509b2000rook
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*I know very very little about cars, be gentle, in attempts to thousands at shops, im detailed and descriptive in hopes you will save me*
My 87 b2000 smokes after sitting awhile usually overnight. bla bla I get that... for only till shes warmed up.. id say on scale of 1 to 10- 10 being the appearance that your house is burning down while youre just in your car waiting for smoke to clear... Shed be a 4... never overheats, all fluids good and clean.
Just bought a 91 b2200 and seller thought she had a blown head gasket blah blah and said it had been sitting in towing yard quite some time., ... from my learnings due to the headache and anxiety of 87, I went to go look at her in attempts of a parts car..400 was a decent asking price for a str8 body non running to me, wasn't planning on paying half that... dude was busy or something, pretty much left me alone with the truck for an hour while he was dickin around his house...
brought with me: oil, gas, pcv valve, carb cleaner, coolant, belt dressing, hyperlite (lucas with diff name? was on sale) plug wires, and screwdriver.. started, died, started died.. started and died.. probably 8 times later and I got her to stay started with soooooooo much flippin smoke dumping out I almost gave up right there and said (hell no this is must be what a head gasket blown is cause mine is nowhere near this heavy and long) but I kept quite poker face on and after heavy smoking, and about 20 mins of running in neutral, smokes about gone.. I shut her off, everything appears normal, nothing low no fluids water however was down on piece of metal right below fan I assume water didn't have a smell or color and oil was sort of low, but it wasn't on stick to begin with) drove around block quite a few times, driving her like I just stole her, smoke stayed gone, shifts smooth, im flippin stoked !!!!! 50$ and some heavy negotiations, she was mine.. drove her from norths end of Spokane across town to souths end 3 times, no issues at all. took to oil can henrys got oil change, coolant flush, transmission service (fluid drain and fill) serpentine belt tightened as she wasn't too bad looking just loose.. and added another quart of lucas knockoff to her..
drove it all the way to other side of town, (45 mins of in town, freeway and some stop and go) no issues!!!!! parked her safe keeping at friends since starts with a screwdriver due to being a tow lien repo (so this paperwork says) shes been sitting about 1 1/2 days and I hop in today and start it up, smoke, BAD again.. so bad neighbors thought their house was on fire.. after 5 mins of idle roughly, I decide to try and drive some smoke off.. bad idea, shes idling so flippin high while accelerating (dies down during shifts, bam! hella high again,) that Im scared and turn her off and coast..
*smh I need to go to bed*
1. why the hell is is sooo bad compared to my 87. will my 87 get this bad too?
2. why were rpms soooo high during acceleration.. its almost like I could hear 2 noises.. high rpms from driving, and also background squeeling noise rpms.
3. everything but the plugs in a tuneup are pretty good looking haven't checked plugs yet.. and now that she has over half of tank of good gas and all fluids replaced (yes the right ones) and such success after in performance - was I just not patient enough with her after sitting day and a half??
*got dark, that amazing white smoke headache and my short temper, gave up, parked her, went str8 home 45 min drive back north with my 87;)
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