Help Coolant leak

[dee004]

Hey guy's hopefully someones experience will help out here. I have a coolant leak that showed up running down the rear of the right side head. Pressure tested and I was convinced by looking at it the leak was coming from the head gasket as there was a very slight oozing of coolant that looked like it was coming from the gasket area. I don't have coolant in my oil. It was suggested on another thread that it may be coming from the oil cooler to egr hose. It does look a tad damp on top of the motor and around the hose but only slightly. Tried to find the post and the commentor but couldn't locate it. The egr has plugs welded in both ends. As of yesterday there is signs of coolant now seeping down the left side head. Now I'm not convinced it's the right side head gasket.

[sargar]

The egr hose is easy to replace and likely to leak. If you have had a delete done and a factory Ford hose not installed I would think it is your problem. It is on the passenger side of the engine but depending on how the truck was parked the coolant could have run around the hpop cover and leaked down the driver side. Good luck with it.

[dee004]

Originally Posted by sargar

The egr hose is easy to replace and likely to leak. If you have had a delete done and a factory Ford hose not installed I would think it is your problem. It is on the passenger side of the engine but depending on how the truck was parked the coolant could have run around the hpop cover and leaked down the driver side. Good luck with it.

It's the stock EGR with welded plugs and the new blue hose. It's really hard to see down in there especially with the stock cooler there but I want it to look normal for inspections. The truck parks pretty much level so it should drain to the rear if it is the hose but really can't see in there. Going to be doing the Bulletproof oil cooler but gotta wait for an injury to heal first. Just bad timing. Started leaking after returning from PA to Ontario. Put on quite a few miles since the EGR was done.
Thanks,
Don

[thomaslord84]

I would have to agree with the egr hose. Look in there if it is not blue I'll just about guarantee it.

[dieselmatt]

If you can't figure it out, but think it could be the head gaskets then buy a test kit and find out for sure. If it turns out negative then at least you will know your head gaskets are in good shape!

[dee004]

Originally Posted by dieselmatt

If you can't figure it out, but think it could be the head gaskets then buy a test kit and find out for sure. If it turns out negative then at least you will know your head gaskets are in good shape!

Sounds like a plan. What is the test kit and where do I get one?
Thanks

[WarChild]

I have CAT CEC-1 coolant and last week I was installing my 5"MBRP and noticed red liquid on the side of my tranny. Untill now I thought that I was looking at a new tranny but after seeing this thread I whent out and looked in the EGR cooler vally and shure enough ther is the red coolant. I'ts such a small leak I dont really notice it and my coolant level is a little lower than when I filled it up after my flush. This was driving me nuts becouse my tranny fluid never got any lower....lol Thanks guys!

[dee004]

Originally Posted by WarChild

I have CAT CEC-1 coolant and last week I was installing my 5"MBRP and noticed red liquid on the side of my tranny. Untill now I thought that I was looking at a new tranny but after seeing this thread I whent out and looked in the EGR cooler vally and shure enough ther is the red coolant. I'ts such a small leak I dont really notice it and my coolant level is a little lower than when I filled it up after my flush. This was driving me nuts becouse my tranny fluid never got any lower....lol Thanks guys!

I sure wish mine was that easy to detect. My valley is a little wet but not as wet as the back of the heads. As soon as I find out what one of those test kits are I'm gonna get one and keep my fingers crossed it's not the head gaskets. Just a side note: I screwed up when I did my last flush and put Zerex G05 back in and not Cat CEC-1. If I had of guess I'd be in your boat LOL.

[WarChild]

Originally Posted by dee004

I sure wish mine was that easy to detect. My valley is a little wet but not as wet as the back of the heads. As soon as I find out what one of those test kits are I'm gonna get one and keep my fingers crossed it's not the head gaskets. Just a side note: I screwed up when I did my last flush and put Zerex G05 back in and not Cat CEC-1. If I had of guess I'd be in your boat LOL.

If your vally is wet its ether oil or coolant. You can tell the difference if you can get in there. Ether way its probably good to have the heads tested. I doubt its your heads. my coolant is also leaking down the back just the same as the pictures. Just not as bad. Look at it this way. Its a good reason for you to get your EGR cooler deleted.

[dee004]

Is the kit the thing I remember vaugly seeing a video on little while back? Uses a rubber stopper and some type of tube in the degas bottle cap openning and you look for air bubbles or something like that. Can't remember where though?