2005 F-350 King Ranch-Possible Head Gasket Blown - Diesel Forum

TrucknJeep · 10-19-2009, 01:01 PM

Truck has 67,000 miles. It has no aftermarket mods. It has always run very well. Last week I began smelling what I will describe as a eletrical warm wire smell in my air vents...occasionally. I would not smell it outside of the truck, even when lifting the hood. Infact all looked and sounded well under the hood. I was driving truck to work late last week and while sitting at red light a small puff of smoke/steam came out of the hood close to the windshield. I pulled over and could not find the culprit.

I drove straight to dealership. I described what had happened. He opened the hood. My coolant was gone, but never showed signs of leaking, never had the smell of a hot engine, never showed running hot on the idiot gauges, etc.etc. The dealership tells me that they have seen no less than 200 of these trucks come in with the same issue and it usually turns out to be a blown head gasket.

I left the truck and was told there were two head gasket jobs ahead of me before they will start on mine. I was two months from being out of warranty. The job will cost me $100.

Just thought I would share.

**teamroper60** · 10-19-2009, 03:07 PM

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.....Infact all looked and sounded well under the hood. I was driving truck to work late last week and while sitting at red light a small puff of smoke/steam came out of the hood close to the windshield. I pulled over and could not find the culprit.

I drove straight to dealership. I described what had happened. He opened the hood. My coolant was gone, but never showed signs of leaking.....

You had no signs of coolant having been expelled from the degas (overflow) bottle?

TrucknJeep · 10-19-2009, 06:17 PM

None that I saw. No spots on driveway. nothing in my usual parking spot at work. No signs of truck heating up more than normal.

**teamroper60** · 10-19-2009, 07:43 PM

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None that I saw. No spots on driveway. nothing in my usual parking spot at work. No signs of truck heating up more than normal.

What about the top of the degas bottle itself, around the cap??

TrucknJeep · 10-19-2009, 09:24 PM

Well now that I know...yes it did have some whitish residue around it and some on the underside of the hood.

vntperformance · 10-20-2009, 02:23 AM

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I left the truck and was told there were two head gasket jobs ahead of me before they will start on mine. I was two months from being out of warranty. The job will cost me $100.

Just thought I would share.

I thought the warranty on the engine portion of these trucks is up till 100k miles?

**teamroper60** · 10-20-2009, 12:45 PM

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Well now that I know...yes it did have some whitish residue around it and some on the underside of the hood.

Ok, that makes more sense. I had not ever heard of one with blown headgaskets that did not puke out of the degas...

boomboom · 10-20-2009, 01:54 PM

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I thought the warranty on the engine portion of these trucks is up till 100k miles?

Years or milage which ever comes FIRST.

With some of these issues they should drop the time portion and do just 100k miles. Or how about 200K

TrucknJeep · 10-20-2009, 02:00 PM

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Years or milage which ever comes FIRST.

With some of these issues they should drop the time portion and do just 100k miles. Or how about 200K

I agree...my 5 years is up in December. I plan to keep the truck and will be purchasing an extended warranty for $2200 when I pick my truck up.