Degas bottle and Diesel

[cm979]

I have a 05 6.0 The degas bottle was swolen up. I let the truck cool opend the cap up it spewed everywhere. I pulled about 1/2 gallon of diesel out of it. My question is where is it coming from. Also the truck runs ruff when it has been off for about 30 mins. Over night it is horrible and smokes white but alot of it until it warms up please help thanks.

[ianstew]

head gaskets....?

[03Powerstroker6.0]

well the fuel is coming from the fuel tank, it would seem the question is how is it getting in the degas bottle?? haha i dono man, ill try and find out.

[Texas6.0]

My truck had diesel in the degas bottle about a month ago. Turned out to be a cracked passenger side head and two bad injectors. I got 1 new head, other head was sent to machine shop, new gaskets, and ARP's. The repair was a little over 5 grand.

[cm979]

I hope its not at this point I can't afford to fix it. Its out of the factory warranty I do have an aftermarket that covers all of that. I am going to take it to the shop asap.
There is no visible leaks around the heads nor is the oil level changing at all in the crank case.

[m-chan68]

Originally Posted by cm979

I hope its not at this point I can't afford to fix it. Its out of the factory warranty I do have an aftermarket that covers all of that. I am going to take it to the shop asap.
There is no visible leaks around the heads nor is the oil level changing at all in the crank case.

A leak like this will NOT be visible from the outside. Like already posted above, you have cracked head(s). This is with 100% certainty with the symptoms you describe.

[cm979]

I think since I do have an aftermarket warranty, I just checked and they do cover what was mentioned what might be wrong the motor, it has 101,000 miles go figure right out of the factory warranty, good thing I purchased an extended. I am thinking of just pushing that motor to the limit and try to lock it up.

[05powerstroke38/24s]

what kind of aftermarket warranty do most people buy and how much $$$ im a few months away from no more warranty??

[cm979]

I paid 1500 threw a company called auto exam it was 3 year warranty I used it once.
Thanks everyone for the replies but the truck is gone now. Traded it in on a 09 6.4 I am going to try it out.

[uncertain]

i just got my local dealer to sell me the esp. 3,000 for 4/48 of the extra care. I have 75K on my 04