Bought the truck used on December 15 2017. When I got it home I noticed that the coolant reservoir was 2/3 down from the full when cold line. I topped it up and over the next 3 or 4 days it went down about 1/2 inch. Then it didn't go down anymore for the next 2 weeks. It's our second vehicle and with this brutal cold it hasn't been seeing much action so I decided to top it up again and give it a good run to work, which is about 90 miles round trip. I waited until the next morning to check it and it didn't lose any coolant. The next day my wife drove it less than 13 miles so I decided to check it again and it was down 1/2 - 3/4 inch again.
I purchased it from a Dodge dealer and contacted them right away 2 weeks ago about the issue. I have an appointment tomorrow. When I mentioned to the advisor on the phone that I am concerned about the known issues with the leaking EGR coolers he didn't challenge me at all and said that they definitely want it in before the just purchased warranty runs out so that's a good thing.
I have been reading a lot about leaking EGR coolers, oil coolers, and overflow bottle caps. My overflow cap is very hard to turn once you unscrew it about 1/2 a turn. I can't figure out why it would lose coolant on a brief run but not on a longer one.
I am looking for opinions on what tests they should do in case they just dismiss it.
Thanks,
Kevin
I purchased it from a Dodge dealer and contacted them right away 2 weeks ago about the issue. I have an appointment tomorrow. When I mentioned to the advisor on the phone that I am concerned about the known issues with the leaking EGR coolers he didn't challenge me at all and said that they definitely want it in before the just purchased warranty runs out so that's a good thing.
I have been reading a lot about leaking EGR coolers, oil coolers, and overflow bottle caps. My overflow cap is very hard to turn once you unscrew it about 1/2 a turn. I can't figure out why it would lose coolant on a brief run but not on a longer one.
I am looking for opinions on what tests they should do in case they just dismiss it.
Thanks,
Kevin
