no heat but no smoke and no overheat

[ssdeuce]

my 04 is not heating up and i have a coolant leak from drivers side of engine is it common for the thermostats to stick open and the degass bottle or cap to leak motor runs great no smoke any help be great

[ssdeuce]

any takers

[baddkarmaracing]

do you hear a whistle after you let off the throttle when you get in hard? kinda like a stove top tea pot sound ? these trucks have to get real hot for the guage to come up to tell you its hot

[dannyboy950]

I believe the 04 had an incorrectly labled degas bottle causeing you to overfill the system, useually once it pukes out the excess it stays at that level that is left. Have you had to add anymore since the first time. Altho 2 gals. seems like a lot for that particular issue.

[baddkarmaracing]

Originally Posted by dannyboy950

I believe the 04 had an incorrectly labled degas bottle causeing you to overfill the system, useually once it pukes out the excess it stays at that level that is left. Have you had to add anymore since the first time. Altho 2 gals. seems like a lot for that particular issue.

im lost. who said anything about adding 2 gallons. or adding any coolant in general?

it was actually all of them as far as i know that have an incorectly labeled bottle but i may be wrong i know mine has been puking since i filled it back up above the min mark

[dannyboy950]

My appologies I posted the wrong reply to the wrong post. Now I gotta go find the other and correct it too.

[ssdeuce]

i have to add some every few months thinkin the bottles leakin at the seem i'm mean the gauge won't come up to normal temp it barely comes off cold

[baddkarmaracing]

maybe you have a leaking coolant line somewhere if its only every couple of months.
are you having any puking? my truck will puke out x amount of coolant in a couple days

[ssdeuce]

pukin would be my guess just didn't know if it was related to the truck not heatin up

[mca1972]

I have A 04 F350 doing the exact same thing. From what i have been reading about this problem alot of techs think it has something to do with the head gaskets. In my case if i run it 1/2 gallon below min mark it came back up to temp. and no puking. hope this helps