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Car: 1995 6.5 Turbo Diesel Suburban

Problem: overheating like crazy

New parts: thermostat, fan, water pump

Current task: bleeding coolant system

Procedure: add coolant when engine cold to reservoir tank. Warm engine to operating temp (180ish), WHILE RUNNING open reservoir cap, open bleeder valve on thermostat. Watch coolant shoot out (spurting but there doesn’t seem to be any bubbles. Just going squirt pause squirt pause etc). Also the radiator is closed on this car; there is no cap to add coolant to

Story:

I got a water pump and thermostat put in yesterday, as my 1995 6.5TD Suburban has been running a bit hotter than normal. Should be running at 195, has been right around 210. Picked it up from the shop (first time there, first time getting someone else to work on my car) and there was a note on the receipt saying “add coolant after driving for a bit if system is low”

Drove it for maybe 5 minutes, temp SKYROCKETED. And I mean HIGH, like 240. Limped it to autozone (20min drive), picked up some coolant, bled the system as good as I could in their parking lot. Limped it home with the same heat struggles. Opened up reservoir this morning and it was low, so added more coolant and bled it. Now it idles around 220. Letting it cool down before I try bleeding again. I’ve never had this many issues bleeding a 6.5. Am I doing something wrong? Did they do something wrong? I feel like I have to be missing something. I’ve spent about 3hrs “bleeding” it but it seems pretty bled. Please tell me I’m wrong

Info up top, story below.

Car: 1995 6.5 Turbo Diesel Suburban

Problem: overheating like crazy

New parts: thermostat, fan, water pump

Current task: bleeding coolant system

Procedure: add coolant when engine cold to reservoir tank. Warm engine to operating temp (180ish), WHILE RUNNING open reservoir cap, open bleeder valve on thermostat. Watch coolant shoot out (spurting but there doesn’t seem to be any bubbles. Just going squirt pause squirt pause etc). Also the radiator is closed on this car; there is no cap to add coolant to

Story:

I got a water pump and thermostat put in yesterday, as my 1995 6.5TD Suburban has been running a bit hotter than normal. Should be running at 195, has been right around 210. Picked it up from the shop (first time there, first time getting someone else to work on my car) and there was a note on the receipt saying “add coolant after driving for a bit if system is low”

Drove it for maybe 5 minutes, temp SKYROCKETED. And I mean HIGH, like 240. Limped it to autozone (20min drive), picked up some coolant, bled the system as good as I could in their parking lot. Limped it home with the same heat struggles. Opened up reservoir this morning and it was low, so added more coolant and bled it. Now it idles around 220. Letting it cool down before I try bleeding again. I’ve never had this many issues bleeding a 6.5. Am I doing something wrong? Did they do something wrong? I feel like I have to be missing something. I’ve spent about 3hrs “bleeding” it but it seems pretty bled. Please tell me I’m wrong

25F. I've been driving trucks for about 3 years now, and the pay is crazy good for not having a degree. I make about 110k/year USD, I just bought a house in cash, and I've been able to save about 350k (started saving when I started working in restaurants). To the very few people I talk to, they say I’d be crazy to leave. I feel like 25 is enough time to rebuild in a different career field, but training for it will be hard with this job.

I hate leaving home every time. I’m out for a month (dropping down to weekends home in Sept), I have no real friendships anymore, I feel like I’m missing out on life, and every day is exhausting. I wake up dreading work even though I know it's a solid career. I can’t even throw away trash at home like a normal person—I’m not home for trash pickup, and the dump is closed from before I get home to after I leave. It’s such a small thing, but seems like the final straw. The money doesn't seem worth it anymore if I feel like this all the time.

I don't know what I'd even switch to. I’d consider myself smart and a quick learner, but I don’t know how to get the education I’d need for several careers that I find interesting without quitting my current job. I don't want to take a massive pay cut, but I also don't want to spend the next 20 years feeling this way.

Has anyone here left a well paying job for a significant pay cut but more happiness? What did you end up doing? Was it worth it? Did you take a pay cut permanently or were you able to rebuild?

I'm just looking for ideas and hearing from people who've been in a similar position. Any advice is appreciated.

Currently considering several careers:

Bus driver (need to take a test but would be easy, biggest pay cut)
Business finance/taxes/contracts (would find a job in retail or something during college)
Staying at this job (a great company) and sucking it up until I can retire

Will list my info and then current financial/life plan for easy reading. I want to know if I’m doing something stupid, should be looking in other directions, etc. Also, I am incredibly lucky to be in the financial situation I am. I am grateful for that.

25, single, no kids

Income: $7k/month (conservatively, 1099 position); $1500/month rental but tenants leave next month

Savings: $800k in Fidelity core position; $45k in HYSA at 3.5% interest; $25k checking

Property: I own 1/2 of a fully paid off house (the rental); it is assessed at $650k but we could realistically make $800k on a sale easily

Expenses:

Rent: $1100/ month

Utilities: $125/month

Food: $400/month

Gas/car maintenance(hobby): $500/month

Dog: $60/month

Subscriptions: $65/month

Fun: $300/month

Insurance(cars only): $350/month

All extra money each month is split between HYSA and checking. Checking occasionally gets emptied into HYSA whenever I think about it.

The Plan:

1. Open a Roth IRA

2. Invest Fidelity money into better positions than current (aka default)

3. Buy a house to live in in cash with a MAXIMUM budget of 600k, ideally 400k to 450k

4. Sell the co-owned house, reinvest all money into a multi-unit building or place where I can do short-term rentals, solo.

5. Find a new job that makes me happy as this one is mentally destroying me, try to keep income at double current living expenses. Reduce living expenses as much as possible AFTER getting new job, bank everything.

6. Profit?

Please feel free to criticize, point out mistakes, literally anything that I may be missing or makes this sound sketchy.

Also it may be worth pointing out, I currently spend money on kind of whatever I want, I just don’t want a lot of pricey things. If I had to tomorrow, I could reduce my cost of living to about 25% of current and not be too upset about it. Have done it before out of curiosity, and I can live in this economy for about $350/month without being uncomfortable for at least 10 months (experiment duration).