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Hi Pete , new radiator , thermostat , I can see that the antifreeze is maybe an inch down from where it was sitting in the over flow after several weeks of driving , I have not done a pressure leak down test , and no sir the truck has not over heated . Here is the results of my compression...

Ok , did my 3rd c02 test yesterday and the tube stayed blue , let the truck sit and idle for 20 minutes turning heater on and off , did the test actually did it several circles 2 minutes at a time , even turned the heater on and tested , not sure if you do that or not , but it seemed fine ...

Actually redid the test today the die in the tube stayed blue , my plugs all looked dry to me , as far as how much coolant I’m using I truly don’t see very much gone

Thank you I was wondering what I might be looking for .

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Would a small digital scope camera work ?

Thanks for the information I truly appreciate that , I can’t find anyone in town to dive that deep on it . That’s definitely beyond my pay grade

I held onto the test kit, just a rental from autozone That’s my next step

Ok , I’ve fooled around with this combustion leak test seems all day , the picture of the milk jug is how much antifreeze I took out with a turkey baster , it was going fine both times ! But !!! Well you see , yes I cleaned the test tube and bubble well tried again , stayed blue ! But then the...

Well I thank you Bussman , question ? How do the plugs look to you ? The 3rd ins had a brownish burnt ring on the porcelain, anything to look out for ? Thanks again

This has been a learning curve for sure , I followed the instructions that were in the test kit , plus watched several YouTube videos . I’ll do the co2 tomorrow and post what I find . Fingers crossed .

Hello to all the awesome help out there for my worry’s about head gasket, first it’s on my 1997 80 series Landcruiser , 270000 or so . These are pictures I took this afternoon as I was doing the compression test , you guys tell me , please do the numbers look good ( correct ) ? The 4th cylinder...

Well thank you Petegangies , I’m reading your response going down the road ( wife’s driving ) she’s blown away at all of the awesome advice one can get off here , as all she hears me talking about is that old cruiser 😂. But truly I feel filled pretty confident in performing those test , crossing...