Low Coolant, Overheating, Engine Tapping. What's Going on Here!? 2018 F150 EcoBoost
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Merry Christmas to the Wrenching family. May your 2025 be much healthier, wealthier and wiser!
Thanks so much! Happy New Year to you & yours. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Reminds me of a friend of mine who had noises from the engine and called me on the side of the road. I asked if the gauges looked OK. They said "yeah in fact it was running cooler than usual according to the gauge". My response "that's not good at all". Sure enough, a line had let go and it ran out of coolant. Luckily they didn't kill the engine, new line, new coolant, and an oil change to be safe as hot as it got and it ran fine. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I had that kit years ago. 90% of the time no adapter for so I was forced to use the expansion bladder. Eventually the bladders failed and I tossed it waist of space. I went on Amazon and got adapters separately for several manufacturers the cheapest ones made out of metal. Then I modified an older cylinder leak down tester to pressurize the coolant system. Works awesome I can adjust the pressure to exactly what I want and watch if it's holding pressure. Tons easier than pumping by hand.
Look at the spark plugs for evidence of coolant burn - also the carpet under the heater box
Agreed, but there wasn't a misfire. No moisture in the vehicle. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Automatic Trans. I have discovered that some of the lexan plastic radiators develop internal cracks
The coolant then goes into the trans. It may be worth looking into.
I want to know more about the atf type f in the oil. My dad did that 40 years ago to unstick lifters. It worked too. Merry Christmas 🎄
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and the misses! Might I add that your videos are priceless to this 80 year old slow poke "retired mechanic". Keep on wrenching my friend.
@William-v9i Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Thank you for your kind words & watching the channel. We mechanics never "retire" we get to pick & choose what we work on and take as long as we want getting it done. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
I've got one of those coolant pressure testers with the universal fit air bladder that expands to seal the outlet and I love it. Everyone told me they were junk and wouldn't last but a few times but that was 8 years and a lot of pressure tests ago. The heck with all those dang adapters to keep up with because that gets expensive.
Those are fine...until some decrepit old plastic radiator comes in and you split or crack it.
@@elcheapo5302 it would have split anyways from system pressure. Saved the customer a tow bill and more down time.
Howdy, Kenny. That was my Dad's name. I just got rid of my 1999 Rodeo 6 cyl in October. It needed brakes, valve cover gasket, and it was due for a timing belt. I'm too old and disabled to work on it anymore, and mechanics are making close to $100 an hour these days, so Nissan, President Biden, and the State of Colorado made me an offer I can't refuse -- I turned it in and bought a 2025 Nissan Leaf for under $10K.
I'm fully electric now. I can travel 170 miles on a change, but don't drive much anymore.
I can't remember the last time I paid under $10k for a new car. I bought a 1984 Honda Accord new 40 years ago, and I can't remember the price but I think it was around $12K It was the LX model with a cassette tape player.
I bought a maintenance plan that covers all except consumables -- brakes and tires on this thing, and the braking is regenerative, so maybe not brakes. This is likely the last car I'll own, as here in my 70's, I know my reflexes aren't what they used to be.
About the heater -- it saved my engine once. I was driving a Toyota Camry that belonged to my wife when the water pump broke, going up an exit ramp but still 2-3 miles from home. I drove with the heater blasting on a hot summer day, and pulled into the driveway with an angry car. But I had my left eye glued to the temp gauge all the way home -- it was high but never went in the red. I opened the hood and let it sit all day and night, and changed the pump and hoses on the weekend. Everything was fine, but I took it to have an oil change just in case. The car ran for years -- one of our sons inherited it.
Keep on wrenching -- I've retired. 🇺🇸🧙🏽♂️💙
Wow! Thanks for sharing your experience. Do we ever retire from wrenching? Merry Christmas 🔧 Kenny
In 2018 I bought my wife a 3yo off-lease Nissan Leaf, and kept our Acura MDX as my drive. Since then, never ending problems with the MDX, and not ONE from the Leaf. This month I'm in my new (well, 1yo) Tesla model Y, and I'm getting rid of the MDX.
