2005 F350 "wrench" issue
Hello all - hope you can steer me in the right direction here before I take it to a dealer to get hosed!! First time towing with a new - to me - 2005 F350 diesel. Pulling up a steepish hill at 340...
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METZCOOL wrote:Ditto. The wrench light will illuminate when the difference in temperature between oil and coolant exceeds fifteen degrees. The oil cooler clogs up, which starves the EGR cooler of coolant, which causes the EGR coolant to rupture, which causes coolant to enter the combustion cylinders, causing head gasket failure.
This is sign of plugged oil cooler.
'Bulletproofing" the truck, which consists of head studs, new head gaskets, new oil cooler, and a redesigned EGR cooler is the answer to the problem. Talk to a reliable diesel shop about what it would cost. I did all that, plus some other goodies like a 4 inch exhaust and additional transmission filters for $5K.
Good luck. Once bulletproofed the truck should give you no further trouble.
