Mysterious coolant leak...I think...

[simp5782]

Alright thank you! That will be the next place I check.

I guess if you break down you can call south and he can call me to come rescue the little deuce

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[bebyb]

Hey guys! Found the leak and it is not a head gasket. There are a couple of braided hoses back there that are leaking and that is where it is coming from according to a guy that came by and looked at it. I will be replacing the hoses tomorrow and all should be well. Thank you for the input!

 

[CMPPhil]

Hey guys! Found the leak and it is not a head gasket. There are a couple of braided hoses back there that are leaking and that is where it is coming from according to a guy that came by and looked at it. I will be replacing the hoses tomorrow and all should be well. Thank you for the input!

Hi

Out of curiosity how far apart was the actual leak point to where it was dripping on to the ground? Did it go straight down or dribble along to drop on to the ground several feet away?

Glad you found the leak.

Cheers Phil

 

[texas30cal]

Braided hoses? What kind of fluid is leaking? I could be wrong but don't think we ever figured out what it was?

 

[Menaces Nemesis]

Hey guys! Found the leak and it is not a head gasket. There are a couple of braided hoses back there that are leaking and that is where it is coming from according to a guy that came by and looked at it. I will be replacing the hoses tomorrow and all should be well. Thank you for the input!

Been lurking this thread for Five pages in, and I'm thinking this "leak" is the result of a pooch with a full bladder, or an ornery neighbor kid spilling his mountain dew (or drank it all and subsequently had to relieve a full bladder).... Yep, something along the lines of; something that's not inside the mechanical innards of a deuce.

 

[cattlerepairman]

I read this as meaning the water jacket coolant hoses, because I cannot, for the life of me, imagine any other "hoses" carrying coolant on the outside of that engine. Maybe heater hoses, if the heater has been relocated into the cab on the passenger side, as some have done.

 

[porkysplace]

As we wait for a updated from the OP.
I'm also curious of what came out of the primary fuel filter since it hasn't been drained since bought it .

 

[bebyb]

As we wait for a updated from the OP.
I'm also curious of what came out of the primary fuel filter since it hasn't been drained since bought it .

Yes, it was the water jacket hoses. They were worn right at the ends which is why they were leaking. I drained the fuel filter and it surprisingly wasn't too bad. Just a little bit of water before the fuel came out. Haha I don't think any animals or kids can get to it, it is in a gated storage facility.

 

[bebyb]

And yes, the liquid was indeed coolant on the ground.

 

[bebyb]

Hi

Out of curiosity how far apart was the actual leak point to where it was dripping on to the ground? Did it go straight down or dribble along to drop on to the ground several feet away?

Glad you found the leak.

Cheers Phil

Yes, I figured out it wasn't directly leaking onto the ground. It was actually running down inside a little ways before it dripped on the ground.

 

[Menaces Nemesis]

Yes, it was the water jacket hoses. They were worn right at the ends which is why they were leaking. I drained the fuel filter and it surprisingly wasn't too bad. Just a little bit of water before the fuel came out. Haha I don't think any animals or kids can get to it, it is in a gated storage facility.

I wish the best for you, and the truck.

 

[bebyb]

I was just calling it what the other guy on this thread called it. The guy helping me called it the coolant rails.

 

[texas30cal]

The important thing is that you got it figured out

 

[bebyb]

I wish the best for you, and the truck.

Thank you! I try my best to take good care of it.

 

[bebyb]

The important thing is that you got it figured out

Yes, I did. Thank you! Now I have another on the drivers side, but should be easier to trace. I was thinking about getting out and finding it today, but it is a bit chilly!

 

[bebyb]

Okay for all interested, I took a photo of the hose that was leaking when I was at my truck today.

 

[rustystud]

Okay for all interested, I took a photo of the hose that was leaking when I was at my truck today.View attachment 715111

Funny, as that is the part I was just cleaning up and posted about a few days ago. I have found those parts to have a lot of "flashing" from the original casting that never got cleaned up. It's an old trick I used to help prevent "come-backs" in the shop.

 

[bebyb]

Funny, as that is the part I was just cleaning up and posted about a few days ago. I have found those parts to have a lot of "flashing" from the original casting that never got cleaned up. It's an old trick I used to help prevent "come-backs" in the shop.

Yeah we replaced this one with standard radiator hose but we got the tougher "braided" type for the other two. Not a braided hose in the conventional sense, but is like some kind of fabric like rubber material.