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I have the 03 and there have been very few of those egr coolers blow I may just use a sneaky pipe or something op said to weld it IDK its still good
as far as the coolant filter I have had 1 plug when I cut it open there was a little casting sand but not what I thought I would find
as far as the coolant filter I have had 1 plug when I cut it open there was a little casting sand but not what I thought I would find
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There's a fella who has tried (with success) a reverse flush on an oil cooler with everything on the truck. What he basically did is remove the cap on the coolant outlet side of the oil cooler. This is the cap right where the EGR cooler hose connects to the oil cooler. He then fabricated an elbow to snugly fit in the cooler opening and connected the other end to a hose and simply ran water through the cooler. This is certainly worth a shot as the parts and labor to do this are close to free. I suspect with higher oil temps that an oil cooler replacement is in order though. I bought my last oil cooler from Tousley Ford for just under $200 and it included the metal screen.
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Now if a person were to do the reverse flush trying to get the GOLD GOO out of the oil cooler. One would think about rigging up a small pump to pump a mixture of Restore mixed in hot water in a bucket, then do as the person said they did, and pump the Restore mix through the oil cooler. That way the Restore could melt the GOLD GOO out first.
Never heard that it has been tried, but hey, might be worth a try.
Never heard that it has been tried, but hey, might be worth a try.
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this thread is pushing me to deleate the egr
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should I use the restore for silicate dropout even though I dont see any goo on my coolant filter or when I flushed plus the egr is unplugged so I dont get the flow of extreme exhaust temps causing the coolant breakdown
when I did the flush last year just grit and rusty water and the vc-9 did a great job of getting rid of the rust once I pulled the thermistate and ran it at high idle
Last year when I did the vc-9 I I couldnt find any zerox g05 think thats what it was so I did stick with ford premium gold this time Im going with something diffrent
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ya I have a new oil cooler and want to flush it out really good before I put it on I think i should use the restore plus then flush IDK I just want it clean
should I use the restore for silicate dropout even though I dont see any goo on my coolant filter or when I flushed plus the egr is unplugged so I dont get the flow of extreme exhaust temps causing the coolant breakdown
when I did the flush last year just grit and rusty water and the vc-9 did a great job of getting rid of the rust once I pulled the thermistate and ran it at high idle
Last year when I did the vc-9 I I couldnt find any zerox g05 think thats what it was so I did stick with ford premium gold this time Im going with something diffrent
should I use the restore for silicate dropout even though I dont see any goo on my coolant filter or when I flushed plus the egr is unplugged so I dont get the flow of extreme exhaust temps causing the coolant breakdown
when I did the flush last year just grit and rusty water and the vc-9 did a great job of getting rid of the rust once I pulled the thermistate and ran it at high idle
Last year when I did the vc-9 I I couldnt find any zerox g05 think thats what it was so I did stick with ford premium gold this time Im going with something diffrent
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