Hello,
Just joined the forums, lots of good information. I also have a coolent problem as I have read a few others have as well. Mine is alittle different than others. I thought maybe I had a blown head gasket, but after looking as close as possible I can't tell where the water is coming from. My truck is an 06 with 27k miles. I have water which looks like a rusty film on the bottom of my hood, right above the rad. cap. After only a few miles of driving the truck wants to run hot then drops right back down to normal temp. I did a pressure test on the system to see where the leak may be coming from, but found nothing. I went a head a flushed the rad. and replaced the thermostat, as well as put a new cap on. I thought from the way it looked on the underside of the hood that maybe the cap was bad and it was blowing the water out there. After doing this today, I drove home, maybe 5 miles, by the time I pulled in the driveway, it was dripping yet again. I rechecked everything to make sure it was tight and found nothing loose.
Does anyone have any ideas as to where the water maybe coming from and what I can do to fix this?
Thanks for your help.
Craig
By the way, after posting this I found a few more threads that may have answered my question, however any other ideas are still appreciated.
Just joined the forums, lots of good information. I also have a coolent problem as I have read a few others have as well. Mine is alittle different than others. I thought maybe I had a blown head gasket, but after looking as close as possible I can't tell where the water is coming from. My truck is an 06 with 27k miles. I have water which looks like a rusty film on the bottom of my hood, right above the rad. cap. After only a few miles of driving the truck wants to run hot then drops right back down to normal temp. I did a pressure test on the system to see where the leak may be coming from, but found nothing. I went a head a flushed the rad. and replaced the thermostat, as well as put a new cap on. I thought from the way it looked on the underside of the hood that maybe the cap was bad and it was blowing the water out there. After doing this today, I drove home, maybe 5 miles, by the time I pulled in the driveway, it was dripping yet again. I rechecked everything to make sure it was tight and found nothing loose.
Does anyone have any ideas as to where the water maybe coming from and what I can do to fix this?
Thanks for your help.
Craig
By the way, after posting this I found a few more threads that may have answered my question, however any other ideas are still appreciated.