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1995 Chevy Overheating & White Smoke
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ChevyAllTheWay
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Feb 8, 2009, 12:59 PM
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1995 Chevy Overheating & White Smoke
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1995 Chevy Silverado V8 Four Wheel Drive Automatic 154000 miles
I just bought my truck a few months ago. I knew what I was getting into, with an older truck. It had a few minor things wrong with it, but nothing too serious.
I've kept it maintained as far as water, oil, and all that.
Well, I decided since my truck was running really good, I would try to take it on a long trip, not knowing how it would react.
Two days before I made this trip, I had my oil changed. I brought a gallon of water, just incase it overheated.
100 miles to Arizona, my truck did excellent. Didn't get hot or anything. I checked my water before I left, and it was fine. On the way back, there was traffic. I had to sit idle for about 10 minutes. I happen to look back in my mirror, and white smoke is just pouring out of my exhaust pipes. When I would rev my engine, huge clouds of smoke would pour out.
I looked at the temperature, and it was getting hotter by the second.
So, I pulled to the side of the road. It was running really rough. I turned my truck off, and went to check the water. It was completely empty. Within 50 miles, my water had been eaten up.. by what? I'm not sure.
I filled my truck back up with some water. Now, I checked my dip stick to see if it was milky, to see if water had gotten into my oil. It was NOT.
My oil was fine.
So, my truck cooled down, and I hopped back in and drove about 50 miles more. It got a little hot, but I was going over some hills. It didn't get hot like it did before.
I stopped, and pulled over after about 50 miles. I was going to rest, and let my truck cool down before I continued. I stopped at a gas station to get something to drink, I came back out and there was a puddle of water underneath my truck. Water is leaking from somewhere, but I have no idea where.
Then and there, I realized I cannot drive it any farther. I'm loosing too much water, and it's getting too hot. I didn't want to risk causing any more damage.
So, I had it towed back to my house.
When I get back home, I decided to turn my truck on to see if I could see where the water was leaking from, and it would not start. My battery was completely dead. I did not leave my lights on or anything of the sort. My battery had just died, out of nowhere. I charged my battery a little, and my truck started. It was shakey, and rough. But, after I turned my truck off, and tried to start it 5 minutes later, the battery was dead, yet again.
What could be causing the battery to die so quickly?
If my oil was not milky, is it a head gasket or not?
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Tom Greenleaf
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Feb 8, 2009, 1:34 PM
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Re: 1995 Chevy Overheating & White Smoke
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So, drove about 50 miles more. I didn't want to risk causing any more damage. So, I had it towed back to my house. When I get back home, I decided to turn my truck on to see if I could see where the water was leaking from, and it would not start. My battery was completely dead. If my oil was not milky, is it a head gasket or not?
No doubt you've done plenty of damage! White smoke out tail pipe - not good and no doubt wild overheat to boot.
Head gaskets can do this especially with overheats and be the cause of overheats. Gasket doesn't necessarily have to leak any which way and oil could have been left out of this. No matter. Intake manifold gasket might also be able to burn off water and these are famous for those leaking but usually to the ground not burning coolant.
Alternator and other things probably didn't like getting that baked either. Some of these alts can short inside too draining battery all by themselves.
Pressure test, for the leak and do a total diag on this engine so you know how much you are getting in for - less likely on the cast iron heads but they could have warped too
T
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