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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 06:44 AM
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Coolant Loss Again

Had a bad egr cooler replaced it and the oil cooler and a month later getting rid of coolant again and smells sweet under the hood
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 07:02 AM
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Look for leaks:

degas bottle cap
degas bottle
egr cooler hose
radiator hose
thermostat gsket
water pump
heater hoses
etc
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 07:04 AM
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dont see any leaks anywhere
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 08:49 AM
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I too had my egr and oil coolers replaced a few months ago. Less than 5K miles later I have the same symptoms. This time its the headgaskets. Not happy...I am going to fix it right this time.
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 09:34 AM
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If you smell coolant, then you have a leak. Maybe it is small, but the smell has to be coming from somewhere .............
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 11:17 AM
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The coolant smell on mine was from the degas bottle being over pressurised by the leaking headgasket. Is there any dried coolant near or on your degas bottle?
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:33 PM
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so if its coming from the degas bottle is it more than likely headgaskets or something else.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 06:45 AM
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Maybe EGR cooler. Seems like once your problems get started with them, they dont last as long. Those dam oil coolers plug up so quick and trash everything. Mine was the head gaskets this time. I dropped the coin and went to the full BulletProof system with ARP studs. I dont want to get rid of the truck and I dont want to go through this again.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 01:40 PM
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If the degas bottle cap obverpressures, Ford says it will "weaken" and relieve early. I include this type of situation in the category of a leak because it is not holding what it was intended to.

Head gasket issues after an EGR cooler failure is not uncommon.
 
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