4.0 lower radiator hose issue

[RobDaRanger]

Hello all,
I ended up changing the heads on my 97 4.0 OHV with Clearwater heads and in the process I changed basically everything with the cooling system from radiator, hoses, water pump and thermostat. When i took the lower radiator hose off it had a bypass hose running to the intake by the thermostat but when I bought a new one it was 1 piece so I did away with the bypass. Now every time I shut it off it’s bubbling into the overflow. I can’t seem to find that bypass hose set up new anywhere for a 4.0. I read somewhere that ford created a bypass kit due to this issue, something about hot spots and flow issues. Dose anyone know anything about this or do you think I blew a head gasket possibly from installing it no right.
Thank you

 

[Shran]

Is it overheating? Might be worth using one of those exhaust gas test kits to see if you have a head or head gasket issue. Is it like boiling out into the overflow tank? It's normal for some to go back & forth between the radiator and overflow as the engine goes through heating & cooling cycles but it shouldn't be puking out boiling coolant.

I am not aware of anything special about a 97 but on all of the earlier 4.0 trucks, a bypass thing was not needed. Ford is pretty good at stupid one or two year things like that however.