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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 06:06 PM
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was just thinking

this past month when I put a new radiator in my 06 250,the antifreeze looked very clean,we even poured through a piece of white sheet to strain it and not one piece of grit or grime was in it.
the degas tank even looks new,and I have owned this truck for 4 years,and its never been changed.
I guess what im trying to say is I have friends with 06's and 07's that wasn't this clean when the antifreeze was drained,so where is all the crud in mine,should I put a coolant filter on it this spring.it has 119,000 miles or is it too late?
 
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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 06:10 PM
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The "crud" has rooted itself on all the metal parts of the system. If you still have the old radiator, pop the tanks off and look at the cores. A coolant filter is always a good idea.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 06:28 PM
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Sounds like it was one of the Few Blocks that actually got a Good cleaning
 
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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 06:35 PM
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The "crud" has rooted itself on all the metal parts of the system. If you still have the old radiator, pop the tanks off and look at the cores. A coolant filter is always a good idea.
we did take the bottom tank off,cause that was the one leaking,and it was clean. im stumped.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 07:35 PM
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Consider yourself lucky! Sounds like you got one of the few "clean" blocks
 
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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Money-Pit
Consider yourself lucky! Sounds like you got one of the few "clean" blocks
you mean there was such a thing as a clean block.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 07:57 PM
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Either that or someone before you already flushed it out.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 07:59 PM
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Either that or someone before you already flushed it out.

how are your eot and ect?
 
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