Paccar coolant issue

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  1. GYPSY65

    GYPSY65 Road Train Member

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    I have a 2019 Paccar MX13 510hp

    coolant alarm keeps going on and when I have pulled over. It was full

    in the am I have added as little as a quart to 1/2 gallon but twice in the last week it puked coolant out when I stopped and had the engine idling

    I changed the sensor. No difference
    Replaced both radiator caps. No difference

    it will sometime stop dinging for hours or Evan a day or two and then ding for the next day or more with random breaks

    when I stop. It seems to at times stop dinging. Or I can let some pressure out of the reservoir and the level tops off

    as soon as I start driving. It starts up again

    seems to me the coolant is getting sucked down??

    it’s random enough that I don’t thinks it’s a wire
    It also seems if I’m south of I10 like Cali to Florida it stays off but north. It starts

    Nothing in the oil

    Nothing in the coolant and level goes up once I release pressure or it cools down overnight
    And I don’t see or notice any white smoke out the stack
     
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  3. Diesel Dave

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    I replaced both sensors twice, one at the reservoir and the other on the block. At the end, it was hardness.
     
  4. FLHT

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    Liner dropped ?
    Their known to do this.
     
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  5. Espressolane

    Espressolane Road Train Member

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    When did you change the coolant last?
     
  6. Big Road Skateboard

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    Does the MX have a blow by tube? If so, stick a finger up it and see if it's nasty milky.

    Also look on the bottom of the filler cap.
     
  7. FLHT

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    Over flow tube out of coolant reservoir on drivers side of engine put in a jug of water.
    Start truck and rev
    Does it bubble ?
    If it does best find someone who Knows and Works on these motors.
    Parts on these motors are just to expensive to throw $$$ at.
    Good Luck.....
     
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  9. GYPSY65

    GYPSY65 Road Train Member

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    Last summer
     
  10. Goodysnap

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    Sounds like you have the beginning of pressure in the cooling system. If its forcing coolant out the vent cap it is likely overpressure.

    Pressure test or suspect air compressor first especially if original. Head gasket failures are common on the compressor.

    Lets check this first.....
     
  11. GYPSY65

    GYPSY65 Road Train Member

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    is the gasket a replaceable item or would it need a whole new unit?

    I “might” have figured it out
    Too early to tell yet
    But after cooling down and with the new caps in. I added about 1/2 gallon bottles f coolant
    200 miles this am and no dings yet and no coolant pushing out

    will know soon enough
     
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