78' Bigten gurlgling?? Low coolant?

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pjfellhauer

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Chevy C10 Scottsdale BigTen
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350
Here is a link to a video of the issue, im sure someone on here has better ears than me for this kinda thing:
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To me it sounds like theres not enough coolant and its being sloshed/gurgled.

I was driving bout a month ago, and all of a sudden it started gurgling and whining. Let it sit and just got around to starting it and it seems to just be the gurgling sound now.

Don't know if the cold has anything to do with it (it was 0-10° when it happened) but im gonna check and top off all the fluids and start with that, let me know if my truck is about to blow up please n thanks
 

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Check the oil. I hope your antifreeze mix was strong enough. Didn't get a chance to listen the video yet, but there shouldn't be any kind of coolant noise while running. After shutting it off isn't all that scary though.
 

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