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Congratulations!
Also - I appreciate the honesty about the tuner and the maintenance practices. IMO this shows that Gold coolant can perform well enough if properly maintained! I still agree that Cat EC-1 is probably better, but you can't argue w/ 300k on the Gold stuff.
At how many miles did you first start having injector issues (approximately) and at what mileage was the turbo replaced?
Also - I appreciate the honesty about the tuner and the maintenance practices. IMO this shows that Gold coolant can perform well enough if properly maintained! I still agree that Cat EC-1 is probably better, but you can't argue w/ 300k on the Gold stuff.
At how many miles did you first start having injector issues (approximately) and at what mileage was the turbo replaced?
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From: Eagle Mountian, Utah
Congratulations!
Also - I appreciate the honesty about the tuner and the maintenance practices. IMO this shows that Gold coolant can perform well enough if properly maintained! I still agree that Cat EC-1 is probably better, but you can't argue w/ 300k on the Gold stuff.
At how many miles did you first start having injector issues (approximately) and at what mileage was the turbo replaced?
Also - I appreciate the honesty about the tuner and the maintenance practices. IMO this shows that Gold coolant can perform well enough if properly maintained! I still agree that Cat EC-1 is probably better, but you can't argue w/ 300k on the Gold stuff.
At how many miles did you first start having injector issues (approximately) and at what mileage was the turbo replaced?
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All I can say is that many people are using the Gold succesfully - for many miles and heavy service lives. It can clearly work for a 300k service life (and not necessarily an easy life either by previous posts), so there must be multiple factors involved in the gelling (and btw, the ELC can gel also). I am almost at 100k w/ the Gold and do not feel like it is Russian roulette. I believe in fluke failures, but not fluke successes!! As I said though, I plan to change (but not due to fear of "gunshot wounds" - lol!)
OP - sorry for the hijack .....
OP - sorry for the hijack .....
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From: Carson, Washington
It is very good to hear that the 6.0 can go 300k with minor maintenance. I run synthetic in mine and change oil and filter every 3k miles. Yah, I lived on the corner of main and balm. It use to be an old white two story farm house. I think it is dark green or grey now. Small world. Thanks for the post of success with the 6.0.
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It is very good to hear that the 6.0 can go 300k with minor maintenance. I run synthetic in mine and change oil and filter every 3k miles. Yah, I lived on the corner of main and balm. It use to be an old white two story farm house. I think it is dark green or grey now. Small world. Thanks for the post of success with the 6.0.
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Congratulations!
Also - I appreciate the honesty about the tuner and the maintenance practices. IMO this shows that Gold coolant can perform well enough if properly maintained! I still agree that Cat EC-1 is probably better, but you can't argue w/ 300k on the Gold stuff.
At how many miles did you first start having injector issues (approximately) and at what mileage was the turbo replaced?
Also - I appreciate the honesty about the tuner and the maintenance practices. IMO this shows that Gold coolant can perform well enough if properly maintained! I still agree that Cat EC-1 is probably better, but you can't argue w/ 300k on the Gold stuff.
At how many miles did you first start having injector issues (approximately) and at what mileage was the turbo replaced?
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All I can say is that many people are using the Gold succesfully - for many miles and heavy service lives. It can clearly work for a 300k service life (and not necessarily an easy life either by previous posts), so there must be multiple factors involved in the gelling (and btw, the ELC can gel also). I am almost at 100k w/ the Gold and do not feel like it is Russian roulette. I believe in fluke failures, but not fluke successes!! As I said though, I plan to change (but not due to fear of "gunshot wounds" - lol!)
OP - sorry for the hijack .....
OP - sorry for the hijack .....
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From: Atlanta, Georgia
Also, what is the purpose of the conditioner you mention?
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^Hub bearings, tie rods, drag link, not sure if I am naming the parts correctly, but all the linkage. Seems that we do this every 100K. The conditioner is a coolant conditioner. Go to your local Ford garage and ask for it. It is a booster of some sort that adds viscus to the coolant. I still have the original water pump. : )
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