My night/morning

[Formula413]

I didn't do shit! I don't have pressure testing equipment!

This was the Escort BTW, not the Formula

[c4boom]

my truck dose shit like that when I have the plow on. smashed the air dam out of it in a pit and it and never cooled right since

[SLP IROC-Z]

sounds like a problem with the headgasket or cyl head(s)

[bottledbird68]

Originally Posted by Formula413

Before you get ahead of yourself, I had a leaking radiator once and it was very hard to diagnose. I even brought it to a shop and they missed it too. It kept getting hot, almost to the red. The radiator would always be empty and I couldn't figure out why. No puddles under car. Bottle always had coolant. Pressure test at the shop found nothing. The way I finally found it was to fill the radiator with the engine cold, then drive it until it warmed up, then get out and look under the hood. Sure enough, coolant was leaking out the seam between the tank and the core.

Trust me alex, gone over it closely and it's not leaking anywhere. But it is definitely drinking it.
If it wasn't for the fact that it has no oil pressure at idle after it warms up I might look a little deeper but given all the issues the motor has I think I'm just going to swap it out. Friend of mine has a truck with a new crate motor in it he's been after me to part out for him since he moved half way across the country and it's been sitting at his parents. I'm thinking that motor will go nicely in my truck

[TBerry95z28]

that should solve the problem lol