Antifreeze

[Rawze]

(05-10-2019 )sstrong1 Wrote:  ...
Upon further diagnosis he asked me did they vacuum the air out of the engine before replacing the coolant. And for certain the mechanics in North Jersey did not do that. He said give it another week and the air pockets will work it’s way out of the engine. I believe this is the issue I’m having with the loss of coolant. Thanks Guys

Rawze maybe you should look to add this shop in your trusted mechanics network. They seem to be good people and reliable.

Thanks.

I would think not -- a statement like "give it another week" for possible air in the coolant system scares the hell out of me!... Air in the coolant system WILL DESTROY AN ENGINE!!!! -- HE SHOULD HAVE JUMPED ALL OVER THAT AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED A VACUUM ON THE DAMN COOLANT SYSTEM IF THAT IS WHAT HE SUSPECTED!...


Did you have the coolant system pressurized to 20 PSI and let it sit for a while? -- does that person even know HOW to check the egr cooler properly instead of making statements that make no damn sense!!!? -- ---- BY PRESSURIZING THE COOLANT SYSTEM? AND SEE IF THE BACK SIDE OF IT IS GETTING WET? -- if the coolant system was not pressure tested then your doing nothing but pissing in the wind. Unless something got really poorly translated, your post implies on several fronts that this mechanic is not someone I would take my truck to at all.