Antifreeze leaking
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Antifreeze leaking
So yesterday there was smoke coming from my underneath my hood, got my truck home and saw antifreeze leaking on the exhaust manifold but i couldnt see a hose leaking or anything. This morning i walk out and look at it and it looks like the antifreeze is leaking from the bottom of the transmission, has anyone ever seen this kind of problem. I have a 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 cummins. Any help with this would be much appreciated.
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RE: Antifreeze leaking
ORIGINAL: Rammin_it
So yesterday there was smoke coming from my underneath my hood, got my truck home and saw antifreeze leaking on the exhaust manifold but i couldnt see a hose leaking or anything. This morning i walk out and look at it and it looks like the antifreeze is leaking from the bottom of the transmission, has anyone ever seen this kind of problem. I have a 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 cummins. Any help with this would be much appreciated.
So yesterday there was smoke coming from my underneath my hood, got my truck home and saw antifreeze leaking on the exhaust manifold but i couldnt see a hose leaking or anything. This morning i walk out and look at it and it looks like the antifreeze is leaking from the bottom of the transmission, has anyone ever seen this kind of problem. I have a 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 cummins. Any help with this would be much appreciated.
I'm sure someone will chime in with more info. But it sounds like some of the other post I have seen with cracked blocks.
Go out and look for a crack on the exhaust side of the block or water jacket. Look close cuz it will be hard to see.
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RE: Antifreeze leaking
Here's a real good site on the 53 block. Check it out and see if your leak looks like any of the photos.
http://www.stamey.info/Truck/Cummins53BlockFAQ.htm
http://www.stamey.info/Truck/Cummins53BlockFAQ.htm
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RE: Antifreeze leaking
Thanks that website is helpful. Still scary i would hate to see the block cracked, since i have babied the crap out of this truck. I will have to look in the morning and see if i cant see better, and look and see if mine is the 53" block. Someone at work told me he had a similar problem and his leak actually was coming from a transmission cooling return line and his was sparying onto his exhaust manifold and running down his tranny, so we will have to see and pray that the block isnt cracked.
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RE: Antifreeze leaking
Took my truck to the dealer on monday so they could work it into the shop, got a phone call this morning and they said it was a freeze plug and that was why it was leaking onto the exhaust manifold. So that was a blessing, and i asked them if they would look and see if the block is cracked and the tech actually called me and was talking to me about everything and he said that he didnt not see the block cracked. I am happy that it was just a freeze plug.