JustinC00
Registered User
Okay guys. Here’s one for you. I replaced my thermostat yesterday and all went well I believe. No leaks after getting it up to temp and driving it around, and letting it cook twice. Here’s the weird part. As y’all know you have to take off all that stuff on that side of the engine(alternator, vaccuum pump, and fuel filter bracket, etc.). So I took that stuff off. The fuel filter ended up draining, and I put it back together and reconnected all the lines for fuel and the alternator and pump. Here’s where it gets odd. I drove it around and all of a sudden the tru k feels like it’s not sluggish anymore. I know they aren’t race trucks. But it doesn’t feel like it struggles anymore. And I have the pump turned up a bit and there used to be just a bit of black smoke. Now it’s excessive if I really stomp on it. Do you guys think maybe I have some junk in the filter that was plugging it up or what??