What did you do to your truck today?

[Chapstr's65]

Originally Posted by cb1965

Drove it to work. half way there i started to smell coolant . not good. i

didnt want to pull over because i was getting so close to work. as soon as i

slowed down enough i could see steam pour out of the engine compartment.

parked it really quick and the hose from the intake to the heater core was

torn.coolant gushed all over the engine and all components. lucky for me i

still had a few extra inches of hose.After work i cut off the torn part and

re- attached it. filled it up with water and was able to get it home.

that was scary when i saw the engine temp rise over 220 degrees

Reminds me of a time when my wife and I did our first long distance road trip in the truck. She wanted to drive so I told her to watch the gauges and about 30 min to our destination she said "wow, something smells like maple syrup." And I was like "what the Hell, that is not maple syrup that's engine coolant!" LOL turns out we threw the belt to the water pump. I still think of that day everytime I smell maple syrup.
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