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Coolant flush ?s
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Coolant flush ?s
Greetings!
Our 6.0 is at the family lake place. My wife and I don't get there much, but got a call from my parents yesterday that the PS/PB quit. Thought the ps/hydro boost was out. Father is not that mechanical and decided to have to towed in to the Ford garage.
I thought we should have the cooling system flushed while it is in the shop. About 86k miles and it is a early 2005 build. Collant has never been changed as far as I know, my Uncle bought the truck new. Since I am 300 miles away I cannot go to the shop and talk to them.
Question...do we need to tell the dealership how to flush a 6.0 or will they "know"? Use VC9? Replace coolant with what? (Ford Gold?). I need some guidance so my father can talk to the shop...
Many thanks...
Chris
Our 6.0 is at the family lake place. My wife and I don't get there much, but got a call from my parents yesterday that the PS/PB quit. Thought the ps/hydro boost was out. Father is not that mechanical and decided to have to towed in to the Ford garage.
I thought we should have the cooling system flushed while it is in the shop. About 86k miles and it is a early 2005 build. Collant has never been changed as far as I know, my Uncle bought the truck new. Since I am 300 miles away I cannot go to the shop and talk to them.
Question...do we need to tell the dealership how to flush a 6.0 or will they "know"? Use VC9? Replace coolant with what? (Ford Gold?). I need some guidance so my father can talk to the shop...
Many thanks...
Chris
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Honestly if the spread is fine now, I would do a dump and fill. Flushing may plug a now working cooler. Go for a coolant filter kit too. I would switch to cat elc1 rated coolant.
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From: Saratoga Springs,UT
HAHAHA you got that right LMAO!!!!
I agree with these guys DONT Pay for a Cooling system Flush
95% of the time a shop wont do it the way some of these trucks need to be flushed they spill n fill and call that Good
ANd if they did flush it the way it needs to be done you would have a $600.00 Bill for a cooling system flush
Below is a GREAT PDF on how to flush it
http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...%20Flush%20PDF
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Exactly Benny!!!! We are at about $630 parts n labor for a proper flush, parts n labor. Btw,, labor is $400,,, but I try and get everyone to do it themselves. It's be nice to pull a truck in and get right to work. I've been thinking about adding another hundred to the labor cost. It's one of those things that I price not to sell. But I keep selling it.
This is a pic of one of those flushes. I've spent almost 2 days before flushing. I need a still at the shop. Lol
This is a pic of one of those flushes. I've spent almost 2 days before flushing. I need a still at the shop. Lol
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Exactly Benny!!!! We are at about $630 parts n labor for a proper flush, parts n labor. Btw,, labor is $400,,, but I try and get everyone to do it themselves. It's be nice to pull a truck in and get right to work. I've been thinking about adding another hundred to the labor cost. It's one of those things that I price not to sell. But I keep selling it.
This is a pic of one of those flushes. I've spent almost 2 days before flushing. I need a still at the shop. Lol
This is a pic of one of those flushes. I've spent almost 2 days before flushing. I need a still at the shop. Lol
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