previously i commented that there is gunk (oil) in the degas. i have spent the entire day flushing, per specs by many, only to still have oil in the water. the water temp is never high (not head gaskets), hopefuly.
no amount of flushing (17 gal of distilled) helps.

thread for r & r oil cooler would be helpful and who has the best? don't want the cheapest.

thanks...

 

Try Cascade liquid dish washing detergent

 

cascade works well, better is simple green.
flushing the system with a bad oil cooler is a waste prior to fixing the cooler.
also flush with the t-stat removed

 

i flushed it four times with oil in the water every time floating on the top

i will remove the t-stat and try one more round.

i have pics and could send. heres my addy if you could send me yours.

thanks... coyotepasscafe@msn.com

 

THIS^^^^^^

Your Going to have Oil Residue Regaurdless

Following this Post for Guidance is the Best way

 

Dont forget to pull the block plugs and take the degus out and flush all the crap out instead of putting it back thru the system,is it oil or tranny fluid( black or pink)?

 

sweet! nass, real nass...

 

black but the de-gas was pretty slimed out while flushing so i will give it a try with the ST off. tnx

 

[QUOTE=droffan;13257302]black but the de-gas was pretty slimed out while flushing so i will give it a try with the ST off. tnx[:/QUOTE]

If you cam rum a hose threw it

 

yes ,take degus bottle out and you will be amazed how much gunk will come out. dont need this in the coolent system.now go back and look close to what Cheezit has posted. If you decide to go forth use a chem flush ( read directions carefully)and flush with a back flush (pull block plugs ) flush, not in this order but remove thermostat, in the equasion and install new OEM thermo.fill that bad boy with 50/50 mix ( distilled and ford OEM coolent to note ) top off after running ,same dis /coolent.

 

If the degas was black. it could be leaking head gaskets. Oil, when it leaks into the coolant, will mix quickly w/ the water and be whipped up into a brown sludge. Black indicates carbon - most likely from exhaust gas.

 

thank you. have done the flush, used the chemicals and did the 18 gallons of distilled water. should i try this again (without the chemicals) and pull the block plugs or am i wasting my time? thanks in advance for all of the advice here guys...

 

flushing the system with a bad oil cooler is a waste prior to fixing the cooler.
also flush with the t-stat removed

My two cents would be to listen to guys like cheezit,Bismic,Blade35; Those cats are on thier game with 6-oh's. If you have a leak from oil to coolant and you've flushed several times with same results, i.e. brown gunk in degas/cooling system then it's concievable you've got another issue besides a dirty cooling system that should be closed. I'm no expert but I'd check for coolant in the oil, milk shake in the oil filter housing or some other form of cross contamination. Hope it's not a ruptured oil cooler and best of luck with it.

 

It also could be a cavitation hole behind the water pump leaking into the coolant system

 

Your oil cooler is no good. I use stock Ford oil coolers myself. After you install the new oil cooler add about 3 table spoons of Dawn dish washing soap and let it run awhile. Drain and repeat until all traces of oil are gone. And you might want to consider buying a new degas bottle because your old one will never clean up enough to be able to see the coolant level. Ford also sells a quart bottle of cast iron block cleaner that will get everything out of your coolant passages. Flushing is just a long and nasty process that you are going to have to do. Hope this helps