GhostStrykre
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This is a bit of a weird one, but I have a hunch that there's a simple explanation.
My coolant level a couple of months ago was a little low, so I topped it off to the max fill line. It's the orange coolant that Ford used on the early 2019 Rangers.
A couple of weeks ago I had the hood open while working on the bucking/surging issue (completely resolved by replacing that vacuum sensor) and noticed that my coolant level was above the max fill line by a small amount.. wtf.
Today I had the hood open and noticed the coolant level is just a tad below the max fill line.
Each time I'm doing this the truck is, what I thought, quite cool and hasn't been run for at least a couple of hours. I know the orange coolant has a tendency to evaporate a little (looking forward to switching to mountain dew), but that doesn't explain how the level went up. Is it possible there is just extra coolant in the engine that re-enters the reservoir over time?
I'm at the point where I'm about to decide if I want to start putting money into aftermarket stuff for this truck. It has 48k miles so I was kind of concerned the engine might be having coolant related issues.
I pulled a spark plug and here's how it looked:
That was cylinder 2... at first I thought it was a little too clean, but it does not have that grey color to it. So I think it's actually good. No coolant in the cylinders. I only ever pay for the 93 octane fuel due to the cleaning additives in it. I'm chalking that clean plug up to that fuel type for now because I do literally EVERYTHING that should turn those plugs black (loads of short trips, long idles, etc.).
Anyone have any thoughts on the varying coolant level? The truck is running great, no white exhaust or anything, but I just wanna be sure I get out ahead of any problems if I can. I have an oil change coming up and I'll probably grab the free analysis kit. I'm not expecting to find anything there either.
My coolant level a couple of months ago was a little low, so I topped it off to the max fill line. It's the orange coolant that Ford used on the early 2019 Rangers.
A couple of weeks ago I had the hood open while working on the bucking/surging issue (completely resolved by replacing that vacuum sensor) and noticed that my coolant level was above the max fill line by a small amount.. wtf.
Today I had the hood open and noticed the coolant level is just a tad below the max fill line.
Each time I'm doing this the truck is, what I thought, quite cool and hasn't been run for at least a couple of hours. I know the orange coolant has a tendency to evaporate a little (looking forward to switching to mountain dew), but that doesn't explain how the level went up. Is it possible there is just extra coolant in the engine that re-enters the reservoir over time?
I'm at the point where I'm about to decide if I want to start putting money into aftermarket stuff for this truck. It has 48k miles so I was kind of concerned the engine might be having coolant related issues.
I pulled a spark plug and here's how it looked:
That was cylinder 2... at first I thought it was a little too clean, but it does not have that grey color to it. So I think it's actually good. No coolant in the cylinders. I only ever pay for the 93 octane fuel due to the cleaning additives in it. I'm chalking that clean plug up to that fuel type for now because I do literally EVERYTHING that should turn those plugs black (loads of short trips, long idles, etc.).
Anyone have any thoughts on the varying coolant level? The truck is running great, no white exhaust or anything, but I just wanna be sure I get out ahead of any problems if I can. I have an oil change coming up and I'll probably grab the free analysis kit. I'm not expecting to find anything there either.
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