James Case
Registered User
hey everyone, I have been following the site for a while reading up on threads and after my last problem figured I would go ahead and seek some knowledge.
I bought a 93 f350 7.3 idi with factory turbo a few months back and have had some coolant issues. It seems to me like it’s building accessive pressure. First I was driving down the beach one day and my upper radiator hose blew and it overheated. I went and replaced the hose and it was fine for a while. A couple weeks ago I was driving home from work and the heater core pretty much exploded leaking all the coolant into the passenger floorboard. Replaced that and the next day the radiator blew out the top seam. Replaced that and also replaced the thermostat and gasket while I was right there. It was good for a few days and just now it started leaking coolant again from what seems like around the thermostat housing or in that area. I haven’t torn into it yet. A little too frustrated at the moment. There is clearly too much pressure in the system it seems. I don’t feel like fixing this just to have something else go. I need to get to the root of the problem. It has had an aftermarket transcooler system put on it so that’s not in the radiator system anymore. From what I have read the head gasket may be bad leaking engine pressure into the system. Help would be greatly appreciated.
I bought a 93 f350 7.3 idi with factory turbo a few months back and have had some coolant issues. It seems to me like it’s building accessive pressure. First I was driving down the beach one day and my upper radiator hose blew and it overheated. I went and replaced the hose and it was fine for a while. A couple weeks ago I was driving home from work and the heater core pretty much exploded leaking all the coolant into the passenger floorboard. Replaced that and the next day the radiator blew out the top seam. Replaced that and also replaced the thermostat and gasket while I was right there. It was good for a few days and just now it started leaking coolant again from what seems like around the thermostat housing or in that area. I haven’t torn into it yet. A little too frustrated at the moment. There is clearly too much pressure in the system it seems. I don’t feel like fixing this just to have something else go. I need to get to the root of the problem. It has had an aftermarket transcooler system put on it so that’s not in the radiator system anymore. From what I have read the head gasket may be bad leaking engine pressure into the system. Help would be greatly appreciated.