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Depends how long it's been that way, because oil can deteriorate radiator hoses, particularly those made of standard rubber. The oil can... -
Just as easily as any other engine.
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mikeru82 replied to the thread Oil in coolant.In my opinion I wouldn't replace the hoses unless they're leaking or damaged. Dealership wants your money. I'm not sure I'd even...
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Found a guy selling a truxport for $50 on Marketplace. Says he didn't pay attention to the "Rambox only" on it.... Fits great! Slides...
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mikeru82 replied to the thread Coolant loss.Might as well own it. :D
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Lol, you can tell I'm 50 years old and need reading glassing typing on my cell phone, I'm going to leave that one unedited.
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True, hopefully it's the cooler, which is a much easier less expensive thing to fix, still sucks but way less than head gadget.
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mikeru82 replied to the thread Coolant loss.Agreed. Nothing is worse than messing with that pesky head gadget. :ROFLMAO:
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mikeru82 replied to the thread Oil in coolant.We're talking about possible oil in the coolant not combustion gasses. That would be a different type of head gasket failure. Head...
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mikeru82 replied to the thread Oil change monitor.If it was simple math, 5% of 10,000 miles would be 500 miles. From what I've seen, if you don't use your truck for towing or drive in...
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It isn't a straight count down, it depends on your driving habits, but if you have a 1900 trip coming up, I would get it done now. To...
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Change it before the trip. I do an oil and filter when it says 50% life left, usually around 5k miles.
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😮 you let you monitor get down to 5%. if you care about the truck and want it to last best thing to do is change it every 5000 miles...
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Well well well... what do we have here? I've been saying for years that 20-weight oils are too thin for V8 engines, especially in...
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mikeru82 replied to the thread Oil in coolant.If that is oil in your coolant it stands to reason that there would be coolant in your oil. How does the oil look?
