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 3.4 question
#829032
08/06/07 05:36 PM
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Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 67
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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I have noticed recently my 3.4 with a TRD charger has started to sip coolant from the coolant jug, have to fill it once a week, anybody with a blower ever had a head gasket leak on a 3.4?
William
William Gabay
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Re: 3.4 question
[Re: Will_I_Am]
#829033
08/07/07 04:50 PM
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Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 184
Wheeler
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IIRC, the 3.4's built until 1997 had a recall on the head gasket issue. Did yours get replaced under warranty? I think the leak was external and visible... but can't recall the details.
I had a 1996 Taco/3.4 that had to have the HG done. My 1998 T100 did not.
Someone here will know about this.
--speedy
White '98 T100 SR5 4x4 ExCab Auto - wrecked.
2008 Honda Ridgeline RTS replaced the T100.
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Re: 3.4 question
[Re: Will_I_Am]
#829034
08/07/07 06:18 PM
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Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 2,125
Body Damage is Cool
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If it had the recall done, I'd look somewhere else first before jumping to a worst case scenario. My post recall coolant leak ended up being an old block heater and a couple of hose junctions...just sipped it out so that I'd have to top up the reservoir every couple of months.
~Adam  96 T100: D44, lockers and stuff
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Re: 3.4 question
[Re: Will_I_Am]
#829035
08/08/07 12:09 AM
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Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 159
Wheeler
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No issues with my S/C (yet...!), now over 80,000 miles since installation.
My 3.4L did seep coolant out of both ends of both radiator hoses from the day it was new until I replaced the factory hoses with aftermarket ones from Advanced Auto (Gates, I think...). Good luck!
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Re: 3.4 question
[Re: Whizkidder]
#829036
08/16/07 01:19 AM
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Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 67
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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Ok thanks guys, i will review the manual and look at all the possible leak areas.
Will
William Gabay
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Re: 3.4 question
[Re: Will_I_Am]
#829037
08/16/07 04:01 AM
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Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 981
Rock Warrior
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I have a replaced 3.4 from the head on down, doesnt sip coolant at all. About 45k on that engine too.
1996 T100, Mickey Thomson Classics, Bridgestone Dueler AT 265/75/16, custom offroad KC's.
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Re: 3.4 question
[Re: CJMT100]
#829038
08/16/07 03:30 PM
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Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 40
Getting the Wheeling Fever
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Could be your waterpump too. Mine leaked thru the gasket and I couldn't see the leak until I replaced it when I was doing the timing belt. But that sounds like a lot of coolant to be leaking externally without some obvious sign.
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