true95w/t
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Just bought a 97 extended cab with the vortec 5.7. I got it from a friend for 400. It has sat for a year. I bought it so I can finish tt-ing my 00 yukon.
No coolant so I added water. It started leaking out around the upper intake manifold. It's also smoking bad which after watching a YouTube truck doctor vid , it's smoking because intake dumping water into cylinders. So I guess my question is..... can I simply plan on doing intake manifold gaskets or once it's that bad do I need entire new intake manifold? I need to do this as cheap as possibly because the truck needs other work and only reason I bought it is because I needed a backseat to pick my nieces up when their parents both work.
Any insight and assistance is very much appreciated. I am very good on the 95 tbi motor in my old truck and have learned a ton about the ls motors but I have never owned or worked on a vortec 5.7.
I also tried posting on fullsizechevy but their sight is messed waiting on new software I guess
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No coolant so I added water. It started leaking out around the upper intake manifold. It's also smoking bad which after watching a YouTube truck doctor vid , it's smoking because intake dumping water into cylinders. So I guess my question is..... can I simply plan on doing intake manifold gaskets or once it's that bad do I need entire new intake manifold? I need to do this as cheap as possibly because the truck needs other work and only reason I bought it is because I needed a backseat to pick my nieces up when their parents both work.
Any insight and assistance is very much appreciated. I am very good on the 95 tbi motor in my old truck and have learned a ton about the ls motors but I have never owned or worked on a vortec 5.7.
I also tried posting on fullsizechevy but their sight is messed waiting on new software I guess
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