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Also, last year I replaced every coolant hose, along with an OEM expansion tank, bought directly from the local Ford dealer. Have had some pretty junky aftermarket plastic tanks fail on my customer's cars and have learned that OEM is usually better. Not in this case. After two tanks soaked the passenger battery with fresh Motorcraft coolant, I bought an aftermarket tank from a local supplier and it's been reliable.
I always cringe when someone is changing out a well sealed tank because it looks bad. Oh I get it and agree, but we just see the replacements fail so often. I just hope they save the original as a backup.
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No kidding. What seals the sight glass to the bottle? An o-ring? Or is it pipe threaded?
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The other guys may have a different opinion. Wonder what SSJ thinks?
And yes, it’s always scary to say something is good! Sometimes it feels like an automatic invitation for problems.
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I replaced my OEM degas bottle with a prettier version, but that was on November 7, 2014. Which I seem to have been lucky and purchased one prior to the quality falling off the cliff down into the abyss of despair.
So far so good...
So far so good...
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Oops, I wasn’t (intentionally) referring to you… Guess I should read further up threads before posting.
The other guys may have a different opinion. Wonder what SSJ thinks?
And yes, it’s always scary to say something is good! Sometimes it feels like an automatic invitation for problems.
The other guys may have a different opinion. Wonder what SSJ thinks?
And yes, it’s always scary to say something is good! Sometimes it feels like an automatic invitation for problems.
I know a couple people running the $125 ones and they seem to be doing just fine. I suspect the Rudy’s version is the same thing as well as the other vendors who market ‘cheap junk’ and put their label on it.
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Thanks SSJ. My question was more about your opinion on changing out a good (but dirty) tank. Do you recommend running the OEM to failure or going the new lifetime warranty route preemptively?
I also wonder about the caps. Many times folks replace the cap at the same time. Is it possible there’s an overpressure issue with the replacement caps which are helping to push the new tanks to failure?
I also wonder about the caps. Many times folks replace the cap at the same time. Is it possible there’s an overpressure issue with the replacement caps which are helping to push the new tanks to failure?
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Thanks SSJ. My question was more about your opinion on changing out a good (but dirty) tank. Do you recommend running the OEM to failure or going the new lifetime warranty route preemptively?
I also wonder about the caps. Many times folks replace the cap at the same time. Is it possible there’s an overpressure issue with the replacement caps which are helping to push the new tanks to failure?
I also wonder about the caps. Many times folks replace the cap at the same time. Is it possible there’s an overpressure issue with the replacement caps which are helping to push the new tanks to failure?
A degas bottle is either on the shelf or available next day at every autoparts in the country and can be changed out with a 5gal bucket, an 8mm socket/driver and a pair of pliers in 20min in a parking lot.
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https://www.albanycountyfasteners.co...-and-aluminum/
This is supposedly the best stuff for this application.
https://www.vallen.com/p/ultra-safet...t-pf3jpa50hgn1
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Galvanic corrosion may be the reason it started leaking.
https://www.albanycountyfasteners.co...-and-aluminum/
This is supposedly the best stuff for this application.
https://www.vallen.com/p/ultra-safet...t-pf3jpa50hgn1
https://www.albanycountyfasteners.co...-and-aluminum/
This is supposedly the best stuff for this application.
https://www.vallen.com/p/ultra-safet...t-pf3jpa50hgn1
May need a cathodic protection system?? Lol. The plastic tank seems like a much simpler ‘solution’.
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It's me again......I got the 7.3 back together last Sunday and got her fired up!!!! But she ran R A G G E D!!!!!!!! I knew she was going to though.I let it run for about three minutes and noticed oil dripping again. Got under the truck and saw that it was coming from the front of the oil cooler where it connects to the front cover. I pulled it off today and didn't see anything wrong with the gasket. Any suggestions??????
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It's me again......I got the 7.3 back together last Sunday and got her fired up!!!! But she ran R A G G E D!!!!!!!! I knew she was going to though.I let it run for about three minutes and noticed oil dripping again. Got under the truck and saw that it was coming from the front of the oil cooler where it connects to the front cover. I pulled it off today and didn't see anything wrong with the gasket. Any suggestions??????
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If the leak was between the cap and the mounting surface on the engine, the gasket has to be at fault in some way. If the leak was between the cap and tube, Kwikkordead has you pointed in the right direction.
I forget... Did you use OEM gaskets from a reputable source like Diesel O Rings, Riffraff or Bitterroot Diesel?
I forget... Did you use OEM gaskets from a reputable source like Diesel O Rings, Riffraff or Bitterroot Diesel?
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I don't remember where I got the gaskets because I have ordered every single part on the NET because of where I live.....But this time I know I ordered them from RiffRaff Diesel!! I will install them today. I am cconfused because the first time I installed the cooler I used Permatex High Tack Gasket Sealant on one side of the gasket to hold the gasket in place while I installed it and it leaked. I removed it and put the sealant on both sides of the gasket and still a leak?????