It sounds like your heater core is leaking to me too.
The way I check water pumps is sort of freaky.
I let it get really hot so that fluid moves through the lines, I have
someone rev it up a lil as I feel the water/coolent go through the
lines. (usually the big one on top that connects to the water pump.)
Squeezing the line won't work because there is pressure in the line
(thats why you don't open a hot radiator), you have to feel the water
going through the line. Thats just the way I do it, I am sure there
is a simpler way. But what can I say, everyone has their thing.
Ronald Wong wrote:
>
> Sounds like your heater core.
>
> Ron
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Ray Sulich
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 8:37 PM
> To: Dakota Mailing List
> Subject: DML: Overheating
>
> Took the truck out this afternoon and all of a sudden my 6 year old son
> tells me that water is leaking into the truck. I looked at what he was
> pointing to, and yes water was leaking into the truck. I had the AC on but
> this was alot of water (no rain going on). I got home and noticed the
> truck was idling really high. I glanced at the temp meter, and found it
> almost pegged. I shut the truck down and found no leakage around the water
> pump. Guessed the thermostat went south. The truck has done this before
> but only twice when it was idling in the driveway. Shutting it down and
> letting it cool off normally solved the problem. Not this time. I
> replaced the t-stat and now things seem back to normal. I tested the old
> t-stat in a pot on the stove and it seemed to work fine. Is there a way to
> check you water pump besides the normal weep hole way? I have no water
> pressure gage on the truck. I started the truck with the radiator cap off
> and it seems to be moving water. Any other ideas on what could be the
> problem. I HOPE I have it solved with the t-stat replacement but I'd like
> to hear any ideas that you have.
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