Thanks for the info!
The PO was adding water only. There was 3 gallons of water in coolant bottles in the vehicle! I added some 100% coolant (+/-12 oz) to mix with the water just for some coolant/ anti freeze. I am draining that today and going with the 50% coolant. Important with the winter blast we will get tomorrow! What is best way to burp radiator? I have nose up (using hand and rag as hole cover sporadically) and run to get air out.
The PO was aware of the J18 thermostat oddity but that's not to say it is installed correctly.
I bought a code reader and plan to see what code is before I do anything. This will hopefully tell me a lot!
I hope to change oil and filter today as I realized that it has been parked and I bet no maintenance was done!
I will let make sure I get the run time for warm-up and see if there is a heating issue,then I will check the hose (J22) from the water pump, confirm thermostat is installed correctly. My next step is to look into the ECT. Will code possibly tell me something on this?
I plan to do a compression test next. I can rent a tester from auto-parts store for a refundable deposit, checked on that yesterday.
Your point on new rings vs old walls is understood!
Ill post code when I read it.
Thanks for the info!
Hoopt
Got code PO 304 - #4 cylinder misfire.
The PO was adding water only. There was 3 gallons of water in coolant bottles in the vehicle! I added some 100% coolant (+/-12 oz) to mix with the water just for some coolant/ anti freeze. I am draining that today and going with the 50% coolant. Important with the winter blast we will get tomorrow! What is best way to burp radiator? I have nose up (using hand and rag as hole cover sporadically) and run to get air out.
The PO was aware of the J18 thermostat oddity but that's not to say it is installed correctly.
I bought a code reader and plan to see what code is before I do anything. This will hopefully tell me a lot!
I hope to change oil and filter today as I realized that it has been parked and I bet no maintenance was done!
I will let make sure I get the run time for warm-up and see if there is a heating issue,then I will check the hose (J22) from the water pump, confirm thermostat is installed correctly. My next step is to look into the ECT. Will code possibly tell me something on this?
I plan to do a compression test next. I can rent a tester from auto-parts store for a refundable deposit, checked on that yesterday.
Your point on new rings vs old walls is understood!
Ill post code when I read it.
Thanks for the info!
Hoopt
Got code PO 304 - #4 cylinder misfire.