truckin151
Supporting Member
Out running errands with my wife this afternoon in my truck everything was running fine. Stopped in the parking lot waiting for her to run and out of the bank, probably sat there for 10min or so idling. She calls me over to come in and sign one of the checks so I turn off the truck and get out and here the sound of water pouring onto the pavement... radiator over flowed, dumped half a gallon or so on the ground. Thought the hose split or something because the level and everything was just fine, and the temps were right where they should have been. Anyways, we leave the truck sitting in the bank parking lot and walk over to the store across the street and spend a while there stopped back into the bank to sign some more paperwork. Want to say maybe 2hrs passed while it was sitting. Go back over and there is still a rather large puddle under the passenger side that stillwasnt dry (98* out and sunny). Pop the hood and the overflow bottle looked fine, right about where it should be, popped the radiator cap and it was dry. Picked up a jug of water so I could get it home atleast and added a little, started the truck and let it run for a bit with the cap off adding a little water here and there. Put the cap back on and headed home, about a 40min drive in stop and go traffic. It heated up pretty quickly, ran up to 192 before dropping down to the 180-185* mark and stayed that temp all the way home. Checked it when we got home and nothing is dripping no leaks, no overheating. It was just odd that as soon as I turned off the truck it blew out like that. It wasn't leaking when we got there, wasn't dripping when we stopped and she got out, it only happened when I turned it off. Waiting for it to cool down a bit before I pop the cap.and see how low it is but still it was incredibly odd for it to do that, like the pressure just built up to much.
