Out of my stupidity, to make a long story short I put power steering fluid in my coolant container. I only drove it maybe five times after that. Today while going down the road the top to the coolant blew off and everything inside of it spilled out. I filled it with water to get through the day. I also bought a bottle of this stuff for people that do stupid stuff like me that cleans it out. What problems could I run into with this being done and should I drain the radiator as well?

 

a complete cleaning and flush is what you need and now..! best to have the dealer do the job with all the additives and you can get it all cleaned out and the chemical balence restored.

 

I agree with Senix on this one, lots of expensive damage can be done with contaminated coolant. Get it flushed by a competent dealer ASAP!

 

Not do it myself? It'd be faster cheaper and they couldn't use that as an excuse to get out of warranty work

 

to do it yourself will require at least all weekend I'd say. Drain it..then distilled water to flush, then the cleaner, then some more flushing then the correct mix.

In the mean time you have to cirulate it and that would mean driving it or sitting there on high idle.

That is not the correct procedure i am sure but gives you an idea that it is lengthy based upon what has happened.

 

There's more then just draining and refilling, do you know how to get the air out? You do know what cavitation is and what it can do?

 

That's what I plan on doing. Drain it fill with water run with heater on high and repeat that a few times then add the solution and do as the bottle says. I heard to get the air out while I'm letting it run for 10 minutes leave the cap off?

 

I feel you wanting to DIY it. I'd feel the same way. However, if you're not familar with the cavitation problem these trucks can have and what it does to the motor you should probably search the forum for info. Bottom line, if you don't get it done completely and correctly you run the risk of a very expensive repair in a few months. Just FWIW.

 

Im all for doing it yourself man, as long as you dont let it run low on coolant/water when flushing you should be fine. There is a write-up on ps.org ill grab a link here in a minute...

 

Here we be:
6.4 coolant flush process - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum

 

Thats a pretty good description thanks I'll use it to finish the process. I used peak tho instead restore I'm sure it's similar. Instead of letting it sit for an hour I just drive it supposedly your suppose to get 3 to 6 hours of driving then flush it. Does anybody know if it really maters to use distilled water or not and it doesn't seem like it will hold 4 gallons of straight coolant.