Failed Oil Cooler

In my eyes its not a huge deal. I wouldn't be happy about a brand new engine having that issue but l would've accepted the truck. If they offered to bump up the warranty I'd have taken the offer and be gone before they changed their mind lol

 

I would like to hear what some of our knowledgeable members have to say. I think I would ask for a full report on what was done to correct the problem. If they did the job properly I think i would take the truck and extended warranty (after reading and fully understanding the terms and conditions of the extension). How will not taking it affect you business wise?

 

How much oil did it take? What about sensor problems? Silicone hoses do not like oil! When it has 500,000 miles on it, blows a heater hose in the dash takes 12 hours to fix it, causes a missed load, and the other hoses are junk who pays? I doubt there are any engine issues because todays electronics should shut it down first.

 

I would think that if an issue was to show up as a result of the failure, you'd more than likely see it within the first year.

 

I would like to write what I would do but you will think I am crazy.

 

If you can, I would refuse the truck. Those shuttle drivers don't care about the truck they are driving. The only way the shunt driver would have known there was something wrong was when a warning light came on. I would suspect oil was pushed into the coolant and pushed out onto the ground. This means the warning the driver got was LOW OIL PRESSURE!!! The engine would have lost significant volume of oil and also ran with low oil pressure! So the big question is, how long did it run like that? If the light came on, it logs a code. All that can be cleared out. Not only that, but the whole cooling system now has oil residue in it and no matter how well you flush it, 3 weeks from now, more oil will show up in the reservoir and possibly contaminate the new coolant again. I would demand the engine get replaced or different truck!

 

I agree with heavyd. If oil did get into the cooling system it's gonna be a mess. Let's say they fixed and cleaned everything you're still gonna have that oil grime everywhere and your going to be cleaning the system for quite some time and probably damaged rubber hoses and sensors. You don't want that headache starting out on a brand new truck. I would also pass on it if you can. Just my opinion.

 

men your story was scary