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Mar 30, 2016 | 02:31 PM

A. Young

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Cooling system

I filled my radiator coolant today, checked it after a couple hours to find that it was back to being bone dry. I've had this problem for a few days now along with loss of power when accelerating and rough idling when I first start it. It's a 92 F250, 5.8 L with 247,000 miles. I'm thinking it could be a blown head gasket along with other cooling components...any other opinions?

Mar 30, 2016 | 05:54 PM

chrismd188

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Sounds like a blown head gasket,compression test the cylinders,and check the pressure on the cooling system.

Mar 31, 2016 | 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by chrismd188

Sounds like a blown head gasket,compression test the cylinders,and check the pressure on the cooling system.

^ He's got the right idea. You can rent a cooling system pressure tester and a compression gauge at any auto parts store if you want to do it yourself.