This could be bad......
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This could be bad......
I went to dinner with my girl tonight, and when we were walking back to the truck, she noticed there was something that had leaked onto the frame and front suspension on the front driver side. It was dark, so it was hard to tell what it was. It seemed like it may be coolant. I popped the hood, and saw that whatever it was has covered a lot of parts on the driver side. Could this be the dreaded head gasket? The truck has been runnin fine, so I'm not sure what it could be. The coolant expansion chamber seemed like it was a little low, but not a whole lot.
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Originally Posted by KRDiesel
Could also be a leaking hose. Also the cap could be loose.. Do not panic yet!
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yea, that's what i was hoping. I was thinking about goin to the dealer for a quick checkup, but my SCT is in the process of a warranty return, so I can't return the truck to stock........
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I didnt have any performance loss when my headgaskets blew. They were bad for a couple months before i bit the bullet and installed studs.
Fear not Tippmann, if your dealer does it under warranty, buy the studs, egr delete pipe, and sleep well. I have had the ultra comp since I got the studs and my truck hasn't puked once. By the way, I found them cheap at northernautoparts.com.
Fear not Tippmann, if your dealer does it under warranty, buy the studs, egr delete pipe, and sleep well. I have had the ultra comp since I got the studs and my truck hasn't puked once. By the way, I found them cheap at northernautoparts.com.
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I cleaned my air filter once & forgot to hook up the hose back to the bottle and drove around a few miles, got scared when opened the hood and there was coolant everywhere!
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Originally Posted by Momorris
I didnt have any performance loss when my headgaskets blew. They were bad for a couple months before i bit the bullet and installed studs.
Fear not Tippmann, if your dealer does it under warranty, buy the studs, egr delete pipe, and sleep well. I have had the ultra comp since I got the studs and my truck hasn't puked once. By the way, I found them cheap at northernautoparts.com.
Fear not Tippmann, if your dealer does it under warranty, buy the studs, egr delete pipe, and sleep well. I have had the ultra comp since I got the studs and my truck hasn't puked once. By the way, I found them cheap at northernautoparts.com.
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I had hardly any coolant in the degas bottle, there was dried coolant all over the engine around the degas bottle, coolant had even made its way down the block and onto the radius arm. This is all on the driverside. My driverside head had to be replaced.
That is the beauty of these trucks, even with blown h/g's they will still get you home.
That is the beauty of these trucks, even with blown h/g's they will still get you home.
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Originally Posted by tippmann87
ugh....god i hope it's just a lose cap hahahah
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Originally Posted by tippmann87
how hard is it to get the dealer to put the studs in?
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Originally Posted by cartmanea
Heh, cheap studs as in $409 for the set? Northern has the best price, but I wouldn't say cheap 