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Old 09-20-2012 | 07:25 AM
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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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Old 09-20-2012 | 08:23 AM
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Is there a white residue around the coolant bottle cap?
 
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Old 09-20-2012 | 09:00 AM
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Old 09-20-2012 | 01:43 PM
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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.
 
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Old 09-20-2012 | 05:18 PM
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Only mod is a 5" turbo back exhaust. Hoping it's jus the egr cause the head gaskets is about 3600 to fix
 
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Old 09-20-2012 | 05:57 PM
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$3,600 for head gaskets?! Is that dealer price?
 
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Old 09-20-2012 | 07:44 PM
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$3,600 for head gaskets?! Is that dealer price?
3600.00 with the needed upgrades is a steal .

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Old 09-20-2012 | 07:56 PM
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But for gaskets alone? I didn't see that he gaskets and other upgrades..
 
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Old 09-21-2012 | 12:23 PM
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That's jus to tear into it change the gaskets head studs egr blocker oil cooler
 
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Old 09-21-2012 | 12:34 PM
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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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