@guygordon2780 Sorry to hear that. But it's good to spread the news. I live 4 blocks from a Kia dealership but have heard nothing but trouble. Last summer they closed for good. They've been there for 15 years, but closed this year.
The Leaf has been fine, so far. Thanks for the good news. That Tesla Sport looks fast when parked!
@@WrenchingWithKenny -- if the surgeon make it possible, maybe not. But I'm 72, Kenny. The idea of work leaves a sour taste in one's mouth. Who knows, if they steal my Social Security, I may have to wrench again. Happy Christmas. 🇺🇲🧙🏼♂️🎄
@@kwgm8578 Rest easy, my man. No matter how divided the country is, politically, racially, etc., EVERY working stiff out here will rebel against taking away or even cutting Social Security.
Merry Christmas to you and the Mrs. and Happy New Year!
@lowbudgetbob1155 Thank you! Merry Christmas to you and yours! Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
My 4.6 f150 losses a little coolant when outside temperature at or below 30. Also a lot of vapor out of exhaust until reaches operating temperature. I put a 1/2 tube barrel stop leak a year ago and no more loss of coolant and excessive vapor. My guess is minor leaking head gasket. In summer didn't have issues.
I enjoy your youtube channel how you explain things so simple and how to check different stuff if something is going on with different trucks and cars to bad I wasn't living in your area you would be my go to mechanic you know your stuff and a honest person it hard find people like you around these days that won't rip off people and stuff and keep on milk people for more money etc.
@brianmurphy7809 thank you for your kind words. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Merry Christmas Mr and Mrs Kenny! Love your videos.
Same to you! Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Merry Christmas to you and your family. God bless you.
I have a 2015 Ecoboost - no problems mostly, but have the missing coolant issue from time to time. Not in the crank case, not in the trans cooler, not on the ground. Engine runs fine.
It's crazy right?! Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Merry Christmas, Kenny and family!
Great video. Measuring temp of metal is a good advance at relatively low cost.
Trouble is people don't think about maintaining their car/truck, they only care when it costs them money to fix it. Problem is common sense is not common any more. You have to regularly open the bonnet(hood) and check all of your levels. Cheers from Australia.
You've got that right! It boggles my mind how many people don't bother with regular oil changes. Happy New Year to Australia. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
I use pond water. 🎉
Merry Christmas and have a wonderful New Year.
It's probably a cold leak and won't leak when running. Let it sit overnight cool down then check the radiator I have replaced a bunch of this Ford radiators that leak around the tank when cold
Thanks for the recommendation. I will check it out. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Kenny Hope that you and your familky have a very Merry Christmas And Happy new Year
@MarkEye-r5d Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you & your family. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
For an impossible cap that won't screw on...get some aluminum foil, make a folded strip and wrap around the threads. Then screw on the pressure tester fitting....worth a try....
Thanks for your tech tip. I will try that next time I get stuck with a stubborn cap. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Merry Christmas Kenny to you and your family. I know of some of your medical troubles. Hope 2025 will be a happy healthy year. Just want to thank you, your a hard worker and should get your just reward for it.
Been there before with no adapter. What I used to do is take the small return hose off put a T in it and then put the pressure tester on the t leaving the original Reservoir cap on. Works most times. Anyway, to pressurize a sealed system will usually work.😊
Good man John, that’s how you get it done. 👊
The oil looks like coffee grounds in the coffee. Merry Christmas 🎅
I had a Ford Escape that had a slow leak from the water jacket to the exhaust in the intake. It would only leak while the thermostat was open so it took forever to find it with a pressure tester as every time I tested the thing the thermostat was closed. It took weeks to lose enough coolant to be a problem unless I was on a really long trip. I could have probably just kept a bottle of coolant in the back and never fixed it and the car would have been fine. If the exhaust is not horribly rusted on that truck, I would recommend you disconnect at the front-most flange you can find and let the truck idle until the thermostat cycles a few times to see if you get any coolant dripping out of the exhaust. A slow leak into the exhaust can simply evaporate.
