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Dakota Performance
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Dodge Dakota
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12/04/2002
10:57:24
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Hello: Dakota drivers
I own a 1993 Dodge Dakota 4X4 318 5.2L 518 Tran... Purchased it new from a dodge dealer in with 7 miles. This has been a great truck taking me hunting & fishing for many years. No madder how hard I hit the trail it got me home.
Put on some performance stuff in1996 with 46,000 miles on. K&N air filter, Gibson cat back, Doug ? Headers, mopar performance computer and Jacobs’s system. WOW this truck has got some BALLS NOW GO MOPOWER
Now it’s almost 2003 and 138,000 miles later. The Jacobs went south in 99 started to eat batteries. In the very hot summer 01 started to smell antifreeze coming from the out side air vent buy the front window but could not find a leak no ware. Temp gauge got close to over heading few times but didn’t. In the winter its fine. The gauge stays at about quarter. Last summer I could smell it even more and it began to disappear from the reservoir had to fill it up 4or 5 times last summer. Running the AC for 30 to 45 min the truck would over heat. Some people are telling me that it is a head gasket some are saying it’s a thermostat or radiator cap or a small crack in the block.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
I like this truck it’s been good to me.
Thinking of putting a 5.9L in. What would be the cost?
Maybe just redo 5.2L?
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Nood1z
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12/04/2002
16:44:42
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Since you said the smell is coming out of an air vent it's got me thinking its a Heater core. Since the core is in the dash of your truck it would make sence that the smell is coming out of the vent. The best thing to do would be to check to see if it is leaking to the ground, and then if it is, check in the vacinity of the drip and try to track it down. It's definately not the cap or thermostat, that wouldn't cause a leak, if it was the housing or the cap then you would no doubt be able to see that that is where it is coming from. However it could be a head gasket, if it is, start your truck up in the morning and get a slight wiff of the the exhaust fumes, and see if it smells sweet, that could be a possible way to see if it is a head gasket or not. Let me know how you make out. -Sean
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12/04/2002
20:17:30
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Did a compression check and all the cylinders are different. Highest one was 135lbs lowest was 90lbs
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