Uh oh...This is the combo I have, except it's a '99 5.2L. I'll have to
watch out while I'm offroad.
Killerdak@aol.com wrote:
>
> yes, factory gaskets on a '96 3.9L. 115,000+ miles, stant heavy duty 180
> degree stat. Hayden 3710 fan.
> ____________________
> Dave Kilian -- Clayton, NC
> '96 Dakota CC 4x4 3.9L 5-spd, 4.10, 4" susp/2" Body lift, 33" MT's etc...
> http://cnc.4x4.org/members/members.php3?member=david_kilian
>
> In a message dated 1/21/01 1:10:12 PM, prodog@swbell.net writes:
>
> << Were the head gasket the factory ones? I'm beginning to wonder if the
>
> factory head gaskets are worth a shit or not. I know that the 360 I'm
>
> building is going to have really good head gaskets in it... I don't want to
>
> fry another engine from using cheap gaskets...
>
> I found coolant in the oil of my 318 earlier this week... either from head
>
> gasket failure or cracked block... probably caused by the thermostat...
>
> Oh well, nothing I can do about it now... just have to build another
>
> motor...
>
> Later,
>
> Tom "Slick"
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
>
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of Chris Mangano
>
> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 11:40 AM
>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>
> Subject: DML: Re: Radiator EXPLODED on a trail...geeeez
>
> Check your head gaskets. If it got that hot you could have blown them?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: <Killerdak@aol.com>
>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>
> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 12:32 PM
>
> Subject: DML: Radiator EXPLODED on a trail...geeeez
>
> > OK, so I hit a local trail yesterday afternoon with a buddy in an old
>
> > 4Runner, just cause the trails were nice and slick and we needed a quick
>
> 4x4
>
> > fix. Hit a very muddy, soupy, huge, deep mudhole and I got high-centered
>
> on a
>
> > rut, tires spinning, kicking up tons of mud but going nowhere...tried
>
> pulling
>
> > me with the 4Runner but no luck, I was STUCK.
>
> > Apparently I overheated pretty bad because while I'm fishing around the
>
> > toolbox for a shovel and Hi-Lift, I hear a loud BAAAM! and big billowy
>
> clouds
>
> > of steam are coming from the engine bay...CRAP! I shut down the engine,
>
> temp
>
> > gauge is maxed out. Pop the hood, the radiator had exploded and there is
>
> hot
>
> > coolant everywhere. The entire top plastic half of the radiator had blown
>
> > out, ripped to shreds. I was stunned!
>
> > How it happened, not sure. Need to do some investigating. Perhaps electric
>
> > fan did not kick in, perhaps it did not cool fast enough, don't know
>
> yet...
>
> > Had to call another rig with a winch to get me out and towed to the road,
>
> got
>
> > flatbedded home. Can't get a replacement radiator from anywhere for at
>
> least
>
> > a couple days, AutoZone so far had best price. And the Dak is my ONLY
>
> > vehicle...
>
> >
>
> > Has this ever happened to anybody? The guy that winched me out thinks that
>
> > the electric fan is not drawing enough airflow when I'm going slow on
>
> trails,
>
> > thinks a spacer and a shroud might help...?
>
> >
>
> > Also, having the engine overheated like that, is there anything I need to
>
> > check that might have been seriously damaged? There were a couple times
>
> > getting out of the slippery trail that I had to start the engine back up
>
> > (without coolant) to turn the wheels to get unstuck but it was not long...
>
> > ____________________
>
> > Dave Kilian -- Clayton, NC
>
> > '96 Dakota CC 4x4 3.9L 5-spd, 4.10, 4" susp/2" Body lift, 33" MT's etc...
>
> > http://cnc.4x4.org/members/members.php3?member=david_kilian >>
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