That’s a weird one. Did check out the links. Have a blessed merry Christmas Mr Kenny and your family
I don't understand? My Dad taught me anytime you opened the hood, check fluid levels, basic visual inspection and it's even easier now with the coolant recovery tanks. I've avoided bigger problems over the years by noticing things early.
Merry Christmas to you and Mrs wrenching, can't wait to see what's up with that truck. 😊
Same to you & yours. I will keep you posted on the truck. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
My 1993 Mustang 5.0 would leak antifreeze after cooling off, couldn't see where from positively. Pressure tests cold or hot were good. I upgraded to aluminum cylinder heads and replaced the timing chain due to 150,000 miles( barely any slack, changed anyway). After removing the timing chain cover I could see where the paper gasket was leaking. Enough there to seal while under pressure. No more leaks.
The atf in oil has been a trick for years
I bought a halfton from a guy who was to cheap to buy a new thermostat, you could hear the lifters from hundred feet
I thought that i could not loose trying stuff , engine would need to be replaced
I drained oil and filled with varsol . Turned idle down to 300 rpm and left sit running for hour
After that i used high quality oil , when it got down a quart i added atf and drove for couple days then changed
Took about six months, but it quieted down and i drove for years
I have been using synthetic oil since the nineties now , never run into trouble with noisy lifters . Even with engines that get a half million miles
Thanks Kenny! Merry Christmas to you and your family and God bless y'all
@goodcitizen64 thanks brother. Happy New Year. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
I just paid for transmission inter cooler replacement it also put oil in the water had 2 bad hoses etc.
Did you check the cooling fans? It could've got hot and boiled the coolant out from fans not coming on, just a thought,
check the turbo coolant fittings small leaks
Yup, done. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Merry Christmas to you and the Mrs. Kenny
I got in a 4.6 that ran hot.
Discovered that the metal water pump impeller blades were completely rusted away = GONE. Replaced the pump and thermostat and the temp was fine.
But the rings were toast or stuck so the oil consumption went crazy.
Gremlins, I hate mysteries, but what can you do. Merry Christmas to you and family.
Hi Kenneth
Hope all is well with you and your family. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and New Year.
Dozydoodle DJ
@donnataylor4168 thank you! Happy New Year. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Please do a follow up. Gotta love the mystery leaks. Had a few myself sent out to find a leak. Coolant way low Wouldn't drip a drop
And I wanna know if that engine quiets down after your trick
That's the fun part, right? The mystery! I will do a follow up. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
I got a 60 L Chevy engine no leaks every couple weeks I have to run some new coolant in it's about half a gallon
Merry Christmas to you and your family have a blessed holiday
OK, so my wife and my daughter need to pay attention to gages(!!!), but between the two of them they have fried three of my SUVs due to blown coolant hoses and the like, all the coolant drops out fast and you are looking at a temp gauge that shows you are perfectly fine.
Nice to see they finally started providing cylinder head temps. I thought they were only doing coolant temp to accelerate "planned obsolescence". Man, was i pissed! I was thinking about how i could place some kind of sensor in the metal myself (the newest model year car we have is a 2016 Fusion - we ain't rich, but still, better off than many so not complaining. Except for not having cylinder head temp.).
Yikes! Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Change the thermostat and radiator cap just for good measure.
Kenny how long did you let that ATF type F run during idle before you drained it?
I have a 2011 F150 with 3.5 ecoboost. The last few weeks I had a similar problem, coolant needing to be topped off every few days but it wasn’t apparent where it was leaking from. Took it to a shop and they found a drip drip drip leak from a coolant tube that goes from the block to the driver’s side turbo. It’s a common problem on gen 1 ecoboost engines but yours is gen 2 being a 2018. Fwiw.
