'04 crew cab 6.0 with Edge Platinum Attitude with Juice. Oil temp runs 250, engine temp 190, trans temp 165 pulling a 2600 lb ski boat. Is all of these in the okay range? Why does the fan constantly go off and on when I'm pulling the boat? I run it with overdrive off in level 2 towing mode on the Edge. What's with the smell coming out of the the a/c vent? Smells like antifreeze but it's not blowing out of the reservoir cap. Can anybody help?
Hot oil & Antifreeze smell out of vents
- Thread starter jeremy
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DaveBen
SDD Senior Member
Temps look good. Oil maybe a little high, but you are towing. Fan goes on and off when needed and that is determined by the water temps, normal. Keep an eye on the coolant level. If it drops, you may have a blown head gasket. Can you smell coolant in the exhaust??
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dmcvey_1999
SDD Junior Member
250 on your oil temp is way to high. I pull a 10,000 lb load with my 06 f250. Even when I was in alabama with 100 degree temperatures my oil temp only reached 230 degrees. Your fan is constantly kicking on because it is trying to get the truck cooled down. I would say your oil cooler is shot. Mine is in the shop right now because I had that same smell and had to put 4 gallons of coolant in over the course of a week. They are saying both my egr cooler as well as my oil cooler are probably shot.
dmcvey_1999
SDD Junior Member
Yeah taking a closer look at your engine coolant temp to oil temp your spread is way to far apart. Ford stated no more than 15 degrees separation between the two. I recommend you get that looked at asap.
