engine coolant and dipstick smoking

r1junkie · #1 (**permalink**) 07-19-2009, 09:29 AM

water from resivior seems to disappear just started doing this.... i filled it up to go to the beach ran the **** out of it and got home and i had to add more coolant the oil is fine. what can it be? another thing the truck was on and i removed the dipstick and it is smoking from dipstick is this normal or should i have it checked? what is the normal running engine coolant temp. and the is the overheating temp.... sorry for the long post but would like to know... thanks

CobbsDieselPerformance · #2 (**permalink**) 07-19-2009, 09:54 AM

Have you removed the oil filler cap? Is there smoke coming from it also?

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