jaygibbs
Ford Newbie
This weekend I went with the guys to the races in Bristol and I drove my 2005 F-350 SD Turbo and we were pulling a 26 ft pull behind Camper that weighed about 3500 lbs which should be a walk in the park for this truck. It was very clear from the campgrounds that the Ford F250/350 SD was by far the truck of choice there, but mine had challanges this weekend.
It seemed to struggle on the hills and several times I would smell coolant and then look down and see the engine temp moving to High. I was also occasionally getting the turbo farts that I read about in other threads. When I let off the gas, the temp would return to normal in 5 to 10 seconds and stay normal. After stopping to fill up with gas, we were getting back onto I-40 and when I accelerated, I heard a loud pop and then had loss of power. The temp was ok, so I limped 10 miles(mostly downhill) to the Ford dealer in Harriman, TN. The middle plastic turbo hose had busted. They fixed that and put it on the computer and saw no other additional codes.
That got us back on the road, but I continued to have the problem of occasional Turbo farts and coolant puking out of the resevior and momentary temp rises. All of these occured going up hills. I tried to go easy on the truck and not stress it.
Doing the research online today, I have seen several threads where they say coolant coming out of the resevior is a potential sign of a blown head gasket?? The truck seems to do just fine when I dont have a load on it. Is there an easy way to determine if it is a blown head gasket? Could it be a sticking thermostat which causes the engine to get hot and then to lose coolant?? I am taking it to the dealer tomorrow and I was just wanting to give them some ideas to look for. This truck should be able to pull 3500lbs without any efffort. Thanks for the help and ideas!!
Ford Newbie - Jay
It seemed to struggle on the hills and several times I would smell coolant and then look down and see the engine temp moving to High. I was also occasionally getting the turbo farts that I read about in other threads. When I let off the gas, the temp would return to normal in 5 to 10 seconds and stay normal. After stopping to fill up with gas, we were getting back onto I-40 and when I accelerated, I heard a loud pop and then had loss of power. The temp was ok, so I limped 10 miles(mostly downhill) to the Ford dealer in Harriman, TN. The middle plastic turbo hose had busted. They fixed that and put it on the computer and saw no other additional codes.
That got us back on the road, but I continued to have the problem of occasional Turbo farts and coolant puking out of the resevior and momentary temp rises. All of these occured going up hills. I tried to go easy on the truck and not stress it.
Doing the research online today, I have seen several threads where they say coolant coming out of the resevior is a potential sign of a blown head gasket?? The truck seems to do just fine when I dont have a load on it. Is there an easy way to determine if it is a blown head gasket? Could it be a sticking thermostat which causes the engine to get hot and then to lose coolant?? I am taking it to the dealer tomorrow and I was just wanting to give them some ideas to look for. This truck should be able to pull 3500lbs without any efffort. Thanks for the help and ideas!!
Ford Newbie - Jay
i culdnt blieve it, and noone saw it..so they went and checked codes and found nothing, i just got rid of it and bought a dang dodge...(biggest mistake) hopefully my next 6.0 will be better.