In a message dated 3/27/01 1:35:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,
DodgeKota4x4gurl@aol.com writes:
> I don't know what the deal is with my truck! It is getting really
> aggrivating. It was acting more like a 4 cyl than a 318 for a while,
meaning,
>
> no take off, basically "ball-less" We changed the plugs and wires, and of
> course air filter, and ran some intake cleaner and some throttle body
> cleaner
> through it, of course it smoked , so I assumed it was doing something. It
> got
> a bit better for a couple weeks, but lately I haven't been driving it as
> much, and we started it up yesterday and it was blowing white smoke put
the
> tailpipe. Now it has never been overheated (as far as I know) and I treat
it
>
> like a million dollars. The only thing wrong with it right now is the rear
> main, but it leaks very little (maybe a quart between changes) I don't
know
> if the loss of power is from the tranny going bad? or maybe it's just
> because
> of the miles (it's got almost 130,000) The reason I say tranny is because
it
>
> sometimes will get to a certain speed and will rev like it's going to
shift
> then drop back down and repeat that until I either speed up or slow down.
I
> had the tranny serviced less than a year ago, and they said there was
> nothing
> wrong with it. Any suggestions are more than welcome!!!!! Sorry so long.
> TIA!!!
> Ryan Kates
White smoke is indicative of a blown head gasket. The power loss can be
attributed to most likely leakage between cylinders since you didn't say
anything about antifreeze and coolant problems.
Get it checked out ASAP
-Austin
Vipertruck - "The Anti-Rice"
Supercharged 6.0 V8
<A HREF="www.angelfire.com/ny/vipertruck">The Vipertruck</A>
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