Most people call it the dexcool gasket leak. Small block chevy cooling system but i find it odd that on the 53 lm1 the thermostat is on lower radiator hose cool side where on the orig.
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3 1 liter gm engine cooling system diagram. This takes about 10 20 minutes to fully bleed the air out of your cooling system. With one notable exception all of the 600 v6 engines in gms 273134l family have been conventional pushrod designs with two vales per cylinder. Small block the thermostat is on upper hose hot side.
As i found out it all comes down to a poorly designed cooling system and interior heating system. Bleed the air out of radiator and engine gm 35 liter. Buy a genuine mercury quicksilver or aftermarket part.
The problem arises from the design of the cooling system. If you do not bleed the coolant system after doing lower intake gasketswater pump. Gm 31 liter and 34 liter dexcool gasket leak problems gm 31 liter and 34 liter engines are known for intake manifold gasket leaks.
Its a faulty gasket design thatll happen regardless of which coolant is in the engine. Which uses 24 valves driven by dual overhead camsthese engines vary in displacement between 25 and 34 litres 2490 and 3350 cc and have a cast iron. This is a image galleries about 4 3 vortec engine cooling systemyou can also find other images like wiring diagram parts diagram replacement parts electrical diagram repair manuals engine diagram engine scheme wiring harness fuse box vacuum diagram timing belt timing chain brakes diagram transmission diagram and engine problems.
The one exception was the dual overhead cam dohc lq1 version of the 34l engine produced from 1991 to 1997. It affects chevrolet venture and pontiac montana vans also. This is video on how to bleed the coolant system on a general motors 31 liter and 34 liter v6 commonly used.
Where can i find a simple cooling system diagram for a 1996 chevy lumina 31 showing flow direction one that can be found free on the internet for some reason everything but what i need comes up when i type in cooling system diagram for 1996 chevy lumina. Mercruiser 30l gm 181 il4 closed cooling system parts. Fixing gms 34l frigging heat problem.
I am very familiar with the orig. The general motors 600 v6 engine family was a series of 600 v6 engines which were produced for both longitudinal and transverse applications. Hello i just changed the coolant on my 2002 53 and i am a little perplexed on how the thermostat works on the ls engine.
But its not caused by dexcool. It is a common problem for 1997 to 2002 gm products that have the 34l engine. All of these engines are 12 valve cam in block or overhead valve engines except for the lq1.
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