Just came back from the dealer, I was right. The reconnected the hose, refilled the coolant and checked everything else. Still love the truck and happy to have it back home!
I believe I have located the problem. The lower pipe on the radiator reservoir is disconnected and the clamp is halfway down the pipe. It appears that it took approximately 30+ miles for it to unseat itself and the coolant to leak out. Luckily I was just backing in to the house when it let go.
I just picked up my new Everglades this evening with 19 miles on the odometer and drove home. As I was backing into my driveway with 56 miles on the vehicle hot coolant began to leak out from under the hood. Not exactly the new car smell I was hoping for..... To say this is depressing is the...
Did he say that wind noise on a 4 wheel drive vehicle upsets him? He should stick to driving something less aggressive like a bicycle, but slowly, so the wind noise doesn't get too loud and he can't hear himself talk.....
That's a bummer about Ford. Meanwhile, I've been tracking mine and my salesmen's Everglades as they make their way to central Florida. They were ordered together (8/18/23) and built one day apart. Unfortunately, my truck ended up on a separate train and is still just south of Atlanta, while his...