Help! bad coolant leak
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Help! bad coolant leak
Been having a bad tranny leak so while looking under the truck i noticed a 6 inch puddle up front. so i looked at the bottom of radiator and theres coolant and residue drippin from the whole length of the radiator! so i checked under the hood and im low on coolant. and i cant see anything wet. except around the intake horn seal.. and then on top of the egr valve.. so i pulled the egr valve (i have an egr delete with valve still in) and its sorta moist inside the intake.. wtf. And its green coolant on the egr valve. But sorta oily green liquid around the intake elbow. Underneath the oil pan and bell housing its sorta drippin some oily green. Can someone please help me out! I cant get my tranny pan to stop leaking either! Im looking to trade my truck in for this 07 i fell in love with. Please help!! Thanks
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There are a lot of areas for coolent to leak
1. orange or blue hose in front of the EGR
2.water pump
3. degus bottle cracked
4. hoses and ts to the degus
5. heater core and hose that wraps around ficm
6. bad radiator
7. Im not sure what this is called but its by the map next to the heater core and ran by vaccume grey 1/8 hose the screw on the top has been known to leak.
8. start with those and Im sure other fte members will chime in , what does the coolent look like in the degus bottle ? hopefully not milky
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1. orange or blue hose in front of the EGR
2.water pump
3. degus bottle cracked
4. hoses and ts to the degus
5. heater core and hose that wraps around ficm
6. bad radiator
7. Im not sure what this is called but its by the map next to the heater core and ran by vaccume grey 1/8 hose the screw on the top has been known to leak.
8. start with those and Im sure other fte members will chime in , what does the coolent look like in the degus bottle ? hopefully not milky
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Yes i changed my own coolant when i did my egr delete and new oil cooler. I put 3.5 gallons of ford gold coolant in. so the color im seeing is not green but yellow/ gold whatever.. but it seems like my oil might be mixing with my coolant? Would that rupture the radiator??
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