coletrain777
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About a year ago, unknown to me, my waterpump had started leaking and I ran low on coolant. Driving down the road one day I noticed the temp gauge was almost pegged. I pulled over and let the truck cool off, added some coolant and resumed (at this point I still hadn't found the source of the coolant leak). A few weeks later the same thing happened again, and this time I found the leaking water pump. I put a new pump on and all was/is well!
I got to thinking though... I know several folks have asked about leaking headgaskets over the years, but most of the time they don't mention overheating as a reason for believing their headgaskets may be bad. I haven't noticed any unusual aspects of my truck running since overheating a few times, but I wonder if I could have a popped headgasket or two?
What are the best definitive ways to test, and what symptoms would I be looking for?
On a gasser I have done a compression test and used the coolant tester to check for combustion gasses, but I have never tested a diesel...?
Just thought I would ask
I got to thinking though... I know several folks have asked about leaking headgaskets over the years, but most of the time they don't mention overheating as a reason for believing their headgaskets may be bad. I haven't noticed any unusual aspects of my truck running since overheating a few times, but I wonder if I could have a popped headgasket or two?
What are the best definitive ways to test, and what symptoms would I be looking for?
On a gasser I have done a compression test and used the coolant tester to check for combustion gasses, but I have never tested a diesel...?
Just thought I would ask