Thunderbolt08
12-15-2008, 09:28
Here is the deal. This is not my truck and I am trying to help a friend who is currently in Iraq. We were up deer hunting in Northern Minnesota and his truck had sat about 4 days. He started it to let it warm up, but it would not warm up and produced no heat. He started driving it home and while driving the low coolant light came on and the temp gauge shot up so he shut it down. There was antifreeze running on the ground from the overflow. He let it cool and added almost two gallons and started it up. The engine warmed up and had heat with no leaks for the hour drive home and as he was getting into town the the heat quit working and the engine started running hot again. He took it to a small garage and they coudn't find anything wrong. It is now at another shop and he has left for Iraq. His dad and I are overseeing what is done, but neither of us know anything about diesels. Does anyone have any ideas on what it could be ?? He said the is no white smoke out the exaust and no heater core leak. The first shop said the cooling system was holding pressure as well. Thanks for any help. I tryed searching , but didn't know what to search for.