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Owns A Torsen
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Today I was taking the green 2000 north on the highway.. was going 70 then lost power... 60... 50... none of the gauges lit up. I get to the exit and I actually felt extreme spark knock through the gas pedal. The gauge went up a little but came back down. By the time I was able to safely get off the road it was obvious it was overheating.
The gauge did not go up while I was driving or I would have seen it and pulled over. By the time I had spark knock it was too late.
I went back up later popped the hood and saw this:
So being about a half hour away from home I went to a local Lowes, bought pliers I already owned 10 of, bought a screwdriver I own at least 30 of, clamps and a fitting then went back to the truck. Ended up with this:
Fired it up, put coolant in and made it home on 4 maybe 5 cylinders with coolant blowing out the tail pipe.
I've been driving like 45 years, have had every problem that can be had but doesn't the heat gauge usually go up when it is overheating? Perfectly good truck and now the head gasket is blown. The heads are probably warped and/or cracked.
It isn't even considered my car since I gave it to my son over a year ago. Title still in my name but it is his. Or was LOL.
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