coolant filter questions
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From: Huntsville, Tx
coolant filter questions
I'm looking to install a coolant filter in my truck, already have the base and mounted it. I plan to hook it up to the port in the side of the water pump. My question is the return line, can I hook into the small line the goes from the radiator to the reservoir? If I can I'd rather do that than drill a new hole in the bottle. Any and all suggestions are welcomed.
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From: Ashland City, TN
I'd just hook it up in the heater lines, be so much easier and it works great.
Mine collected so much crap in 2 months, I need to replace it. I was working on it so I rinsed it off and so much crap fell out.
Mine collected so much crap in 2 months, I need to replace it. I was working on it so I rinsed it off and so much crap fell out.
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From: Plankinton, SD
I skipped the shutoff valves, they are just more places to leak. Just pinch off the lines when you change the filter. Mines returned into the heater hose running into the water pump and fed from the head on the drivers side rear.
Cargo Master
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From: College Station, TX
Where did you end up mounting your filter?
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From: Plankinton, SD
It's on the drivers side of the radiator, I'll just put a pic up, remember my batteries are no longer under the hood. May be room with the battery there, didn't look that close means mine isn't. It's actually not over the top of the ic tube, that pic is hard to tell that. It's right beside though.
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I mounted mine with some aluminum rack stock I had laying around and used the outboard alternator mount bolts to hold it. Makes it convenient to plumb to the heater supply/return. It fits pretty well right there and it's relatively easy to change.
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Cargo Master
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From: College Station, TX
Yeah I completely forgot about your battery relocation.
Fleet Mechanic
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From: Spokane, WA
So if you overheat where would the coolant go? Would it blow the bottle up or just blow the cap off. I'm sure you have thought about that. It does seem like a good simple place to return it though.