Hey everyone,
I think that the head gasket on my 79 4x4 short bed p/u is blown. The truck only has 37,000 miles on it and it sat for long periods of time since 79. Well here is the problem it is blowing HUGE amounts of white oderless smoke. It seems that it does it when you are decelerating and when you rev it at idle. When you are moving down the highway the smoke clears up. It did this once before for a short while then it went away. Now it is VERY bad. The smoke was starting to go away, the I checked the rad and it was low, so I added antifreeze and the smoke came back in full force. So does it sound as if the head gasket is blown?
How hard is it to change the head gasket? How much should I expect to pay a shop to do the work? How long should it take to do the job? Is there anything else I should look at when doing this job?
Thank you,
Zack
I think that the head gasket on my 79 4x4 short bed p/u is blown. The truck only has 37,000 miles on it and it sat for long periods of time since 79. Well here is the problem it is blowing HUGE amounts of white oderless smoke. It seems that it does it when you are decelerating and when you rev it at idle. When you are moving down the highway the smoke clears up. It did this once before for a short while then it went away. Now it is VERY bad. The smoke was starting to go away, the I checked the rad and it was low, so I added antifreeze and the smoke came back in full force. So does it sound as if the head gasket is blown?
How hard is it to change the head gasket? How much should I expect to pay a shop to do the work? How long should it take to do the job? Is there anything else I should look at when doing this job?
Thank you,
Zack