help please help 2008 f350

[problems 08]

wE HAVE A FORD F350 THAT HAD TEH RADIATOR JUST REPLACE DAND WE JUST GOT IT OUT OF SHOP TODAY DROVE IT 20 MILES AND IT SEEMED FINE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN TRUCK IS STARTING TO OVERHEAT AGAIN BUT THE TEMP GAUGE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON TO SAY IT WAS TOO HOT THE GAUGE SHOED IT GETTING HOT AND THE LITTLE WRENCH CAME ON SAYING IT NEED ED FIXED, ALSO TEH HOTTER IT GOT, IT STARTED TO NOT SHIFT LIKE IT SHOULD, i NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG NO SMOKE NO ENGINE NOISE NOT USING WATER JUST GOT HOT AFTER RUNNING HARDED FOR MORE MILES AND THEN THE SHIFTING PROBLEM.

[strokinpower]

Well it went in to limp mode when it got hot causing the weird shifting. Did they change the thermostat?

[problems 08]

NO THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED THE THERMOSTAT YET i HEADR THERE IS 2 DIFF ONES AND THAT THEY ARE 100 A PEICE WOULD THIS CAUSE TEH HEATING UP ISSUE, WHEN THE TRUCK WENT IN SHOP IT LITERALLY BLEW THE RADIATOR IT HAD BEEN LEAKING FOR A WHILE AND FINALLY BLEW APART, iM JUST REALLY SICK OF REPLACEING THINGS ON THIS TRUCK AND i NEED TO DRIVE IT OUT OF TOWN TOMM,ughh aLSO EVER SINCE IT STARTED HAVING THE RAD ISSUES THE FAN FOR HEATING OR COOLING HAS NOT BEEN AS POWERFUL EITHER. wOUL DYOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH A NEW THERMOSTATE WOULD BE

[problems 08]

ALSO i JUST TOOK IT OUT AND THE FAN KICKED ON BUT IT WAS READING COLD ON TEMP GAUGE BUT WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR STILL. iS THERE ANY LINES THAT GO TO THE TRANNY FROM THE RADIATOR, MAYBE THEY GOT THEM BACKWARDS WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY TRANNY PROBLEMS UNTIL NOW IT WAS THE SAME WAY IN ALL GEARS ALSO. ANY HELP OR ADVICE IS GREATLY APPRECITED.

[QtrFlsh]

Water pump? Thermostat? cracked/warped head? Blown head gasket? leaking front cover in the water pump cavity? Should be easy to diagnose if preassure is getting into the cooling system-I assume there is plenty of coolant? Has oil ever got into the radiator, that'll cause the radiator to not work effectively, ask the 6.0 guys about their oil coolers! Had a bad sensor in a friends truck cause the gauge and fan to freak out, even though his was not actually getting hot...blowing the radiator does suggest you got way too hot. There was a TSB to fix the hose routing for the reservior or de-gas bottle, in some cases it was told to me that the cooling system would over-pressure and cause the radiator to start leaking and let coolant out, thus an overheat situation....

[QtrFlsh]

Keep in mind, if it got that hot before you got the radiator replaced, there could be some serious damage to the engine!!!...Why did they replace the radiator? Was it leaking before, getting hot sometimes? was the TSB done on the hoses before then?