I don't know if when you put water in the reservoir I know you ran it for a while but any are that's in the actual radiator will expand when you shut the motor off everything cools down and it creates a vacuum in the radiator and sucks whatever's in the reservoir in that it needs
Water is also a coolant. Enough OCD talk. Now....
I use mercury as a coolant in my ute. Shreds water pump belts but man does it keep the engine really cool. Never boils.
It's so good I'm considering using it in the battery cooling system of my Tesla. What could possibly go wrong?
Merry Christmas Kenny.
😂 Happy New Year. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
I love the built ford tough comes up on the dash to convince you that you didn’t make a bad choice 🤭
😂 it would be "tougher" if maintenance was done. Thanks for the laugh. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
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YAY! Here comes Santa Claus 😅 Hello Mrs Meg and Mr Kenny hope y'all have a wonderful Christmas 😅
@bobby9195 Merry Christmas brother. Meg says hello. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Nissan Titan 2016-2024 best underrated truck.
Interesting video 10 k oil change! No coolant in the bottle! Wonder what else is broken or on the verge of breaking?
They really run this hard & don't maintain it. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Had the same issue with my Yukon 5.3 and never found a leak.
The heads warp when they overheat.
Sum of these economy boost from what I understand have coolant going thru the turbo and leak prone, from there straight shot to combustion chamber almost
My old c10 over 3 months will lose half gallon of coolant been doing that for years, and i never see a leak. I even got a new cap and rad i think the coolant evaporates out of the overflow jug
what all weight oils can you use that type F trick on and how long can i keep it in there
MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. KENNY!! 🎄
Merry Christmas Joe! Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Merry Christmas
Astro kit has it all
Once again, Great video!
Thanks for watching & leaving a comment. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
The same thing happened to my friends 2014 f150 3.5 ecoboost, it was a blown head gasket, leaking coolant into 2 cylinders
The turbo lines on these are notorious for leaking intermittently. I believe there .ay have been a recwll on them. It has somethijg to do with the connectors on them and the orings being junk
Thanks for the info. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Yeah it sorta sounds like a diesel
I really enjoy your channel, however I believe that you may have made an error on this one.
Myself, if I find low coolant, I ALWAYS check the oil for coolant before I start the engine.
Merry Christmas to you and your family 😊
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you and yours! Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
The crimps on the hoses crack and slowly leak. Check the crimps.
You probably could have got away with putting some thread tape on the overflow bottle threads and then use the ford pressure tester. It seemed to be close
Water pumps are common failures on those engines from what I understand. And it just might need some new phasers to quieten it down. And somebody needs an ass kicking for letting the oil go so long without changing it.
I use a fleet ‘17 Ford Transit 150 at work. Absolutely love the rig. Only 33K on the clock but it has huge idle hours on it. Company won’t let me have the oil changed before 7.5K miles. So frustrating because I’m sure this is going to kill the engine prematurely due to fuel wash.
@@EvzenKovar-i5p
You're right..
I agree. I have a 2016 Ford F150 with the 5.0 liter coyote engine . My water pump went at 70,000 miles.
@@EvzenKovar-i5pI worked ambulance 20 years ago when they were all equipped with the 6.0 diesel. They idled 24/7. Changed the oil every 5k. We had non stop engine issues with them. It’s the companies truck, they pay the repair bill so it’s their decision
@@EvzenKovar-i5p all you can do is bump up the idle with a stick to keep more heat in the cylinders and prevent fuel wash. As for the oil you can get a syringe to fit down the dip stick tube and replace a quart of oil every thousand miles. It would be like a continuous oil change. You can get around their penny pinching to save your truck.
Thank you
Radiator cap ?
Merry Christmas all
Merry Christmas! Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Are the hose's the Quick connect they have o rings that fail.
Put gas in and drive we need not open the hood. 😉😂🤣
Any white smoke in the exhaust? How do the spark plugs look? Could very well be a head gasket issue.
