WTF. Separate issues? Coolant or oil?
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WTF. Separate issues? Coolant or oil?
The last thing done to the truck was to install a boost gauge on the elbow. Now it seems that the leak is at the intake elbow (see yellow box) for one issue. The elbow bolts are silver not black, I lost one of the black ones so replaced all 4.
The other issue is coolant out the degas bottle. I recently added coolant after installing a water temp sensor. I was careful to add (50/50 Motorcraft gold + distilled) only what I took out (about 3 gallons). My measurements were on a 5 gallon gas can (not exactly a calibrated beaker) to hold the drained coolant. Would a quart or 2 extra coolant be an "overfill"?
So my question is would an overfill cause the coolant to blow out of the intake elbow? It looks and smells like coolant but it isn't white like on the bottle but black, like oil. Would oil come out of the intake side of the intake elbow? The liquid is puddled up in the yellow box.
There also seems to be some coolant on the passenger side fan shroud.
Just under 57000 miles. Tow most of the time.
I would prefer not to take it in to a dealer for fixing until the winter is over. I could not do without the truck but for a day or so and it runs, so any bandaids to get me thorugh winter would be helpful. My EGR valve is sooted up, replace it? Drain some coolant? Put an aftermarket elbow on? I would love to do all if needed but it's also 10 degrees out in DC these days.
The other issue is coolant out the degas bottle. I recently added coolant after installing a water temp sensor. I was careful to add (50/50 Motorcraft gold + distilled) only what I took out (about 3 gallons). My measurements were on a 5 gallon gas can (not exactly a calibrated beaker) to hold the drained coolant. Would a quart or 2 extra coolant be an "overfill"?
So my question is would an overfill cause the coolant to blow out of the intake elbow? It looks and smells like coolant but it isn't white like on the bottle but black, like oil. Would oil come out of the intake side of the intake elbow? The liquid is puddled up in the yellow box.
There also seems to be some coolant on the passenger side fan shroud.
Just under 57000 miles. Tow most of the time.
I would prefer not to take it in to a dealer for fixing until the winter is over. I could not do without the truck but for a day or so and it runs, so any bandaids to get me thorugh winter would be helpful. My EGR valve is sooted up, replace it? Drain some coolant? Put an aftermarket elbow on? I would love to do all if needed but it's also 10 degrees out in DC these days.
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Part of a some work my dealer did (not sure if it was a recall) on my 2005 6.0l Powerstroke was to install a new sticker on the overflow tank adjusting the fill level lower. If you filled it to the current MAX mark it was overfull. Hopefully that is your issue and not something major.
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The last thing done to the truck was to install a boost gauge on the elbow. Now it seems that the leak is at the intake elbow (see yellow box) for one issue. The elbow bolts are silver not black, I lost one of the black ones so replaced all 4.
The other issue is coolant out the degas bottle. I recently added coolant after installing a water temp sensor. I was careful to add (50/50 Motorcraft gold + distilled) only what I took out (about 3 gallons). My measurements were on a 5 gallon gas can (not exactly a calibrated beaker) to hold the drained coolant. Would a quart or 2 extra coolant be an "overfill"?
So my question is would an overfill cause the coolant to blow out of the intake elbow? It looks and smells like coolant but it isn't white like on the bottle but black, like oil. Would oil come out of the intake side of the intake elbow? The liquid is puddled up in the yellow box.
There also seems to be some coolant on the passenger side fan shroud.
Just under 57000 miles. Tow most of the time.
I would prefer not to take it in to a dealer for fixing until the winter is over. I could not do without the truck but for a day or so and it runs, so any bandaids to get me thorugh winter would be helpful. My EGR valve is sooted up, replace it? Drain some coolant? Put an aftermarket elbow on? I would love to do all if needed but it's also 10 degrees out in DC these days.
The other issue is coolant out the degas bottle. I recently added coolant after installing a water temp sensor. I was careful to add (50/50 Motorcraft gold + distilled) only what I took out (about 3 gallons). My measurements were on a 5 gallon gas can (not exactly a calibrated beaker) to hold the drained coolant. Would a quart or 2 extra coolant be an "overfill"?
So my question is would an overfill cause the coolant to blow out of the intake elbow? It looks and smells like coolant but it isn't white like on the bottle but black, like oil. Would oil come out of the intake side of the intake elbow? The liquid is puddled up in the yellow box.
There also seems to be some coolant on the passenger side fan shroud.
Just under 57000 miles. Tow most of the time.
I would prefer not to take it in to a dealer for fixing until the winter is over. I could not do without the truck but for a day or so and it runs, so any bandaids to get me thorugh winter would be helpful. My EGR valve is sooted up, replace it? Drain some coolant? Put an aftermarket elbow on? I would love to do all if needed but it's also 10 degrees out in DC these days.
But IMO the black could be the goop from the EGR valve. along with the coolant.It took taking it to one dealer to get refered to another to finally figure it out after getting charged two times the 100.00 deductable. But got paid back from the first dealer.IMO look into EGR issues or H G issuses.BEST OF LUCK!!!!
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