Coolant Degas Bottle Overflow

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Jan 28, 2008 | 04:44 PM

lab2v

Thread Starter

Freshman User

Joined: Oct 2006

Posts: 29

Likes: 0

Coolant Degas Bottle Overflow

To the Ford mechanics out there.....My truck has the distinct smell of coolant whenever under a load. I read about TSB 06-21-2 (Coolant Degas Bottle Overflow) on this forum. Is this service covered under the 100,000 mile powertrain warranty??

Jan 28, 2008 | 05:15 PM

3000 FPS

Elder User

Joined: Sep 2007

Posts: 803

Likes: 1

From: S CAL

Are you finding coolant that has spewed out of the degass bottle when you check it.
I see that your truck is an 05 and there is a recall 05B32 that puts a label on the degass bottle to prevent overfilling. The recall is good until 12-31-08

Last edited by 3000 FPS; Jan 28, 2008 at 05:23 PM. Reason: wrong recall

Jan 28, 2008 | 05:18 PM

4x4Mark

Senior User

Joined: Aug 2003

Posts: 438

Likes: 0

From: Colorado Springs

Or, just drop it to the min mark on the reservoir - which is effectively what the stickers do I believe.

Mark

Jan 28, 2008 | 06:18 PM

lab2v

Thread Starter

Freshman User

Joined: Oct 2006

Posts: 29

Likes: 0

3000 FPS - Thanks for the reply. No, no loss of coolant. All that happens is when under a load (usually pulling a trailer uphill) there is an overwhelming smell of coolant in the cab. The level hasn't dropped at all.

Jan 28, 2008 | 09:50 PM

Michaeltharris

Freshman User

Joined: Sep 2007

Posts: 46

Likes: 0

Not to hijack the thread or anything but mine blows coolant out the bottle when I'm driving. It seems to do it alot worse when I have the Ultra comp sct tune in it. Any thoughts from anyone.

Jan 28, 2008 | 10:45 PM

3000 FPS

Elder User

Joined: Sep 2007

Posts: 803

Likes: 1

From: S CAL

Quote:

Originally Posted by lab2v

I am curious now as to the smell if it is coolant or something else since your not losing any coolant. The coolant in the 6.0L is the gold and not the green and does not have the same odor. So I am thinking it could be something else you a smelling.

Jan 28, 2008 | 10:50 PM

3000 FPS

Elder User

Joined: Sep 2007

Posts: 803

Likes: 1

From: S CAL

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michaeltharris

Not to hijack the thread or anything but mine blows coolant out the bottle when I'm driving. It seems to do it alot worse when I have the Ultra comp sct tune in it. Any thoughts from anyone.

You could have bad head gaskets and pumping compression into the coolant and out the degas bottle. also the degas bottle cap I think will only hold up to 16 PSI. You can pressure check the degas bottle to see what pressure it is getting up to. It should be around 12 to 14 psi and no higher. When using the Ultra comp sct tune it would put more pressure into the cylinders at that time and so the head gasket leak would be worse when using it.