If it's 10,000 miles over service then it's going to be low on coolant. Extended life coolant will evap faster than the old style coolant. I have two semi tractors that use ELC. We change the oil every 10, 000 miles and they are always low on coolant.
They aren't leaking or burning it. It just evaporated in that time frame.
Evaporated to where? It's a pressurized system.
One T.... Thats DAY TAH.
I almost never have the right adapter.
Coolant recovery tank has worn threads, maybe enough that the cap won't seal.
I would take out the spark plugs and if one or more are very clean that’s where your coolant is going.
I agree, but it doesn't have a misfire. Thanks for watching. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Sometimes it leaks when is cooled down !
do you change the oil after you put transmission fluid in the oil? how does trans fluid quiet the lifters?
It's in the video. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Sounds most likely a cam faiser issue common problem with the 3.5 ecoboost.
Probably a slightly cracked cylinder. Maybe only lose a bit of coolant under certain load conditions.
Adding atf to engine....
The oil filter is probably already plugged full and bypassing the filter media.
Just wait until the crap breaks loose inside.
Change the oil...
Taste the tailpipe of its sweet it’s burning coolant .. headgasket
It doesn’t surprise me ford probably has some oddball size that they monopolize on because your forced to buy only one patented from them
I know of people who never check oil or water. Once it overheats they find the cooling system empty, and wonder why. If you don't open your hood for years, it may all evaporate, even without a leak. Don't do that.
Change the oil, drain and fill cooling system, add k- seal and ship it. Let's move on and fix some broken cars😂❤
😂 thanks for the laugh. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
That thing sounds like a diesel so needs new oil fast, and probably should have 5w40 or heavier. Then coolant leak fixed and see what happens. It could also need roller followers which the Ford tech changes all the time on those junkie motors. Then sell and buy a gm or Toyota before something else breaks. Merry Christmas to the Wrenchings from all fans in Cda. Comrade Bob.
Merry Christmas Comrade Bob! Keep wrenching! 🔧 Kenny
My guess is the man speaking in the video is from the Pittsburgh area by the way he says 'water'.
Dry temp sensors peg cuz they read steam temp... In this case K-Seal and keep working boys
It does work but I wouldn't for a fleet vehicle. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
How did the the radiator cap look? Are you able to test it ?
Cap is on the plastic tank where he was trying to test
Hey, Kenny, I have an 02 GMC Sierra 15 hungry Z. Save me 15.3 I have put 3 new IA C vials in the throttle and had to put the oven back in. So it would run with the new ones. It would crank fine and then when I put it in gear.
It would go dead, then I would restart and then it would go in beer in drive but it would idle high. 4 about 10 miles when I came to stops.Did you get a chance?Please do a video on tyes.Thank you very much, love you shows.Be careful take care of yourself
What the hell are you talking about?
Don’t use voice to text, it never makes any sense.
That truck has advanced phaser failure. I can imagine what that would sound like cold starting at 10deg
those ecoboosts seem to tick right from new, I drive a transit van and its the same noise on the 3.5. Only 70,000kms (canadian kms)
When they run good, they REALLY run good. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
Coolant cap seal.
I found water pumps leaks after they cool down
I don't see any signs of staining. Keep wrenching 🔧 Kenny
All it takes is one time to overheat a motor and it is worthless. Just one time. Sometimes they leak only when cold.
My wife had borrowed my truck to drive to work. While on the highway, a hose burst and quickly lost all of the coolant. She didn't want to stop on the highway so she kept driving. Fortunately, the truck has software smart enough to disagree with her and gradually dropped power and then shut itself down. Replaced a cheap hose and good to go.
@JimLambier I blew top radiator hose in a Kia Spectra one night. Ironically, the new hose was in the back seat waiting for me to change it. I had to do a head job to get it going again $400.00 in parts alone plus a week to get the machining done. I was a lazy dumb ass for procrastinating this.
I'm going to guess that you have a leaking head gasket that only leaks when the engine is cold.
Or when it is hot, into the comb chamber