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- Joined
- Aug 21, 2006
- Location
- Kitchener, on canada
I have a 2001 Ford F250 Pickup with a 7.3l Powerstock engine. It was making white smoke and the coolant was disappearing. The oil was kind of milky but not really bad, the coolant . I figured it was either a head gasket leak (which I did not want to fix) or a oil cooler leak which I kind of figured was more likely as the coolant never boiled over.
I took the oil cooler apart and replaced the o-rings but I had a bit of difficulty seating the o-rings. After reassembly I found that the truck still burnt coolant and the oil became very milky with 20 miles. I figured I damaged an o-ring in the oil cooler and coolant is mixing with the oil.
Is it possible that the white smoke coming out of the exhaust is water that evaporates out of the crankcase and is mixed with the incoming air because the crankcase is ventilated to the inlet manifold? Or do I have both a head gasket leak and an oil coolant leak?
I took the oil cooler apart and replaced the o-rings but I had a bit of difficulty seating the o-rings. After reassembly I found that the truck still burnt coolant and the oil became very milky with 20 miles. I figured I damaged an o-ring in the oil cooler and coolant is mixing with the oil.
Is it possible that the white smoke coming out of the exhaust is water that evaporates out of the crankcase and is mixed with the incoming air because the crankcase is ventilated to the inlet manifold? Or do I have both a head gasket leak and an oil coolant leak?