Ciggie
Active Member
I have a 1968 471 and it was rebuilt around 4000 hrs ago. The machine ran great until today. I wanted to install a inline heater core in the bottom of the rad hose. That went fine. I refilled the rad with coolant and let it idle for 30 mins with the cap off to get out any air... I thought I was was good to go work it a bit and noticed a bit of white smoke from exhaust pipe. I thought the fan was spraying the spilled coolant on to the pipe. So I kept going, the temp gauge didnt move off 100. And 5 mins later I stopped and it stalled. I believe it overheated. And the thesostate never opened. After I let it cool down I restarted it . And added more coolant. I pumped the top rad hose to help get fuild though the engine. I got it home and now it smokes like crazy. Please tell me what happened. Is it a head gasket? I think noticed oil leaking from exhaust but could be carbon and antifreeze. Any help would be much appreciated
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Ciggie
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Ciggie