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got lucky!

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City, State
Woodridge, Manitoba, Canada
Year, Model & Trim Level
'91 XL
Friday on my 35min drive to work.... my tranny was acting up, so I pulled over to run it through all the gears. Aftar backing up a few feet i noticed a puddle. did it again, another puddle. I was like 'what the **** now?" Antifreeze all over the highway and my temp guage was well in the red. Yikes! Now what. I am like 15min from home and at least 5 min from the next town. No water in the truck :(.....hmmm. Let it cool down for 20min, turns out there was a park bout 2 min away. made it there and filled rad with water and that took me til town. Lucky for me, my dad was a machanic for many years. he checked it out and all it was was the block heater leaking. Whew! $25 part, free labour and viola, back up and running great. He said, if I would have drove to town I would be shopping for a new motor. Lucky my tranny was acting up. Oh yeah, tranny isn't acting up now neither.
 



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coolness... you did get lucky.... get the tranny looked at soon though.... some acting up may lead to an underlying problem that may surface when you least expect it
 






A failed engine block heater causing a coolant leak is not too uncommon a problem.

Glad you got it fixed.
 






these trucks have block heaters? or is that just canadda?
 












Originally posted by Muskrat
these trucks have block heaters? or is that just canadda?

It's a factory option. Many dealers up North order all their vehicles with block heaters.
 






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