Another Company to IC Choice Thread

A troubling day yesterday. I managed to swing through the house to take my 10. Upon starting my truck I got a low coolant alarm and a engine maintenance light. I shut it back down and opened the coolant reservoir and found that I was very low on coolant. This seemed strange to me since the shop had "repaired" a leak they found during my PM service. They had topped off my coolant with 1 gallon after I had run the truck for 40ish days. I took the truck to the SNI shop in Charlotte where they added 2 gallons of coolant. The service was done 8 days ago.

I spoke with the shop in Appleton and got their advice on the issue and after looking at the oil sample from my recent service they saw no coolant in the oil and few wear metals. I was assured that I could finish my week as long as I kept an eye on the coolant level. So I grabbed my load and took off to finish the trip. I stopped 75 miles from the delivery to take a break and when I walked back to my truck I saw a lake of coolant on the ground under my truck. I opened the hood to see if I could identify the leak and saw nothing except the entire exhaust was covered in coolant.

I called the shop in Appleton and explained what I saw and Tom advised that I was finished. He said I needed to go in a shop immediately. Per his advice I grabbed a couple gallons of coolant and finished the load and bobtailed back to Charlotte. I took the truck to the shop this morning and the service manager came out and opened the hood. His exact words "this is not good" His first thought are that I have lost the EGR cooler and the turbo. The turbo as a result of the EGR cooler failure.

Best guess on a time frame for the repairs is middle to late next week. They will be getting into the EGR cooler, turbo, DPF filter, clean air system, and another oil change. Updates to follow when I know more....

 

That was my first thought as well.