okay so this may sound retarted to you guys but i recently bought my truck, noticed a coolant leak right by the fill cap. took it in the replaced all the hoses and the fill tank for free which was cool. well while recently driving it, i would get up to normal engine operating temps. and id park and shut my truck off and look in my drivers side front wheel well and coolant would just pour out of there. i took it back in we could get it to happen again and now im driving around with it and idk what the issue is at all. help?

 

its frustrating

 

Sounds like a lower radiator hose. Check the clamps on each end of the hose real close first. Then look at the hose itself for cracks or pinholes. On mine you can take a light and look right down in there. Won't see much underneath because of the inner fender and skid plates. Good luck.

 

What year. Engine etc

 

5.4 2003

 

UPDATE


It just happpened again on the way to my gfs house and i took it right into the dealership. this time, it got overheated and the antifreeze that i had in there got so pressurized that it went all the way to the top. idk why its pressuring like that and my windows got iced on the inside which i think is a bad sign. what do you think? Head gasket?

 

man i really hope someone has some info i really need it....

 

The pressure could be a bad thermostat, blocked hose or a bad head gasket. If the pressure is coming from a bad head gasket you can open the coolant tank while it's running to see if you are get air bubbles from cylinder pressure. Sounds like a bad hose to me . Once you lose too much antifreeze you get air in the system and it gets air locked and that will cause it to overheat and cause a lot of pressure.

 

see thats what i was hoping for was some good info like that. yeah the pressure was built up so much that if i woulda opened the cap to look for air bubbles, it woulda sprayed everywhere

 

Anyone else got anything for me?