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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 01:24 PM
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green coolant

Could someone please explain to me y the green coolant is so frowned upon in diesel's ??
 
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 06:32 PM
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there is nothing wrong with using green coolant in a diesel as long as you also add athe diesel coolant additive to it.
i now have over 496,000 miles on my 88, and it has always had green in it.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 06:53 PM
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I have the additives in my coolant filter but its still gets frowned apon !! Oh well guess I will c what happens !!
 
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 07:06 PM
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is this for your excursion?
if so, i think the recommended coolant for that is gold. that is what i have in my 02, because it came with it. the 88 came with green, so that is what i always put in it.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 07:11 PM
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Yes my 03 but the gold has silica in it and thats what trashed my oil cooler so I got rid of it like alot of guys on the powerstroke website have done !!
 
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never heard of that before. i now have 180,000 miles on my 02 and never had it apart.
is your 03 a 6 liter or a 7.3?
 
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 05:16 AM
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Mine is a 6.0 !
 
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 05:35 PM
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on the 6.0 the egr cooler goes, and takes out the oil cooler.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 05:42 PM
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Not every time my egr was fine but I deleted it anyway but my oil temp was 20-30 deg. Higher than my ect because screen under oil cooler had become plugged and tore ! Well I inspected my egr and it looked ok but I haven't cut it open to look inside it yet but it doesn't seem to ever have leaked !
 
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yea, i should have typed usually the egr cooler takes out the oil cooler.
sorry about that.
 
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No biggie sir !! I am just hoping I never have to do heads !! Even with a 150hp tune on her but who knows !!
 
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i feel the same way about my 7.3.
it is bad enough taking it down to the heads.i would not want to go any lower than the valve covers.
 
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Talking

By the way u can never have 2 many fords as your sig says !!@
 
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Old Apr 11, 2013 | 04:44 AM
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that is why it says ALMOST too many
at one time i had 27 cars and trucks, with 14 of them just being ford falcons.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 09:32 AM
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Yes my 03 but the gold has silica in it and thats what trashed my oil cooler so I got rid of it like alot of guys on the powerstroke website have done !!
If you're talking about something like Zerex G-05, it specifically states "low silicate," which is what you want in a diesel. I'm not sure what you mean here.
 
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