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Old Sep 22, 2013 | 12:02 AM
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Coolant flush?

Hey guy's, I just installed a sinister coolant filter today. I drained some of the Ford gold out and there was a tiny amount of sand and a few flakes of what looks like rust. I was thinking of doing a flush with just water because my deltas are about 5 to 7 degrees. Iam nervous of doing a chemical flush because I'm worried about plugging the oil cooler. Do you guy's think this would be the right way to do this? I have a egr delete and was thinking of changing to cat elc after the flush. I have read that the Gold is fine with a egr delete? Thanks for any replies!
 
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Old Sep 22, 2013 | 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by olemoffat
Hey guy's, I just installed a sinister coolant filter today. I drained some of the Ford gold out and there was a tiny amount of sand and a few flakes of what looks like rust. I was thinking of doing a flush with just water because my deltas are about 5 to 7 degrees. Iam nervous of doing
a chemical flush because I'm worried about plugging the oil cooler. Do you guy's think this would be the
right way to do this? I have a egr delete and was
thinking of changing to cat elc after the flush. I have
read that the Gold is fine with a egr delete? Thanks for
any replies!
If your deltas are 5-7 I would just continue to monitor your temps. Check the filter about every 1K and replace
 
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