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Well - has anybody had a resolution to the coolant problems? I ask because, sadly, mine is doing the same thing now that I'm 60 days out of the 5 year warranty (about 86,000 miles)!
Coming home from a trip pulling our fifth wheel 250 miles to our usual camp spot, we smelled coolant burning. We stopped and found it slightly wet at the degas cap and along the side. Bought a new cap at NAPA, started off, and it smelled worse! A turbo whine too for about 1-2 miles.
Got home, replaced the whole degas bottle thinking perhaps a new cap, put the pressure on a seal in the bottle or something, took the trailer back out -- 15 miles from home there is the smell again while pulling the trailer. We don't see any white smoke, no green moisture in the exhaust, no coolant in the oil. We only have standard Ford gauges -- dummy gauges so they only go so high and stop -- no over-eating or red light/service indicator coming on. Minimal loss to coolant (not even really detectable except for the obvvious smell).
I thought the mods we did could only make things better -- Volant intake, MBRP 5" turbo back exhaust, MagHytek diff cover and tranny pan. We have no tuners, no programmors, no chips, just trying to help it stay "cooler" under load.
I'm concerned about putting in at the dealership for fear it will become one of their usual hunting expeditions -- on my nickel this time and Las Vegas in general is not the most reputable kind of place to have work done. We totally trust the performance shop who did our upgrades, but I don't think they are really set up to diagnose this problem.
Can anybody recommend good honest 6.0 diesel mechanic in Las Vegas?
Or, at least, what should I make sure they are checking when I bring it in to the dealer?
Radiator?
EGR cooler?
Head gasket?
Head studs?
Please add/modify the list and add any thoughts -- the only thing I feel I can do now, is be well-informed.
Please chime in all you Ford guys. I don't want to switch trucks -- I'm down to just a few payments left and don't want to start all over Dodge or Chevy issues.
Sorry if I hijacked this thread, but PLEASE, I NEED HELP!
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2004 F250 4x4 - Volant Intake, 5" MBRP Exhaust, Mag Hytek Dif Cover, Oversize Tranny Pan, MX4 Pro Comp Shocks, Firestone Air bags, ARP studs, EGR delete, SCT programmer.
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