[Ivan D.]

slightly rich smell and hazy smoke is what I have too, I blame it on worn out valve guides but then again I ain't too sure, truck seems to be guzzling gas real bad sometimes

About the hoses - the lower hose is full of coolant, it's just hard to feel it cause when there's air in the upper one (and there usually is) when you squeeze the lower hose water just fills up part of the upper one. When checking the upper hose for pressure, was the thermostat open? Cause until engine warms up there ain't gonna be no flow through it at all.