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Diesel firefighter 09-20-2012 07:25 AM

Coolant problem
 
Ok guys I can sometimes smell radiator coolant through my air vents. I'm not overheating but the coolant level is low. The coolant isn't on the ground when I check so where is it goin an what could be the problem? My truck is a 2005 F250

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Needin some quick helP on this ones guys kinda got me worried

Mdub707 09-20-2012 08:23 AM

Is there a white residue around the coolant bottle cap?

Diesel firefighter 09-20-2012 09:00 AM

Yes

Mdub707 09-20-2012 01:43 PM

That would be dried up coolant that is pushing out of the cap.

Any mods on the truck?

Usually it's a egr cooler slowly going, or headgaskets. Could be as simple as the cap itself too.

Diesel firefighter 09-20-2012 05:18 PM

Only mod is a 5" turbo back exhaust. Hoping it's jus the egr cause the head gaskets is about 3600 to fix

Curry 09-20-2012 05:57 PM

$3,600 for head gaskets?! Is that dealer price?

mysterync 09-20-2012 07:44 PM


Originally Posted by Curry (Post 940328)
$3,600 for head gaskets?! Is that dealer price?

3600.00 with the needed upgrades is a steal lol.

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Curry 09-20-2012 07:56 PM

But for gaskets alone? I didn't see that he gaskets and other upgrades..

Diesel firefighter 09-21-2012 12:23 PM

That's jus to tear into it change the gaskets head studs egr blocker oil cooler

Mdub707 09-21-2012 12:34 PM

Yeah I'm sure that includes labor, that's probably about right.

Their right, that price isn't bad at all actually if it's being done at a Ford garage, unfortunately I wouldn't trust any ford shop to do the job correctly myself. Their specs on what a "flat" head is seem to differ from the rest of the world.

There really isn't a scientific way to figure out which it is without diving in, but this is the best I've seen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoi4h8EZPr8


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