MY COOLANT PROBLEMS CONTINUE, DAG GUM IT !!!!!
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Would not have mattered what I did, I had a blown Head Gasket. Then after I got that squared away I got hit and the truck was totaled.
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Well, the HG was mny fault. Had a senior moment and forgot what tune I was on. The wreck was 100% the drunk woman's fault. I'm still dickering with the insurance company but I think in the end I'll be OK. No one hurt seriously and I got a new 6.7 replacement. Now, if they will just pay for it everything will be OK.
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I don't know what part of the country you are in but Bill Hewitt's Power Stroke in buford Ga (just north of ATL) is a cracker jack outfit. All they do is Ford power strokes. You can look them up at powerstrokehelp.com they have a whole series of videos on you tube.
If your truck is like mine it can be driven for a good while, just keep coolant in it. mine would only puke when worked hard. Bill will fix it right, it won't be cheap but it will be fixed.
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If you want the history see my threads from October. Short story is I am still losing coolant. I've tried two different Ford dealers and neither was able to solve the riddle.
I hooked up the trailer and headed for Mississippi on wed morning. It was cold but otherwise a routine trip. About 50 miles or so into the trip I stopped at the Alabama welcome center. just for grins I checked the hood and sure enough there it was, coolant puke on the degas tank. So, I continued on, checking a couple times along the way. Truck did not get hot (200 degrees or so), just like last time. I found no signs of external leaks. Truck ran and towed great. No codes or lights. Had I not opened the hood and looked I would have not known I had a problem.
At each stop I found the coolant had receded to a level just above the small return hose. When I loosened the cap the pressure would release and the coolant would rise to a normal looking degas level. I believe that prior to this problem starting the hot coolant level was up near the top of the degas tank.
Today it took 24 ounces or 1.5 pints to raise the cold coolant to the normal level. I lost that in 300 miles or one half pint each 100 miles. I went back and checked ant that is the same rate of loss I experienced last summer/fall.
Other factors bearing on the problem.
All external leaks have been repaired
No coolant in oil ( Blackstone)
I tested for exhaust in coolant, test was negative.
No white smoke.
No coolant visible in tranny fluid.
Coolant system will hold 16 PSI for 6 hours or more but not overnight.
I am open for suggestions. Thanks
I hooked up the trailer and headed for Mississippi on wed morning. It was cold but otherwise a routine trip. About 50 miles or so into the trip I stopped at the Alabama welcome center. just for grins I checked the hood and sure enough there it was, coolant puke on the degas tank. So, I continued on, checking a couple times along the way. Truck did not get hot (200 degrees or so), just like last time. I found no signs of external leaks. Truck ran and towed great. No codes or lights. Had I not opened the hood and looked I would have not known I had a problem.
At each stop I found the coolant had receded to a level just above the small return hose. When I loosened the cap the pressure would release and the coolant would rise to a normal looking degas level. I believe that prior to this problem starting the hot coolant level was up near the top of the degas tank.
Today it took 24 ounces or 1.5 pints to raise the cold coolant to the normal level. I lost that in 300 miles or one half pint each 100 miles. I went back and checked ant that is the same rate of loss I experienced last summer/fall.
Other factors bearing on the problem.
All external leaks have been repaired
No coolant in oil ( Blackstone)
I tested for exhaust in coolant, test was negative.
No white smoke.
No coolant visible in tranny fluid.
Coolant system will hold 16 PSI for 6 hours or more but not overnight.
I am open for suggestions. Thanks
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Nah, this is an old thread. Truck had blown head gasket. Cost me 5500 bucks or so, then a month later I got hit and the insurance company called it a total.
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