Degas bottle ??? Oil

[Dieselroller]

I have an 06 6.0 psd, with minor mods. I've noticed oil in the degas bottle and under strain the bottle blows fluid Out the cap. What could cause this? The bottle is new, but the cap is old. The old bottle was warped and cracked when I got the truck. Doesn't run hot or anything. No white smoke. Any help would be appriciated.

 

[weazel]

It sounds like a head gasket to me, I could be wrong, but that is my guess

 

[Dieselroller]

That's what I'm leaning to. Starting to run sluggish also. Mainly at around 60 mph.

 

[Jarrod B]

oil in the coolant might also be bad oil cooler.

 

[MINK]

oil in the coolant might also be bad oil cooler.

This.

 

[Dieselcraft]

Oil cooler is failing. This is were the oil and coolant mix.
If you have the dollars I would recomend hg job with studs and new oil cooler and egr delete.
How far are you from Tulsa OK?

 

[Dieselroller]

Yea, that's several grand though. Mite be able to if I get a good deal. I'm in Houston tx

 

[78f100]

If you are sure its oil in the degas it's the oil cooler. If its fuel in there its injector cups.

 

[Dieselroller]

Is there somewhere I can take it and they can tell me for sure with some kind of test

 

[Jeremysmith9902]

Powerstroke magic will take good care of you, they are in Houston.. just call and talk to Garret.. they have a finance program too if you can qualify...

 

[Dieselroller]

I will have to ride out there

 

[78f100]

Fuel will be pretty obvious according to what coolant you have but it will be bright green/yellow film floating on the coolant. You can smell the fuel really strong in the degas bottle also.

 

[Dieselroller]

Think it's oil. It's dark and sludge in bottom of bottle.

 

[Dieselcraft]

Morgan knows his stuff. He will take good care of you.

 

[Dieselroller]

Thanks

 

[Snake]

Oil cooler has ruptured, and it's going to be very important that the cooling system is flushed well.

As mentioned, you would be able to tell with a quick sniff test if it was diesel. And FYI, if it happened to be diesel in the coolant, it would have been caused by cracked heads. Not injector cups.

 

[Dieselroller]

Yea, there's no diesel smell. 99% sure it's oil. Will that cause it to have poor top end power? And cause it to puke out the degas cap?

 

[MorganY]

As stated before, sounds like a ruptured oil cooler. Take it to Power stroke Magic, right off 290 and N fairbanks, they will get you taken care of. Cooling system needs to be flushed extremely well.

 

[Dieselroller]

Will that cause power loss

 

[Snake]

If you're oil cooler has ruptured and you still have your EGR cooler, that's probably toast also. And if that's a true statement, your head gaskets are most likely blown as well. That's where the degas bottle puking is coming from.

Regarding the loss of power -- the injectors are dependent on oil for proper functioning. You have coolant mixing in with your oil. so hopefully you can quickly understand the impacts.