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Coolant Help
I am on a fresh rebuild thanks to the help of the fellows on this site 2003 6.0 with 200,000(studs, oem gaskets, water pump, radiator, power steering pump and gear box, new heads, hpop, and a whole lot else). I went to my truck today to check the oil and found something alarming. My degas bottle looked dark and I opened the lid and it looked like pepto bismol and was a little low. I was unable to flush my coolant system before the rebuild so I did it right afterwards. I converted the truck to red ELC and put on a coolant filter. I have not had any issues since rebuild, around 5000 miles. I am running a SCT tuner and have not towed anything. My temps have never got above 230 eot and 220 coolant and that's when it was 100 the other day in texas. I attached a picture of my coolant filter I just cut in half to show you what this stuff looks like. The little black specs are sediment which I am sure are from the cooling system that the previous owner completely neglected. My oil level was the same it has always been. Any thoughts...I am at a loss.
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Just elc as I have done everything to the truck since I did the rebuild
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That filter sure looks milky more like a head gasket failure, the Trans cooler would be more of red coolant less thick almost like coolaid. How's the Oil look
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I checked the transmission fluid and it is not low, oil at right level. I have no idea what the deal is. I tried finding fittings I could screw into the transmission cooler but couldn't find anything with that thread pattern. I sure hope its not head gaskets.
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