Recent content by Catsxb

Noice! I figured it was bad. I had the cylinder head, gaskets, and hoses reconditioned/replaced in '17. In Sept. it overheated so I replaced the radiator and coolant hoses. I currently have 3 oil leaks: front timing cover gasket, upper and lower oil pan gaskets, and rear main seal which is...

I pulled out the reservoir and cleaned it. When I opened the radiator cap to see the color of coolant, I noticed this gunk around the cap. This is a brand new radiator with hoses, should it look like this (pics)? Anyways, I'm going to do what y'all recommended and refill the reservoir, burp, and...

I replaced my radiator and all coolant hoses recently. I checked my coolant reservoir and it has very little coolant at the bottom and it looks red with bits and muck floating around. Could that be remnant coolant that I can just clean the reservoir and add new coolant OR is this something I...

Nice! Downloaded and done. This is amazingly convenient when I'm out on the road. I'll put those items on my shopping list. And the swearing is free.....I got that part already.

I'm not sure? I'm a female that knows nothing about trucks but trying to learn because mechanics are expensive. As for the lights, seatbelt light, brake light.... regular stuff. Are these fixable things I can find in my Haynes manual? I'm in DT Portland. I appreciate your time.

I'll check that out and then have a look through my manual and see if I can repair/replace myself. I'm in thousands at this point. *sigh Thanks!

Appreciate that. I don't recall replacing that.....yet. This is a steep learning curve.

No. Ha ha. They failed me the first three times though. I don't have any lights on my dash that show any sensors being triggered so either they're burnt out or I don't know.....

Thanks. I really don't have any idea what I'm looking at so that's helpful.

Not sure if this is the correct section but here it goes: Had the catalytic converter stolen a couple years back. Replaced the converter and failed DEQ. Did my "drive cycles" for over 1000 miles and failed DEQ again. Replaced the radiator and all coolant hoses and failed DEQ again with a "EGR"...