I drive an 05 f250 6.0l, I took my truck to the ford house here in Texas and they want to charge me 6k to fix my truck, my question here is they said that my oil and coolant was mixing and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what it sounds like it could be ? He said that there was a few problems with my truck bad egr cooler oil cooler and fuel injectors, that's what was just on top of his head his words. Can someone help me out please? Ill post the rest when I get the truck home later on today. And also have a obd2 monitor if that helps.

 

Are you way over Full on oil or does it look like oil specs in your coolant bottle or maybe it looks like a chocolate smoothie?

 

I'll let you know when I get it home should be within the hour. Thanks for the quick reply

 

Well if the oil and coolant are mixing then the oil cooler is bad for sure and bad oil cooler can also take out the egr cooler. If the oil and coolant have mixed you may want to park the truck before you do more damage.

 

Alright I'll be ordering parts for it, I'm just concerned that it also might be a head gasket. I'm new to the diesel world and have no I idea on the diesel motors

 

It might be a good Idea to tow the truck , DONT hydro lock and then try to start it unless you have Ford do the repairs.

 

What does it sound like to you?

 

What does it look like to you? Pop the hood look at the coolant tank on the drivers side,does it look like sludge in the tank or clean coolant.

 

At the risk of sounding like an ***....

The folks here can help you diagnose your issue. However...You are the eyes and ears of this process. So far, based on what you have said....we see coolant in your engine oil and we see oil in your coolant....and we saw you drive it several miles like that to and from a shop.

Now we need you to open the hood and check some things so we can verify if what the shop said is true, or not.

Let's start here...open the hood.

 

Lol I know how to open the hood and have worked on 460 and 302 motors just new into the diesel and all the electronic bs they have nowadays. I'm waiting on the tow truck to drop off my truck from the dealer. And will post further information.

 

10-4, I was just trying to be humorous, yet get a point across. I ASSumed you drove it home.

 

I got a kick out of it thanks for the laughs lol

 

Gotta love this forum.


If you've worked on your share of 460s and 302s you can do your own wrench turning.


Money, I actually laughed out loud.


If oil in coolant, its likely a failed oil cooler. If so,


1) Replace oil cooler. Because you have oil in your coolant, you may want to consider relocating the oil cooler to a more accessible place or installing a oil to air oil cooler. Its takes quite a bit of flushing (a full day's worth) the coolant system after being contaminated with oil. Cascade mixed with other stuff appears to be the degreaser of choice. Use OEM oil cooler only if going back stock. Parts are around $325 including turbo kit
2) Replace the HPOP STC because if it has not been replaced yet, it WILL need to be replaced in the future. You'll have everything wide open and you'll be right there. The part is cheap. Never done it, but less than $50 parts
3) Replace the EGR Cooler or install a delete. Note, for legal purposes, deleting the EGR is only approved for off road use. Good EGR delete runs about $220, but you can go as low at $160 (not recommended) or as high as $325.
4) Install the blue spring fuel pressure regulator upgrade to keep your injectors happy. If I recall correctly, its around $30.
5) Some say to replace all rubber hoses because the oil is not nice to them.


You can easily do all this yourself if you've turned wrenches before.


I'm not sure why the dealer said injectors unless there is coolant in the oil and it helped take some injectors out. Did he run a contribution test to find bad injectors? If you do have coolant in the oil, some injectors may be bad. I would think you'd want to get it all cleaned out before diagnosing bad injectors. If you do need to install injectors, dummy plugs and stand pipes should be replaced (if not already updated). Don't know about cost of SPs and DPs. Maybe $200.


Injectors: Ford parts come with a two year warranty. I think that started late in 2013. Motorcraft injectors are the only ones that come with new spool valves. They're not cheap. Again, never done one, just picked this info up from the forum.


Hope this helps. Let us know what you find.


Last advice. You need real data monitoring capability. Get Torque Pro ($25 if you already have an android device) or Scan Gauge II ($140). They are the most popular and most cost effective.

 

Where can i get the egr delete kit? I got the truck back 10 mims ago from the flat bed . Before it hardly ran no power but now just a 5 min idle its a little miss and alloott of smoke white grey ish color. Kinda like a fuel switch but I don't have a switch for rolling coal. Also has power now. Haven't drove it or anything also have a obd 2 bluetooth

 

Is there Any water in the oil or vice versa