Hey Guys,
New Excursion 6.0L diesel owner here. I have been reading a lot on this forum and I am not sure if that is good or not.....I now think every problem there is I am going to get it. . Just a worrier here. Truck has 85,900 miles on it. It's a 2004 Limited.

So I looked at my coolant reservoir on top. It is over filled way above the max line and I have noticed that there has been a little burping of coolant there. I did not fill it to that and not sure who did that. I think I know what you guys are going to say but wanted to ask. Should I be worried about this? I did have the dieselsite coolant filter installed in December and will replace my filter on it very soon. So I am thinking I will lose some fluid when I change out that filter. I did not get the ball valves for it.

I also installed the Edge Evolution and have been using it only as a gauge to monitor temps and my ECT is not ever been above 184 degrees.

So should I be worried? As a side note...I sent a sample of my oil to Blackstone to have it analyzed and I am sure I will be asking you guys what you think when I get that back.

Thanks for all you have done for me so far.

 

just get the turkey baster and lower the resevoir fill ,, or change the filter and don't add any coolant ,, then keep an eye on her

 

Zmann..that was my thought.

 

You can also drain out the excess coolant from the radiator valve into a clean plastic jug. Then if it ever gets low you'll have some premixed to add back.

 

my drain spills more out of the **** getting past the oring than it diverts down the port

 

LOL yeah, mine does that too. I have found that if I just open it a little it won't leak as bad. Drains much slower that way, but for just a gallon or two it only takes about 5 minutes.

 

well good at least I know it's not just mine lol

 

I would also suspect that you may have a defective t-stat. You should be running at least 190 to 195 after complete warm up.