The Mothership (Georgetown G3) is back!
Diagnosis of oil leak was the oil cooler adapter gasket (one $8.00 gasket!
). Roseville Ford Fleet services did a great job! They replaced the oil cooler adapter, gasket, etc. which caused a free oil change and all new coolant (on Ford's nickel), cleaned up the undercarriage from the oil spray AND I had my suspension add ons installed all at the same time.
When driving it from Roseville on I-10 over the mountains back to the Reno area it handled like a charm! For those that don't know that stretch is rough, with plenty of cambered turns, poorly maintained by California and is constantly chewed up due to truck chains used during the winter. The suspension add on took everything it could throw at it. Only area that seemed to be a bit of a fighter were the ruts that Caltrans is slowly working to fix (simply by adding new concrete in the ruts). Any tractor trailer interface was barely, if any, noticed. Engine temp maintained well.
Yeah I spent big bucks on the suspension upgrades. But it's done and I'm happy.
Ford itself surprised me completely. From the time I got in touch with the right Ford warranty people the RV tow was quickly arranged, the service was excellent (they even winterized it for me) and once northern Nevada temps come up in the spring the Mothership is off and running!