Got Diesel??
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Got Diesel??
Well I do and it's in my Degas bottle 
I've had my Truck in my shop now for about 2 weeks. Up on jackstands putting a chutch in it and when i got done with that I decided to give it some much needed TLC. And when I did the oil change today I took the degas bottle cap off and much to my suprise there it was diesel floating on top of the coolant. So it looks like a little more work is in store for me.
I've had my Truck in my shop now for about 2 weeks. Up on jackstands putting a chutch in it and when i got done with that I decided to give it some much needed TLC. And when I did the oil change today I took the degas bottle cap off and much to my suprise there it was diesel floating on top of the coolant. So it looks like a little more work is in store for me.
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Just a related question, as the fuel floats on top of the coolant, can you just draw off the fuel from the bottle or do you need to dump all of the coolant. Would think you could skim it off and check again every few days until its gone but I am not sure. It is a real pain to dump and dispose of 8 gallons of coolant, at least out here in CA
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Just a related question, as the fuel floats on top of the coolant, can you just draw off the fuel from the bottle or do you need to dump all of the coolant. Would think you could skim it off and check again every few days until its gone but I am not sure. It is a real pain to dump and dispose of 8 gallons of coolant, at least out here in CA
I would replace it myself. It floats, but my worry would be its floating in all the cavities.
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I can drive to the next town and drop it off on Saturdays it's just a pain for the whole process of dumping the fluid into something, transferring it to smaller containers, and then hauling it someplace to get rid of it. The collection station out here will take up to 15 gallons of "uncontaminated" coolant so if i showed up with a large amount of fuel in it, they may not take it. Not to mention the cost of replacing the ELC. If I could just pull off the floating fuel it would be a better option. I guess for me it would depend on how much fuel was in the coolant. If I caught it early and it was a small amount I may try and skim it off.
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I think the bigger issue is that the diesel causes issues with the hoses and seals. That's the real reason to flush post cup change.
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Richard have you rebuilt your oil cooler yet? If not you might want to do that too since you will have the coolant drained. Kinda drag that you already changed the oil though.
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ED, Yes the Oil cooler O-rings were done about 4 maybe 5 years ago. I think i'm good their.
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Now I don't know if you were planning on pulling the oil drain plugs in the heads to drain the oil from the oil galley. Some do some don't. But since you have the oil out of the oil galley in the heads I would replace the oil drain plug orings and the oil rail plug orings if you haven't already. Just a thought. I have replaced mine not because they were leaking just because it gave me a piece of mind. Oil Rail Drain Plug o-rings 94-03
1994 - 2003 Oil rail O-rings for the High Pressure oil rail ports in the engine valley
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Now to do the end plug is also a very wise move. But it is a pain in the butt to do and to do the back ones you need the up & down pipes out of the way. I did mine when I had the trans out and up & down pipes out and it was still a real pain. Now if you are going to be at the front and back of the heads you may as well replace the banjo bolt orings with viton. Then there is also banjo bolt modd or the Strickly Diesel banjo bolts which don't use a stupid rubber oring. SD banjo bolts use a copper crush washer. I know you or I don't need a modded banjo bolt but what the heck??Driven Diesel High Flow Banjo Bolt Kit
Old and New design oil galley oring
There are 2 different size banjo bolts long & short shank. They take different size orings. Also in this photo you will see one stock one modded. On the new style bolt go no more than 5/32 I learned the hard way.