puzzling coolant leak....

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Nov 28, 2014 | 09:55 AM

buckshot047

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puzzling coolant leak....

ok so about 200 miles ago replaced radiator, all coolant hose o rings, did egr delete and added coolant filter...went hunting on wednesday came back about 830 pm...no leaks...no leaks yesterday...truck never ran...look under truck this morning and all the snow and ice is red under it..started it up warmed it up and now no leaks...still watching it but nothing so far...im puzzled!

Nov 28, 2014 | 10:17 AM

parkland

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how high is the degas bottle?
Maybe it just purged some air and blew out some coolant?

Nov 28, 2014 | 11:22 AM

buckshot047

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It's at the cold fill line didn't go down nothing out the sides it was well below zero last night not sure if that matters

Dec 29, 2014 | 10:53 PM

IHpuller450

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I've had mine purge after shutdown sitting in the driveway, looked like the radiator blew up, but coolant leveled back to the cold fill mark by morning. Only did it once, after that no issues.