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well i am new here and just bought my 2nd 1980 4x4 LUV. Right after i bought it i realized that it was overheating so i replaced the thermostat. after i replaced it, it was still overheating. so i thought that maybe i installed it the wrong way, so i turned it over. still overheating. so i bought a new 160 and installed it today. all seemed to be working well. the gauge read right under the mark and did not move. so i figured that was about 160 degrees. i drove 5 miles to my brothers house and it never moved. i let it idle for about ten minutes and it was still good. BUT while it idles it has a constant stream of white/grey smoke coming out of the exhaust. really not much of a smell to it. as soon as i started driving the smoke cleared u but the temp gauge took of to H. didn't quite make it all the way to H so i drove it on to town. oh, and the heater stopped heating. i am stumped and hope you guys can help me. the LUV is in awesome shape but this is really bothering me. THANKS

A lot of us on here have been through this already---Head gasket time!

take out the plugs and find out what cylinder you have the most leak in.

it's going to be almost completely white.

there is a thread i started a while back titled "head gasket leak?" with many pictures and instructions on how to do the job.

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Yeah, the head gasket. You may not get the smell because it doesn't have much antifreeze in it.

thanks guys. i guess ill get to tear into the ole luv this weekend. thanks for the help.

sorry for the inquiry but would anyone here be able to point me to a good brand of thermostat? my friend recommended me these JET performance thermostat but i'm asking around first.


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