Recent content by underscorepatrick

Hey. I am loosing coolant. I found out its pushing out of the overflow tank. It's building pressure while hot. No smoke, missfire very intermittently. The pressure build up is whats making me think head gasket. The pressure will stay overnight ,& will release a hiss of air if I removed the...

whats happening now is i'm pushing coolant out of my resevoir. im building up pressure in my cooling system & i cant find where. I was having intermittent missfire. I'm thinking timing is off. Stretched chain,but what about the pressure buildup? Codes are crank position sensor & a bad catalytic

hey guys, sorry its a v6 4.0 4wd

Hey guys. For the past year,I’ve been losing a small amount of coolant somewhere . Changed hoses where I found small leaks . Still,strong coolant smell persisted till this day. I started having an intermittent studder. It happens during load,like cruising highway foot off throttle ,get on...

hey guys. I just wanted to know. If i purchased calipers without the brackets, are they a direct swap? Also,I called my local autoparts store & he said there were two options. I just ordered some Calipers & rotors online,& they only had one option .

I just checked,manufacture date 10/05. Not pleasant to hear. I can definitely tell it’s the water pump shaft moving up & down. As for the weep hole,can you see it directly under the truck with the skid plate off? Thanks for the reply!

Thank you for replying . Forgot to mention, 2006 v6.

Hey thanks for the reply . I did a block test for fumes in my coolant & it was negative . Also did a pressure test with little psi drop over 30min.

Wanted to bump this.. any solution ?

Hey guys. 2006 v6 180k miles. I’ve been chasing a coolant leak somewhere,I can smell it tough under the hood . All normal places have been checked and parts replaced ,aside from water pump and thermostat . (I don’t want to call it a HG yet) . When inspecting today,I noticed slight play in...

When you say “hiccup” do you mean a stumble ? Or hiccup means it refuses to start for a quick second ?

Hey. If I unplug the canister from the hose ,what’s the truck supposed to do? Or am I supposed to do any maintinence ? I read to blow air into one side of the canister,but to make sure it’s the correct side because there’s a one way valve in there ? I’m not sure how the canister works ...

Battery hasn’t been disconnected prior to idle issue. I did disconnect to reset the ecu & still having issue. Hopefully not headgasket. No CEL . Were you throwing a cel ? What other symptoms were you having for the hg?

Bump?

I forgot to mention . 2006 v6 4.0 4wd