I have an 05 F250. Totally stock w/ 53,000 miles. Today I drove the truck to work w/out an issue. Well I rode w/ a buddy at lunch and when we got back I noticed a small puddle under the passenger side of my truck. When I crawled under and looked it turnded out to be antifreeze. It was dripping slowly while I was looking under it. The truck seems to run fine w/ no issues. It dont over heat, no oil in the coolant, no coolant in the oil, and no water or smoke coming out of the exhaust?? I'm not hard on the truck and it never pulls anything. WHAT DID I DO?? Head gaskets? EGR cooler? Freeze plug? Any help is greatly appreciated guys.
Thanks,
Verlin
Check the simple things first, hoses and the connections. I had something like that happen to me before Thanksgiving. Thought it was the water pump went out, come to find out the lower hose had been rubbing on the steering box and rubbed a hole right though the hose. Best thing to do is try and find out where the fluid is coming from.
Its coming from the back of the engine. Somewhere around the back of the head. Are there any hoses back there? I couldnt see any. Its hard to see up there from the bottom but its dripping down onto the starter.
It could be the small hose that connects the EGR cooler to the oil cooler. Coolant will run off the top of the motor and down the rear passenger side just like you describe.
Hey Bar-none wondering if it was a small leak or not. I noticed a leak in the same spot about a two week's ago about the size of a cereal bowl. I know for a fact that my egr is clogged and believe my gaskets are shot. Ended up taking my truck into the shop Monday and hopefully they'll figure it out. Had a friend of mine with an 04 that was having the same problem and ford said they couldn't find the leak and also said that there was no problem.
I'm not a tech but on my truck it was the hose that connects the oil cooler to the egr cooler warranty covered
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