replaced raidator cap fluid still coming out

[eric]

Hello,

For some time my radiator reservoir would bubble up and I would lose fluid from under radiator cap. It overheated 2x and I had mechanic flush it and test it. He said radiator / tstat were fine and the reason it overheat was head gasket was loose causing one of the radiator pipes to heat up. He said I was losing power due to the loose head gasket as well.I got a new radiator cap.

I get heat just fine and I am still losing fluid. About 1 inch drop in reservoir when I drive on the highway. After he flushed it the temp gauge does not go down when vehicle is shut off.

So I am still losing fluid after a flush and new radiator cap. The temp gauge is not going down when truck is shut off either. I checked oil and it does not appear discolored at all.

Any thoughts ?
thanks in advance

 

[LowStandard]

sounds like a bad head gasket to me, pressurizing the cooling system...you will still have heat as long as you have coolant in the system...but it's only gonna get worse. you need to do a compression test on the engine to verify the bad head gasket and replace it/have it replaced.

depending on where the head gasket blows, the coolant/oil might not mix...so your oil might still look fine, but it doesn't change the fact that the head gasket is probably blown...