This is full mechanic tool set job. Don't try this thinking it is a weekend job.
I have never heard of a bad head gasket. There is always a bad head, block or mis-installed gasket involved. You will need to take the whole top of the engine apart. Get a manual for this truck & engine. Check your library or used book store. Your parts house can get you a new manual. Look at the manual before going any farther.
88 to 99 are all the same.
Procedure to change 1988 Buick regal head gasket
You will need to drain the oil from your 1988 Toyota Pickup truck oil pan. Remove the oil pan by removing the oil pan retaining bolts. Scrape the old oil pan gasket off. Clean the oil pan gasket surface. Put the new oil pan gasket on and reverse the process.
235/75 R15
You may have a vacuum leak, check the gasket under the throttle body, spray some carb cleaner around the base of the throttle body while the engine is running. If there is a leak you will hear a change in the engine rpms.
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Get under the car
Remove the positive battery cable from your 1988 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck battery. Remove the cables from the front of the starter. Remove the starter retaining bolts. Reverse the process to install your new starter.
1988 to 2000 GMC & Chevrolet pickup truck parts are, for the most part, interchangeable.
you must take front grill off.
change the pickup coil in distr
1988 was the first year it became available in a pickup. The first year it became available in the Tahoe was 2000.