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One problem after another
Got my freeze plug in finally. Tested with water, and now I have a another leak coming from under the crank balancer. I'm pretty sure it's my water pump. There shouldn't be a freeze plug up in there should it? It's a drip every sec.. If I get a new pump I'm replacing the thermostat. What temp should I get. I have the 7.3. The only thing I pull is my 15 ft bass boat. Has a really low geared 4 speed manual. Another question is how should I water/antifreeze ratio my radiator. How many gallons? Thanks and sorry for the long thread
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Got my freeze plug in finally. Tested with water, and now I have a another leak coming from under the crank balancer. I'm pretty sure it's my water pump. There shouldn't be a freeze plug up in there should it? It's a drip every sec.. If I get a new pump I'm replacing the thermostat. What temp should I get. I have the 7.3. The only thing I pull is my 15 ft bass boat. Has a really low geared 4 speed manual. Another question is how should I water/antifreeze ratio my radiator. How many gallons? Thanks and sorry for the long thread
There should not be a freeze plug there. Sounds like a water pump or a water-pump gasket.
The cooling system takes around 6 gallons of antifreeze. I mix mine so it is around -30 protection which is usually good enough for my area (we had 2 weeks around -15* to -25 temps this winter so it was getting close).
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ford or international thermostat only. aftermarket t-stats do not work in our engines.
if i remember correctly, the proper t-stat is 195 degrees.
and no freeze plug on the front of the engine.
what you have sounds like a bad water pump leaking out of the weep hole.
coolant should be around 8 gallons with a drained block.
if you just drain the radiator around 6 gallons.
mix either 50/50 with water, or buy premixed. either way, spend the extra money and get the fleetcharge SCA precharged antifreeze.
if i remember correctly, the proper t-stat is 195 degrees.
and no freeze plug on the front of the engine.
what you have sounds like a bad water pump leaking out of the weep hole.
coolant should be around 8 gallons with a drained block.
if you just drain the radiator around 6 gallons.
mix either 50/50 with water, or buy premixed. either way, spend the extra money and get the fleetcharge SCA precharged antifreeze.
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