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Old Jun 8, 2019 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by big ole ford
You said you havea turbo on it correct? Have you recently had rain in your area? The reason i ask is when i bought my crew cab it had a problem with getting condensation on the dipstick and oil cap during wet weather and it came out to be the seal in the intake manifold valley pan where the turbo oil drains back into the engine, the seal had rotted out and was completely gone. I replaced that seal and no more condensation. Might be worth a look and its a cheap fix if that turns out to be the problem.
That is a great point, but he did say he was loosing water from the radiator, so I didn't think of the Turbo
 
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