I will get right to the point.
I bought my T used in Jan. 11 from a private party. 05' 75k on it, seemed to be a pretty solid truck when I bought it. Soon after (within 2 weeks) started to smell coolant and soon saw drops on the ground. Against my own best judgement I decided to take it to the dealer because honestly I dont have the time to fix it myself. Truth be told I used to turn wrenches professionally, however have since found a nice paying desk job and have a 2 year old little boy that takes up most of my time now a days.
Dealer called and said it was the radiator, gave me two options, OEM for close to $1,000 or go aftermarket (which they suggested and said they do alot since OEM is so much money) for $500 and change.
They replaced the radiator with the aftermarket unit, I picked it up and no more than 2 weeks later I started to see drops on the ground. Immediately took it back to the dealer, they were very apologetic and said that it was a faulty "porous" radiator and replaced at no charge under a parts warranty.
Had the truck back for about 3 weeks, all seemed to be good, washed it one day, popped the hood to dry the jambs and noticed some dried up coolant around that cap area and some spray back on to the intake tube. Cleaned it up and monitored it for a couple days, popped the hood a few days later, coolant everywhere... Back to the dealer it went.
This time I started asking questions and making suggestions that maybe there was an underlying problem causing the radiator to blow and be the weak link. They came back saying that it was yet again ANOTHER "porous" radiator. Replaced it again under a parts warranty at no charge.
Regrettably took the truck home and have been driving it back and forth to work and around town but dont trust it to last, this time we made from March 24th to April 7th before yet again more coolant leaking.
It is back at the dealer as of last night, no phone call yet from my advisor to tell me what is wrong or if its another radiator (yeah right)...
Ideas? Thoughts? Is the factory radiator that big of weak link that I need to put a Stillen unit in it? I am willing to spend the money but really want to know what the actual cause of the problem is. I suggested a possible stuck thermostat but they haven't said anything yet.
Any feedback is appreciated, I am too the point now that if they cant fix it this time I will diagnose it and fix it myself however I hate to be out $$ that I spent with them originally if they didn't fix the problem correctly.
I bought my T used in Jan. 11 from a private party. 05' 75k on it, seemed to be a pretty solid truck when I bought it. Soon after (within 2 weeks) started to smell coolant and soon saw drops on the ground. Against my own best judgement I decided to take it to the dealer because honestly I dont have the time to fix it myself. Truth be told I used to turn wrenches professionally, however have since found a nice paying desk job and have a 2 year old little boy that takes up most of my time now a days.
Dealer called and said it was the radiator, gave me two options, OEM for close to $1,000 or go aftermarket (which they suggested and said they do alot since OEM is so much money) for $500 and change.
They replaced the radiator with the aftermarket unit, I picked it up and no more than 2 weeks later I started to see drops on the ground. Immediately took it back to the dealer, they were very apologetic and said that it was a faulty "porous" radiator and replaced at no charge under a parts warranty.
Had the truck back for about 3 weeks, all seemed to be good, washed it one day, popped the hood to dry the jambs and noticed some dried up coolant around that cap area and some spray back on to the intake tube. Cleaned it up and monitored it for a couple days, popped the hood a few days later, coolant everywhere... Back to the dealer it went.
This time I started asking questions and making suggestions that maybe there was an underlying problem causing the radiator to blow and be the weak link. They came back saying that it was yet again ANOTHER "porous" radiator. Replaced it again under a parts warranty at no charge.
Regrettably took the truck home and have been driving it back and forth to work and around town but dont trust it to last, this time we made from March 24th to April 7th before yet again more coolant leaking.
It is back at the dealer as of last night, no phone call yet from my advisor to tell me what is wrong or if its another radiator (yeah right)...
Ideas? Thoughts? Is the factory radiator that big of weak link that I need to put a Stillen unit in it? I am willing to spend the money but really want to know what the actual cause of the problem is. I suggested a possible stuck thermostat but they haven't said anything yet.
Any feedback is appreciated, I am too the point now that if they cant fix it this time I will diagnose it and fix it myself however I hate to be out $$ that I spent with them originally if they didn't fix the problem correctly.