Keith Browning Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Had one come in for overheating or something like that. Tech puts three gallons of water in the cooling system and it started coming out the exhaust pipe. I guess it was full! He also had to pull the glow plugs so it would crank. Ever see one that bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_Johnson Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I have seen a couple like that. I bar them over backwards instead of pulling the glow plugs though. Haven't seen one bend a rod though.......yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DwayneGorniak Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 On a regular basis Keith. When you remove the turbo take a look in the back of the turbo when they are that bad as well. It may be full of coolant and the VGT vanes rust up big time from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony302600 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Keith all the time over here. Restricted oil cooler usually causes that from what ive seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Several... one sitting out back right now.... hydrolocked. The one I posted the pic of the melted oil filter standpipe I found when water started leaking out of the right side exhaust manifold to head interface.... Like Dwayne, I find many of these have a lot of water in the turbo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 have seen numerous ones that are hydro locked when the egr cooler ruptures. The real fun is when you go out on the lot after the repair to blow what coolant is left in the exhaust makes a nice white thick smoke lol haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bruene Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Seen lots like that also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I just had one about a month ago on an '04 King Ranch that hydrolocked the engine and did something funky to cylinders #3 & #5. Upon teardown, the EGR cooler was soaked as well as the turbo, as others already posted. Ended up replacing a long block as well as cooler for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 We have had many hydro locked as well, but I just never saw water pouring out the tailpipe. Then again, I probably would not just keep pouring water into the engine until it does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony302600 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Just got one towed in with water out of the tailpipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastendpowerstroke Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 YEP! I set the smoke alarm off in the shop with a E450 when I started it (with a hose on it) after the repair the fog out of the exhaust was so thick it was coming out of the roof of the shop (where the exhaust system exits) and settling in the lot the wind blew it into the shop and set the fire alarm off.... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rofl.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Not an EGR cooler but I did have one with a broken turbo shaft... turbine was laying in the bottom of the annulus and the exhaust was full of oil (customer drove back to town from the bush).... I very nearly started the truck in ths shop (sans hose since it was summer and all the doors were open).... I caught myself up and pushed the truck back out the door... thank God our back lot is gravel.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHNO60 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 YUP YUP SEEN MORE THAN A FEW THIS YEAR. ONE THINGS FOR SURE THE PREMIUM GOLD CLEARS OUT OF THE EXAUST MUCH QUICKER THAN THE OLD GREEN ANTIFREEZE. THAT GREEN WOULD TAKE FOREVER TO BURN OFF AND STOP SMOKING. ANY OF YOU GUYS USE THE EGR COOLER PRESSURE TESTER YET? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/puke.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 we have used the egr cooler test kit we had some adapters made to pressure test the egr cooler works real well when you can get the cooler off and it still hot from just driving it in the shop 99% of them leak at around 5 to 10 psi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Ford drop shipped us some EGR cooler test plates a long time ago.... I think we used them a handfull of times and now they sit forgotten.... Critical point... if we follow the TSB properly and raise the rear of the vehicle enough, we shouldn't need the test plates. If we pressure test the system in accordance to the TSB without raising the rear of the vehicle, any coolant loss will wind up in the right side manifold where we can't see it.... *Brain fart*... see what I nearly did to myself in the "AX4N" thread.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony302600 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Well then....the egr cooler that got towed in from my previous post...repeat EGR/Oil cooler again. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banghead.gif I had to contact hotline since its a repeat repair. They said "No known concerns with repeat egr/oil cooler failures." But.....check the block heater for corrosion and settling in oil cooler causing blockage? Removed block heater, wow its corroded..not too bad but still getting replaced... I'm sure that whoever spilled the beans on "we had a bad run of oil/egr coolers cuz casting" was fired because they have no idea what im talking bout when i mentioned it. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/confused.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin phillips Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 had one with a bad cooler that sit in the bay and the exhaust was so full it required several mop runs but the customer ignored the white smoke and starting issues till it was almost out of warranty it smoked forever after the repair .i had cars pulling off the road lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 1, 2007 Author Share Posted September 1, 2007 /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/blush.gif Guys you are making me feel like a school boy. I asked because what we usually see is either steam in the morning, unexplained coolant loss or whistling pressure caps. Oh, the occasional hydro locked engine with coolant in the right bank... I have just never seen an engine being filled and have it fill both manifolds, crest the turbo and down the pipe! Strange update: The truck has returned to the dealer with a miss in two cylinders. The tech that replaced the cooler no longer works for us as of Tuesday. He now works for the company that owns the truck. Hi Adam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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