Callin all signs of blown head gasket
 

:argh: need signs of blown head gasket..this is my last resort

blowing coolant, loss in power but not much mainly coolant everywhere

milkshake on the oil dipstick is a good one too, oils and water don't mix well

I agree with the oil/coolant mixing signs. Dipstick or the degas bottle with oil/water together is a sure sign. Degas bottle puking isn't a sure sign by itself.

No loss in power at all..no coolant oil mix...just coolant comes out the degas lid when i "get on it"

I never lost power and my coolant and oil didn't mix, but headgaskets were definitely blown. Usually it will just push it out the overflow.

I really haven't seen too many 6.0s mix oil and coolant when the gaskets blow.

tea kettle whistle from degas bottle cap

uh, whats a degas bottle?

This may not apply, but I blew a head gasket between cylinders on a 289 once, no fluid loss, no over heating, but two cylincers sharing compression made for a HUGE lack of power.

see i have none of these signs except Mdub707 had..no loss in anything no mixes just coolant out the degas

degas bottle is your coolant resevoir

when mine went i never had any fliuds mixing, just minor lose of power and lots of coolant out the degas bottle. i also blew gaskets on both sides.

i just had it blowing out the degas as well when i blew my hg, that was at 103K...just did it again 3 weeks ago and has been dwn since...goes in tues. for studs

when i blew my high pressure oil lines i had the mix of the two

hope it works out for u and i hope 3rd time is a charm for me

Blowing the seals on the high pressure lines will do it, but I have honestly not seen a single 6.0 mix coolant and oil from blown headgaskets. Just pushes out the degas bottle. Karls03 the degas is the coolant overflow. Same thing.

have you tried purchasing a new degass bottle cap for $16 ? they notoriously fail . also dont add coolant if it looks low . it usually isnt . they tend to fluxuate.

I have no water or oil but using coolant and no whire smoke, i did have some white smoke but i cleaned the EGR and added a fuel cleaner and a cleaner to my crankcase and the white smoke went away. But still using coolant. Can anyone say why that is.

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i ment no water in my oil.

Either EGR cooler or headgaskets. I bet there is a white residue around your cooalnt fill bottle eh? Does it make a tea kettle whistle after you let off the throttle.

I'm currently do for another headgasket job, this will be the 3rd set of gaskets in 80k miles. Done with the dealer, doing it myself and putting studs in.

I don't get white smoke either, my egr cooler is gone, going to try replacing the cap this time on the coolant bottle, but my guess is headgaskets.

Wait...:humm:..... white residue on the OUTSIDE of the degas bottle........?????

Yes, the white residue is just dried up coolant. After it is sprayed outside of the bottle from too much pressure (ie blown headgaskets and combustion pressure leaks past gaskets and pressurizes the coolant system).

Try this!!!

Here's a write up I did for a local forum I'm on, the vid tells you how to check it pretty easily...


So if you own a 6.0, you probably already are quite familiar with the headgasket and EGR cooler issues. There are plenty of write-ups and posts out there about how it happens and how to fix them. I wont really go into that right now since the info is widely available.

What comes up more often than not is someone will start pushing coolant, and without diving into the motor, they want to know how to diagnose exactly what the root cause is. How do you know if it's EGR cooler, or headgaskets...

Check this out, should help in determining what the issue is. Not fool proof, but should give you a good idea.

I got alittle nervious for a minute. That white crap was all over the bottle, but no smoke. But I got to thinking that it could have been from when the egr cooler went bad the week before I bought the truck. I cleaned the outside of the bottle And while making the hour drive to the college, At about the half way mark I let her eat at about 19-20 psi (still having a hard time making more boost then that:humm:) for about 30 or 40 seconds. Nothing has reappeared.

Keep driving it, and keep romping on it. Let us know if it comes back. Mine was recently pushing some coolant gases out, but not really spewing a lot of coolant, so I wouldn't get much white residue, but I definitely got some pressure bleeding off and the tea kettle whistle. Ended up just being the cap was bad.

my stepdad had this same problem haulin his boat to cumberland on a 100 degree afternon. sprayin coolant all over the windshield. he removed the tune and he had the degas bottle replaced and the cap. supposedly it overheated and the coolant melted the seam of the degas bottle. he had a small sct tune from eric and hasnt had another problem since he removed the tune and had the bottle replaced

Where's his coolant level? Is he aware the "low" level mark on the coolant bottle is actually where it is supposed to be topped off too. This is a Ford TSB. They actually have a sticker they slap on noting the new level.

yes the sticker was on there and the coolant level was correct. i know if you overfill them it can cause the cap to fail and coolant blow out, but his was actually blowin out of the seal where the two halves of the degas bottle come together. the coolant was litterally covering his windshield.

Oh wow. Yeah that can happen. The bottles get brittle over the years.

ya it was a pretty neat thing to see haha, he didnt enjoy it too much. but thats been his only issue and now the tune is off he has had nothin else. i guess his truck was built on a tuesday haha!:c:

My degas bottle has traces of dried coolant on it. And the lever has gone down a bit since i flushed it 2 months ago. Im losing power also and im suspecting EGR issues. Could it be heads also? The reason i dont think its heads is because my mechanic said they appeared to be replaced and the bolts were not stock (they werent studs either). I had all 8 injectors plus fuel pump replaced too so i ruled out those issues as well. Its either torque converter, egr, or heads. I just want my traces of dried coolant explained.

mine is doing that after I hit a car in front of me. Just went to pick it up from the body shop and the exact same thing but it blew the cap off as soon as I got it on the interstate