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Old 10-28-2009, 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ymeski56
You want to run 40% anti/ 60% Distilled.
I would if it weren't puking on my driveway. Until I have time to track down the leak, it'll be 100% distilled. If it dies, it dies.
Old 10-29-2009, 02:49 AM
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Threw some Bar's Leak Stop in the radiator. So far so good. I'd never use that crap in anything but a beater, but that's exactly what this truck is, so to hell with spending money and doing things right; a bottle of Bar's Leak Stop is less than 4 bucks, lol.
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Freeze plug that's easy to get to will only take a few minutes anyway. if you do indeed replace a (or a few) freeze plugs, make sure you buy some aviation adhesive. It's brown and it comes in a "brush in bottle" container. The weep hole is on the passenger side of the water pump so it's highly unlikely that's where it's from. My guess would be corner intake gasket unless you've got the lightning type oil cooler on there. then that could be it. The oil cooler I'm referring to looks like this:

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That brown stuff is also called shellac.



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