I don't know if they did a leak down or not. I am comfortable with doing the job if thats the case. I can handle just about anything, just a brand new guy to ford motors.

Right now I am trying to figure out why they think this is causing my overheating issue. I don't have a lack of fluid currently. She mentioned it looks like the system is sucking air into the coolant system via this crack/leak area causing the problems. I am wondering if this is why the fluid in the overflow tank is running over but isn't hot at all. I would assume if it was exhaust gases, it'd be fairly hot. Also when I turn the truck off you can hear it bubbling into the upper hose, and across the coolant cross member. So maybe after the truck is off its sucking even more air, cause that overflow tank pops and air bubbles alot after I turn the truck off.

The wife has been complaining of performance issues.