Loosing coolant, white smoke, headgaskets??

Tim1216 · Oct 23, 2014

Ok guys so my truck, which has 160k miles, has been eating coolant. I put about a gallon and a half of ec-1 (yes it had a coolant flush) in it a little over a month ago and now its low again. The coolant is not puking and theres no residue on the degas bottle or cap. I have a erg delete and arp's. When i started it this morning white smoke came outta the tailpipe and went away after I started driving. I didnt smell the smoke, bc it was chilly and i figured it was just cold. I was changing the oil and fuel filters today and noticed that the coolant was low again and now im worried. Has anyone experienced this? Could this mean the headgasktes are blown? Thank you

mcdaniel1991 · Oct 23, 2014

Usually about this time of the year we start getting the "white smoke" threads. It's probably just condensation. Make sure the blue "or orange" connector is not leaking. It's the one that connects the egr delete pipe to the oil cooler housing.

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Tim1216 · Oct 23, 2014

Ok I will check that. Also, my deltas are fine. When warm and running they're within 5* of each other

Jeremy @ No Limit · Oct 24, 2014

You check deltas while driving on level ground at about 60MPH or so. Not while idling

Tim1216 · Oct 24, 2014

Dawg2500HD said:
You check deltas while driving on level ground at about 60MPH or so. Not while idling

I know and they are good. I just can't figure out why it's losing coolant

mcdaniel1991 · Oct 25, 2014

Did you check for any possible leaks yet?

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Tim1216 · Oct 26, 2014

mcdaniel1991 said:
Did you check for any possible leaks yet?

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Yes I did and I didn't see anything leaking from anywhere

Tim1216 · Oct 29, 2014

mcdaniel1991 said:
Did you check for any possible leaks yet?

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You were right, there was a hose that had a small leak. I just checked again and I saw the crusty red residue and tightened everything up and now it's good. Thank you! I had a mini heart attack when it was loosing it haha