So i got bubbling in my reservoir tank. It only happens when engine is cold , once its warns up it goes away . I have 2021 t680 x15 with 331k miles and 8k engine hours
Anyone had this issue?
Bubbling in coolant reservoir tank
Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by Tomek373, Jun 9, 2025.
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Usually sign of blown head gasket
unless you have worked on coolant system and have air trapped inside.
If not probably head gasket. -
Wouldn't it be constantly bubbling tho?
It only happens when cold and then it goes away also its not pushing out any coolant and i am not getting any coolant in my oil ( i do oil analysis after each oil change -
Pull the overflow line off, secure a rubber glove over the cap as well as nipple that goes to overflow line. If you can’t get glove over both plug overflow line for test. Start it and walk away. If it fills glove it’s gonna hurt. If glove stays limp your ok.
let it run 45 minutes or so -
Combustion gasses leaking into the cooling system create pressure and bubbles, which can be seen in the overflow tank.
It’s not always but cummins run a lot of pressure, mine does..
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mine would bubble cold, then as it got to operating temp it’d suck the coolant back out if reservoir tank at idle then show low coolant, drive it and it’d go back into the tank. -
Hmm my doesn't do that but when i start it cold the coolant level only slightly goes down and then gets back up with temperature rising. You think maybe bad egr could cause temporary bubbling in the system?
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Hello I'm going through same issue did you ever found what was happening?
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Nope …replaced Egr cooler but dint help. Im just driving like this until it starts pushing out coolant out of the reservoir tank ♂️
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Dam that's me right now don't want it to be a head gasket or even worse a cracked head I'm gona have it checked next week if they can find problem and fix it I'll let you know thanks for answering broOxbow Thanks this.
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If you got cummins most likely its dropped liner with headgasket ( cummins have that issue) if paccar they got issue with air compressor.
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