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Hi. I'm new to powerstrokes. I have a truck I bought a month ago or so - 96 f250 7.3. Last week, it started to drip coolant when I parked it. Within a day or two, it went from drip to full on leak. It pours out the passenger side somewhere and runs off the bottom of the main pulley. I figured it was the water pump weep hole, so I changed the water pump, today. Filling it up, I got about 1.5 gallons of coolant in it before it started pouring again. I can't see where it's coming from. I've circled the area it's dripping from. I'm not too familiar with this engine. what could be leaking back there? freeze plug? oil cooler?
Found it. Somehow, I missed the bottom wire harness clip when I put the pump back on, and it got between the pump and the block. I took it all apart, redid everything, and all seems to be ok. Big oops on my part, there.
is there a method to filling the coolant system? I put about 3-4 gallons in the reservoir and drove the truck around the block, but the top hose stayed cold even though my temp gauge was reading higher than usual. I had to replace my temperate sending unit, so I'm not sure if it is the sending unit or something else is up. I'm going to mess with it some more tomorrow.
I just add to the degas bottle. It runs down from there into the system. If you still have the manual that would have come with the truck, you should be able to just follow the directions in the manual. It seems strange that the upper hose remains cool even when the system is warmer than normal. I figure 3-4 gallons should be about sufficient to top it off after a water pump job, but I would imagine that you could visually confirm by the level in the degas bottle.
The issue is the temperature sending unit I got from oriellys being different. The needle used to sit on the n in normal. Now, it stays around the middle of the gauge. I've checked it with an infrared temp gun, and all is good.
the temp gauge is not very accurate.
as long as it is not in the red and CEL light stays off, you are golden.
as far as the clip under the block, dont worry too much about it, doo doo happens.
everyone screws up now and then.
no one is perfect, except for me......... and i know i am perfect, because my ex used to tell me all the time i was a perfect askwhole..
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