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1988 Ram D150 Overheating / No heat

Tiny
TYRANT819
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1988 Dodge Ram D150 318 Odo: 77K Automatic
Last week I was driving home from work and gunned the engine to merge on to the highway. The bypass hose burst. Limped home and replaced the bypass hose and thermostat. Now the heater will not heat when needed and the truck is still overheating. Any suggestions?
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Richard
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 AT 6:10 PM

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Tiny
BLACKOP555
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Sounds to me that you need to change the head gasket. Perform a compression test.

Gunning hte engine could have damaged the head gasket causing a increase in pressure causing the hose to burst! If the gaskets are good check for craked heads.

If thats not hte problem, whihc most likely is, then the system will have to be bled.
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 AT 7:26 PM
Tiny
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Thank you Blacktop. You were right, the system needed to be bled. I took your advice and adapted it a little: take the cheapest, easiest route first. The bleeding did the trick. Cheers!
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 AT 7:11 PM
Tiny
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Yep, no problem m8, 99% of the times its the simple things :P
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 AT 7:14 PM

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