I've been putting off the inevitible. My 6.0 has been losing coolant and its not leaking anywhere. The factory put a new egr cooler on it a year ago but would'nt change anything else under warranty, so its been getting worse over the last 6 months but I've been feeding it coolant and even did a flush in hopes of prolonging its life. I just pulled in the drive and engine oil is literally pouring out from under the truck and it must have happened a few miles back because oil is all the back of the truck as well. I;m waiting on it to quit raining black gold under my truck before I go under to see exactly wher its coming from. Anybody ever have this happen?

 

Yes, not with the losing of coolant but the oil gush! It was coming from the Hpop cover. Don't ask! But mine only leaked while running. Check your degas bottle do you see contamination there? Do you have a aftermarket coolant gauge?

 

Could be the plastic filter cap. They sometimes crack. Well, we can hope.

Good luck.

 

I have a SG II. The last time I looked at it (about 15 miles from home) there was a 13 degree spread. EOT was 203. I can't even see anything in the degas bottle right now and I just filled it back up 2 days ago, so I can't tell if there is any contamination there. I just got under it and the majority of it looks to be up in the drivers side from somewhere above the oil pan but it's still too hot and for me to feel around up there.

 

I wish it was the plastic filter cap. It's not though. My luck isn't that good.
Thanks

 

Could it be a line to the hydra boost (P/S) pump? Is the oil level bad low on the stick?

 

The engine oil isn't even showing up on the dipstick and I just checked it 2 days ago and it was fine. It appears to have came out somewhere above the transmission but I can't tell for sure where.

 

As soon as I put it in park, I smelled oil burning, so I popped the hood and as I was walking around to the front I saw oil literally pouring out on the concrete. There was a trail from my drive all the way down the street to the highway. It led to about huge puddle under my truck.

 

If it looked like it was coming from the transmission but its engine oil, my guess would be rear main seal, i saw a 7.3 do that one day oil literally pouring to the ground, huge puddle

 

I was wondering about that but just didn't think it could have been because of how high up the oil is. It's hard to tell where it came from. I can only tell that it starts somewhere higher above the transmission but the bottom of my truck is covered from between the transmission and the engine, all the way back to the rear bumper. I can't find a trace of oil on top of the engine just lifting the hood. There doesn't appear to be a drop of oil in it but I'm about to go drain the oil pan just to see.

 

hmmm, if it was the rear main in would just be where the trans and engine meet. Get a flash light and check down into the valley of the motor, and all over for that matter, and go from there.

 

If it's not coming from the degas bottle as I suggested in my PM then check the heater hose that runs across the back of the motor/firewall and see if it's coming from there. I still think you popped an oil cooler. You'd have to have a MAJOR catastrophis failure of somekind for it to be a rear main. Check the turbo oil drain line also.

I have to ask.............

 

My truck lived at gene Evans ford in union city georgia before I bought it, let's just say they were learning basic mechanics on my truck

 

OH........Like how to not install gaskets and permatex???

 

Hear that everyone? Don't take your diesel truck into Gen Evans Ford in Uniion City, GA