Archived chevy 6.5, what is wrong?

[Red Rocket]

This truck is a friend of mines and it has 135,000 on it. he had an oil sample done, and it came back not as far off normal as I would expect. The truck smokes very bad, white smoke. Runs ok, but overheats occasionally but quickly. It also loses antifreeze by the gallon. Only other thing i know is I opened the airbox and smelled antifreeze. Thanks in advance for an opinion.



Nick

 

[Shovelhead]

Sounds like a blown headgasket. :{

 

[patrobertson]

ditto

SOunds like a head gasket to me. Thats what my truck did. Sorry you asked. Tell him to cut his loses and buy a Cummins.



Shane

 

[Missouri Mule]

A real bad blown head gasket if he keeps on driving it the way it is he will be doing an engine rebuild. A very expensive one.

 

[Shovelhead]

Originally posted by Missouri Mule

A real bad blown head gasket if he keeps on driving it the way it is he will be doing an engine rebuild. A very expensive one.

Nahhhhh, He'll just have to open a new thread in the "Cummins Conversions" forum.

 

[Evan A. Beck]

Most likely a blown head gasket... Could be a cracked block, but I doubt it. The 6. 5 has a pretty stout block.



I had a '96 in the shop with a blown head gasket... It was so bad, that when I took the glow plugs out to do a compression test, coolant came puring out.

 

[Missouri Mule]

Shovelhead'

He be saving money if he did! Oo.