2008 F-350 Diesel Using Coolant, But No Leaks???

[huntnphool]

There's 2 coolers, a horizontal and vertical. Depending which one, the cab might have to come off to access. Easiest way is to pull the cab and do both.

Who the hell designes a truck where any type of fix requires the removal of the cab? This is frigging absurd

Its actually a quicker way to get access and saves man hours in the long run, Porsche has been doing it that way for years.

[DRobnsn]

There's 2 coolers, a horizontal and vertical. Depending which one, the cab might have to come off to access. Easiest way is to pull the cab and do both.

Who the hell designes a truck where any type of fix requires the removal of the cab? This is frigging absurd

Its actually a quicker way to get access and saves man hours in the long run, Porsche has been doing it that way for years.

While this may be true for a shop with bays full of lifts and special equipment it does no good for the backyard guy trying to save a few bucks doing his own work.
Also some places won't even warranty or touch a truck that has been modified.   

[jackelope]

There's 2 coolers, a horizontal and vertical. Depending which one, the cab might have to come off to access. Easiest way is to pull the cab and do both.

Who the hell designes a truck where any type of fix requires the removal of the cab? This is frigging absurd

Its actually a quicker way to get access and saves man hours in the long run, Porsche has been doing it that way for years.

While this may be true for a shop with bays full of lifts and special equipment it does no good for the backyard guy trying to save a few bucks doing his own work.
Also some places won't even warranty or touch a truck that has been modified.

What does modified have anything to do with?

[huntnphool]

There's 2 coolers, a horizontal and vertical. Depending which one, the cab might have to come off to access. Easiest way is to pull the cab and do both.

Who the hell designes a truck where any type of fix requires the removal of the cab? This is frigging absurd

Its actually a quicker way to get access and saves man hours in the long run, Porsche has been doing it that way for years.

While this may be true for a shop with bays full of lifts and special equipment it does no good for the backyard guy trying to save a few bucks doing his own work.
Also some places won't even warranty or touch a truck that has been modified.

Agreed, but the backyard guy should have done his research before he purchased a vehicle he is not equipped to work on, on his own, if that was his intention.

[DRobnsn]

There's 2 coolers, a horizontal and vertical. Depending which one, the cab might have to come off to access. Easiest way is to pull the cab and do both.

Who the hell designes a truck where any type of fix requires the removal of the cab? This is frigging absurd

Its actually a quicker way to get access and saves man hours in the long run, Porsche has been doing it that way for years.

While this may be true for a shop with bays full of lifts and special equipment it does no good for the backyard guy trying to save a few bucks doing his own work.
Also some places won't even warranty or touch a truck that has been modified.

What does modified have anything to do with?

Should have worded that differently I guess. What I meant was in allot of cases you become your own warranty station if you modify your vehicle before the warranty is up.

[jackelope]

 

[b23]

I have a good friend who's a Ford Tech in Yakima and he's told me that pulling the cab on these trucks really isn't that big of a deal.  He said it's one of those jobs that sounds a lot worse than it is.

I had to have the EGR cooler replaced on my 04 SuperDuty 6.0 went with the built proof after market one and haven't had any problems since.

Like someone has already mentioned, never replace the EGR cooler without replacing the oil cooler too.  They're cheap and since you're already in there you'd be nuts not to replace the oil cooler at the same time.

[DRobnsn]

Cab pulling or not, I still think its crazy to have to do those kinds of repairs before 50k. If they can't make the majority of the trucks they produce last 100k before these types of repairs they should be doing some reevaluating.

[2labs]

So maybe somebody else has experienced this with their diesel?  I noticed after hauling the camper and boat on a couple trips last year that my coolant reservoir was empty.  I took it into the shop and they checked it all out and "pressure tested" the coolant system (whatever that means) and found no leaks... said it was all good, topped it off and sent me on my way.

Ran it around for months just fine and after the next trip working it hard again, it was low on fluid in the reservoir.  I took it in again and again the said it all tested out fine, no problems.  However, this time they put dye in the coolant and said if it does it again we will be able to put it under a light and find the leak from the dye and be able to identify where it's leaking.  It finally goes through some more coolant and I take it back in so they can track the dye markings.  Just got it back and they said there're no leaks, since there was no dye on anything?

Maybe somebody can help me out here... if I top the reservoir off and work the truck hard and it's a half a quart low when I'm done, don't that mean it's leaking somewhere? 

The Ford dealer is adamant it's not leaking... any ideas or thoughts?

Thanks!
Go to powerstroke help.com their is a specific article about this exact issue.

[FC]

Lots of Fords have egr issues at low mileage.

[DRobnsn]

Jackelope, I've been hearing stories about cylinder wash down and oil contamination on diesels with dpf's which use a post injection for regeneration purposes. Have you heard of this?   

[follow maggie]

Maybe this is one reason Ford has such a poor warranty.

[jackelope]

Maybe this is one reason Ford has such a poor warranty.

5 year 100k miles is a poor warranty?

[jackelope]

Jackelope, I've been hearing stories about cylinder wash down and oil contamination on diesels with dpf's which use a post injection for regeneration purposes. Have you heard of this?   

That'd be a new one for me, but I'm an advisor, not a tech. I don't think I've had a customer's truck with that problem yet.

[huntnphool]

Maybe this is one reason Ford has such a poor warranty.

5 year 100k miles is a poor warranty?

No kidding.