New Chevy Truck?

External Since: Jul 08, 2003 Posts: 261

In article <WdJJb.934520$6C4.578203@pd7tw1no>,
"shiden_kai" <violet-lightening-modified RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:

> "Neil Nelson" wrote
>
> > I'd be curious as to what the symptoms and diagnostic was on this
> > particular failure.
>
> Symptoms were a noisy engine. Sounded like a lifter.
> The tech fooled around for a bit, and then pulled the
> valve cover. Valve cover had the usual white milky
> scum that you would have seen on a 3100/3400
> engine with coolant in the oil. Passenger side head
> was pulled with the assumption that a head gasket
> had failed. We have seen a number of head gasket
> failures on the truck engines, but it's usually a split
> gasket to the "outside" of the engine...not an internal
> type of leak.
>
> Nothing obvious was seen when the head came off,
> until someone noticed the crack. From there, it
> was install a new engine. Which is quite nasty by
> the way. I thought the I6 was bad enough, but
> the v-8 in the Trailblazer is just plain nasty.
>
> Ian

Thanks Ian!

External Since: Feb 27, 2004 Posts: 397

>
> Looks like that's about all it'll haul, lol.
> B
>
>

that's more then most trucks around here.