Yes, if the air pocket is large enough to prevent proper coolant circulation.
Engine cooling system is not a closed system you can't remove the air.
Engine cooling system is not a closed system you can't remove the air.
No, it does not.
It could happen for a number of reasons - which of those reasons fits your case is impossible to tell without doing a proper diagnosis of the cooling system.
NO. That means the engine is running too hot. Check cooling system.
10 3/8 qts.
That's not the question you need to ask yourself. There's not supposed to be any oil in your cooling system, so you need to take your truck to a diesel service and get it fixed.
Maybe your cooling system needs to be flushed out.
Like any other cooling system on any other vehicle. The coolant absorbs the heat from the engine block, becomes superheated, then transfers that heat to the air which passes through the radiator fins.
Remove coolant cap, allow engine to get to operating temperature, turn on heater full blast and patiently wait for air to escape system.
Engine oil pressure, cooling system pressure, ac pressure, fuel pressure?
What i often do is park the truck on a hill with the front of the truck at to highest part of the hill and the radiator cap off, and the truck running and full of coolant, the air bubbles will rise to the highest point of which they can get, and with the cap off this will allow them to escape.