coolant leak again

[dpantazis]

My truck has been sitting for 2-3 weeks- no need for heavy iron. Drove it over the weekend and thought I detected a faint smell of anti-freeze in the cab when the heater was on. I checked the coolant level and it seemed fine.

Drove the truck yesterday, no smell. I figured it was my imagination...

This morning, a dinner sized plate of coolant on the driveway. GRRRR.

Looking up for the source, it looks like its coming from the hose on the bottom of the degass bottle, the one under the cap location.

The cap was on good, no signs of leakage at the cap.

Do the degass bottles go bad?

Crumm, SHUT THE DOOR ALREADY! I gotta fix this outside.

dp

 

[bushpilot]

you wouldnt be the 1st 'round here to be the not
so proud owner of a cracked degas bottle...

 

[trackspeeder]

I replaced mine about 4 months ago.

 

[dpantazis]

ok, i feel better now.

 

[JLDickmon]

Dennis, if that's what you were calling to ask me, the answer is yes.

Dealer probably has one in stock, and for the price, it's not worth getting out of a boneyard.

 

[iracemine]

degas bottle???

BTY im moving north! Round lake.

 

[bushpilot]

degas bottle???

in the old days WE called it the "over flow" bottle

Page 20: Cooling System
Service Points - Engine Coolant

 

[JLDickmon]

degas bottle???

BTY im moving north! Round lake.

overflow bottle, recovery tank, surge tank, coolant reservoir...

 

[iracemine]

ah... radiator reservoir. I have a small leak created from the coolant filter kit on that. but its not bad enough to care about.

Thanks

 

[dpantazis]

jld-

actually, i was calling about piscatorial pursuits... i was afraid that i was calling too late.

dp