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Oct 26, 2010 | 11:35 AM

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cdrmotorsports

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As soon as it stops raining I'll go outside and see what I can find.

Oct 26, 2010 | 07:51 PM

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My truck has a antifreeze leak that comes and goes when it wants to. Some days when I go out to my truck when I leave work there is a couple drips under the front. Can see it coming down the lower radiator hose. Other days it is dry. I'll have to check the spring clamps.

Oct 26, 2010 | 08:01 PM

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I would bet it is the water pump.... I just replaced a fella's that started off leaking right after he shut it off, but it got worse and worse. Just my .02

Oct 26, 2010 | 10:45 PM

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That would bite! Seems you can't get quality parts anymore!

Nov 3, 2010 | 04:02 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cdrmotorsports

As soon as it stops raining I'll go outside and see what I can find.

I've been out of town for a week.
Any updates?

Nov 3, 2010 | 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by cdrmotorsports

Went to my buddy's house about 20 minutes down the highway today. Before I got in the truck I noticed there were a couple drops of coolant under the radiator, but it's been raining for 4 days here and I haven't driven the truck in a week, so I didn't think much of it. I have never had any coolant leaks before. By the time I parked in my buddy's driveway it was dripping pretty good from under the truck and the whole front axle was wet. It leaked atleast 1/4 of a gallon. I limped back home. It didn't leak a drop the whole way home and the underside was dry. I sprayed it off with the hose and then put a bucket under the radiator and it's dry. I haven't topped the coolant back off yet. I'll do that tomorrow to see if its only a problem when it is at the minimum line. Other than that I noticed the radiator hose had next to no pressure while the truck was idleing. Has anyone had this problem before? Any ideas on causes?

That's about a quart. Did you notice the degas bottle was low? My thinking is: if you're dry around the front & bottom of the water pump and not losing any coolant.....it could be your window washer fluid bottle. Have you determined it's really coolant, or some other fluid. Just throwing out another option. V/r Les

Nov 3, 2010 | 06:43 PM

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It hasn't been leaking and I've been working 14 hour days right now, so haven't had a chance to dig deep into it. Hopefully this weekend I'll get to it. It is coolant for sure. The degas bottle gets low and I've put a bucket under my truck and it is not windshield washer fluid.