Blew most of coolant out of reservoir

gunmetalsi · 11-03-2009, 07:19 AM

So over the week I had to move my brother from Durango to Denver. I was going over wolf creek pass (11,900 feet) my egt's were only 1150 when I smelt coolant and at the same time low coolant flashed in the DIC. I pull over and look under the hood to find the coolant reservoir almost completely empty and coolant all over the under side of the drivers side of the truck. Checked dipstick to see if I blew a head gasket and NO there was no coolant on the dipstick. Temp. gauge never got over 210, trans temp never got hot. After going over wolf creek pass there was only one more pass to go over but it was only 9500' and everything seemed fine after the first incident. Made it all the way back home let it sit for a 4 or 5 hours check hoses and they are not hard. Yesterday I put 18-20 psi through the cooling system to see if I could find a leak and nothing is visible. ---long winded sorry.

Anyone have any ideas what to look for. Also have not had any puddles or drops on the driveway. I took off my covers on the bottom to notice if I had any leaks.

Thanks Bryan

BoiseRob · 11-03-2009, 07:29 AM

Blown head gasket...

FYI, you would have oil coming out the dip stick tube if you "holed" a piston...

gunmetalsi · 11-03-2009, 08:25 AM

don't' have oil coming out of dip stick. i also have not lost any more coolant out of the reservoir. No smoke out the tail pipe. So I'm totally lost.

DuramaxSMOKE11 · 11-03-2009, 08:34 AM

when my head gaskets went the samething happened. i thought maybe i had a bad pump or something or bad EGR cooler because my upper hose never got hard either. come to find out it was the head gasket.

gunmetalsi · 11-03-2009, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by DuramaxSMOKE11

when my head gaskets went the samething happened. i thought maybe i had a bad pump or something or bad EGR cooler because my upper hose never got hard either. come to find out it was the head gasket.

How long did you drive the truck before you replace the head gaskets?

DuramaxSMOKE11 · 11-03-2009, 08:47 AM

oh a few days then the truck sat in my garage for a month before i took her all apart. it got to the point that i was going threw more water in a mile then what the truck would hold

RedBowTies88 · 11-03-2009, 08:55 AM

you could always get a compression test

**Hondarider552** · 11-03-2009, 08:56 AM

Wolf creek is a climb, did that with a trailer and 01 lb7 a few months ago to ATS. isnt that climb heading into Pagosa springs???

as far as your issue, maybe it was your lower rad hose that connects your degas bottle to your radiator... just a thought.

gunmetalsi · 11-03-2009, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Hondarider552

Wolf creek is a climb, did that with a trailer and 01 lb7 a few months ago to ATS. isnt that climb heading into Pagosa springs???

as far as your issue, maybe it was your lower rad hose that connects your degas bottle to your radiator... just a thought.

it makes every other pass seem simple.

Brian your talking about where the "TEE" in the line right. I had coolant residue on the lower hose but nothing on the block that i could tell.

**Hondarider552** · 11-03-2009, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by gunmetalsi

it makes every other pass seem simple.

Brian your talking about where the "TEE" in the line right. I had coolant residue on the lower hose but nothing on the block that i could tell.

Yeah right at the T. mine has come loose and dripped before, but not gushing out like it seems yours did

I crossed wolf creek bout 2 months ago, cold as hell and foggy as hell, fun pass though.