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Old Nov 25, 2017 | 10:05 AM
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Hello everyone. I just joined the 6.7 club a few weeks ago with a 2012 f350. Wondering if anyone is running any coolants other than the motorcraft orange? I have lots of coolant already on my shop shelves and really temped to just pour some cat ec1 in there. What are you guys running?
 
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Old Nov 25, 2017 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by TooHuge
Hello everyone. I just joined the 6.7 club a few weeks ago with a 2012 f350. Wondering if anyone is running any coolants other than the motorcraft orange? I have lots of coolant already on my shop shelves and really temped to just pour some cat ec1 in there. What are you guys running?
With the huge repair costs on these engines, the proper Motorcraft coolant gets pretty cheap!!
 
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Old Nov 25, 2017 | 05:52 PM
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I would not mix coolants of different colors with the Orange ELC. You can use coolants that meet Ford requirements such as DEXCool or others.

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Originally Posted by TooHuge
Hello everyone. I just joined the 6.7 club a few weeks ago with a 2012 f350. Wondering if anyone is running any coolants other than the motorcraft orange? I have lots of coolant already on my shop shelves and really temped to just pour some cat ec1 in there. What are you guys running?
been running Rotella ELC in mine for a couple years now..no problems..my two 6.9 IDI trucks also run the Rotella ELC as well..
 
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Old Nov 27, 2017 | 04:38 PM
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been running Rotella ELC in mine for a couple years now..no problems..my two 6.9 IDI trucks also run the Rotella ELC as well..
There's a difference between running it and mixing it.
 
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Without a complete flush, I wouldn't mix anything.
These motors are finicky about coolant.
 
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