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Feb 8, 2013 | 08:59 AM

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StanleyZ

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Originally Posted by parkland

If it's disappearing, probably dripping on engine and evaporating.
Top rad hose o-rings come to mind.

The way the air flows around and through the truck, I've been in trucks that puked, and I couldn't smell any coolant.

Got my flashlight out and went over everything I could see. I have a damp spot the size of a quarter, maybe a little bigger, on the top side of the hose connector on engine end of the top radiator hose. Since I've checked before and not seen it I'm thinking what was previously a very tiny leak is now starting to reveal itself. I'm just gonna watch it for now. I'm in the RV and not equipped to change it and the Ford dealer down here just charged me 266 bucks to change the oil, oil filter and fuel filters so I'd probably have to take a lien on the truck to get the hose replaced. If it doesn't grow I'll try to make a run for Georgia next month. If it grows a lot I guess I'll bite the bullet and let the dealer change it. As always, I am open for suggestions.

Feb 8, 2013 | 11:53 AM

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parkland

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Originally Posted by StanleyZ

Ford dealer down here just charged me 266 bucks to change the oil, oil filter and fuel filters so I'd probably have to take a lien on the truck to get the hose replaced.

Thats one of the reasons I'm looking at older trucks now, not newer ones.