A few weeks ago, I noticed my coolant temps go up a bit over normal. Nothing drastic, just a bit higher than it has been in years.
after about a week, I come outside one morning to find a large puddle under the truck. Finally traced it to the radiator. Seems that something is leaking oil into my radiator water.
I ask folks, some say the heads ( truck still runs great ) my father says probably the oil cooler in the radiator leaking. No anti-freeze in my oil, but about a quart in the radiator.
I took the radiator off today and a new one is about 400 bucks.
but before I spend that much, I want to confirm with some others if this might be the issue>?
makes sense to me, as the oil pressure is 30 to 60 pounds, and the radiator cap is 15 psi.
the oil was leaking from the radiator overflow bucket and when it filled up, it ran over on the ground.
when I took the radiator cap off, about a quart came out. Since the oil is lighter than water, the bottom half of the radiator had antifreeze.
So somebody tell me I am on the right track, as i DO NOT want to take the heads off in an exploratory move...
replacing the radiator is fine with me.
SECOND question. I am looking at an aftermarket oil cooler, and eliminating the oil cooler in the radiator altogether. anybody have one of those?
oil cooler is 225, new radiator 400. I could plug the oil cooler lines and use the same radiator if this is the case.
mel