronic timing of other engines or computer controlled machines and some specifics of the 6.5 setup and make some guesses. ( I hope are educated ) The closest gas engine example I can think of would be 3rd and...

Going to the turbo? Silencer, reduces turbo whine.

Here's a little light reading on my install of BurningOil's kit and issues I had. Initial install: http://www.thetruckstop.us/forum/showthread.php?31370-10AN-Oil-Cooler-Hose-Upgrade Stock cooler failure and upgrade: http://www.thetruckstop.us/forum/showthread.php?32689-Oil-Cooler-Fail Just...

I always make sure to apply anti seize on the body bolts. (I've pulled it enough times)

The whole side is so much easier pulling the inner fender. The time to pull the fender is less than the time playing braille, chase the dropped socket, and the twist and snap of doing it from above or below. With the fender out, you can also make sure the wires are safely routed once your...

Yachtcare, any update after the ether hijack?

There has been plenty of documented cases of ether damage in the 6.5. If you want to use it in some quantity, that's your business. As a rule, DO NOT USE ether in any indirect injection diesel. Especially one with a weak bottom end like the gm 6.2/6.5. I've been close to using it...

I would expect a lifter bleed down to 'fix itself' pretty quickly after start up even cold, not take 5 minutes. Block temperature would take 5 minutes to warm, don't you think?

Tell'm next time he gets that ether can near that 6.5 truck you'll shove it were the sun doesn't shine and sue him for a motor. That stuff is EVIL and deadly for a 6.5, He'll bend the rods and hurt your cold start capability (compression). These motors are not like a semi's. WD40 is the only...

Sounds pretty normal. Any smoke at start up, during initial Idle or after its up to temp? Do you know how old the injectors are? Mine is pretty loud when it is cold, the colder the louder it gets. Once it warms up its fine. If I plug it in, no extra noise. Some of it is the timing is...

Computer foo bar double posted. :mad2:

Primary intended purpose is to power tools and lights in remote work areas. Primarily around the farm for in field harvest repairs and those places to far, to much hassle, to run an extension cord. About a month a year and 1 or 2 times outside of that. That's why the urgency to mount...

My inverter installation instructions said 300 amps. Don't forget the energy lost to invert to A/C and voltage drop on a loaded alternator. As you get to the limit of the alternator, the voltage will drop off, current requirement will then increase to maintain AC power. When using my snow...

I've been looking to permanently mount a 3kW inverter in my truck. You need 300 AMPs to fully drive that inverter. 0awg cables up to about 6 feet, bigger if longer than that. I put dual 105A alt's which will give me 2Kw of run with the high idle engaged. With the truck batteries giving...