no heat

[turbotibbo]

this morning it was -30 and i had the truck pluged in . i started the truck and let it warm up for 20 min . when i went out i noticed i left the back window down . got in the front drivers seat and the temps were 160 ect . i went to turn the heat on and it blew cold air , i contuned on my trip and the heat would not work . onec i got ther truck to 185 ect the heat came on . any idea what is going on here . ford just had the truck for studs

[gblauf]

Sounds like low coolant or a thermostat issue.

Gb

[TulsaDave]

Thermostat stuck open. Easy fix.


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[Term3]

Yup, Ford thermostats fail wide open.

[turbotibbo]

well it turns out it was a cracked rad .800 bux to get a new one and install it along with dianogistics

[twoicebergs]

I was going to say frozen lines, but then I finished your reading your post. I guess it was low fluid! The question is, did the rad freeze due to wrong coolant mix or just a rad failure? It might be worth looking into for the repair bill. I would hate to think it got the standard coolant for smaller engines, then topped up with water or they forgot the water already stuck in the block for the calculation. At -30 it would freeze.