Secondary cooling system leak
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Secondary cooling system leak
Turns out I've lost nearly all of the coolant from my secondary cooling system and am trying to diagnose the problem.
Things I noticed:
-All of the hoses appear to be in good condition.
-Coolant is dripping from the center of the engine bay.
-After inspecting the turbo area, it appears the valley below the turbo is wet.
The intake manifold is still on the truck, so I haven't been able to get a better look. Is there anything else near the area I am describing that has coolant? My guess is the turbo water inlet?
Perhaps this,
Things I noticed:
-All of the hoses appear to be in good condition.
-Coolant is dripping from the center of the engine bay.
-After inspecting the turbo area, it appears the valley below the turbo is wet.
The intake manifold is still on the truck, so I haven't been able to get a better look. Is there anything else near the area I am describing that has coolant? My guess is the turbo water inlet?
Perhaps this,
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Dude make sure you aren't losing it from the lower port of the secondary cooling tank. It's a MAJOR PITA to get to, and your probably not, but worth just a check before you refill it. Do not freak out either, I ran something like 300 miles at 65mph with NO coolant in the secondary cooling system. Granted, I didn't have my EGR even on my truck at that point, but my truck still runs like a boss! Knock on wood! That was also like 15k miles ago.
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Dude make sure you aren't losing it from the lower port of the secondary cooling tank. It's a MAJOR PITA to get to, and your probably not, but worth just a check before you refill it. Do not freak out either, I ran something like 300 miles at 65mph with NO coolant in the secondary cooling system. Granted, I didn't have my EGR even on my truck at that point, but my truck still runs like a boss! Knock on wood! That was also like 15k miles ago.
What does the secondary system handle? EGR, fuel cooling? Anything else? I have my EGR disabled, and can remove it if necessary.
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Yep. If it's coming from under the turbo, then it might be one of the fittings or something. Flip through the coffee table book in the tech folder. See if you can take a video or picture of the truck on and where you think it's leaking from. EGR, Fuel Cooler and a couple of other things, not much, the EGR would have been the big thing. It would be leaking from the EGR down into the valley, but I am guessing one of the connections around the turbo.
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