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Originally Posted by bowstring
If the radiator leak is a given in ones built before 8/07 and I don't question it, why doesn't Ford do a recall and changes the ones effected?
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Probably because they (incorrectly) think it's cheaper NOT to, and would rather only pay for the immediate repairs on trucks currently leaking.
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They'd rather wait until the truck runs low on coolant, doesn't notify the driver in time (people have reported the temp gauge never indicated a problem until it was way too late), the water pump gets cavitation damage from lack of coolant, the egr coolers overheat and suffer damage from lack of coolant. Then after the radiator repair, the truck goes back into the shop for tons of white smoke (not to be confused with regen smoke), to find the damaged egr coolers leaking coolant into the recirculated exhaust gas going through the combustion chamber (or, if the problem isn't noticed for a long time, run the risk of hydro-locking the engine because the slowly leaking, damaged egr coolers start to REALLY leak).
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