This is an awsome thread and I will definitely do the mod(added to the list). But to justify to her highness,what am I gonna save on a water pump??

 

You filter you oil to remove abrasive dirt and particles... so why not your coolant? Tell your wife your just saving your motor.

It allows for better cooling and better coolant flow.

It reduces the abrasive particles that ruin the seals in your water pump.... and I think a waterpump for the 6.0L is $200.00 (but that is a guess only).

Again... for the same reasons you filter the air, oil and tranny.... why not the coolant that flows in/around your motor.

Tell her it is her christmas gift (ya right)!!!!!

 

Tell her it is her christmas gift (ya right)!!!!![/QUOTE]

Then what am I gonna do with that sweet new snow blower I got for her???

 

Then what am I gonna do with that sweet new snow blower I got for her???[/QUOTE]

Park in the garage next to the Harley!!!!

Just buy it... go with out any you know what for a day or two... she'll get over it... you'll do it a few days later and still have the coolant filter installed!!!!!

In the end.... you win with a new coolant filter.

 

tell her that with all that junk removed from the coolant your trucks interior will heat up quicker in the winter.

 

Did my install today. took about 2 hours to do, but i was taking my time and being very careful not to screw it up. I think the instructions were fine. I did drain about a gallon and a half of coolant out of the bottom drain plug in a clean container, and also put in that coolant treatment they sell on that dieselsite also. supposed to stop corrosion and if it's an older truck, it'll help take away the corrosion.

I also removed my intercooler pipe and found it was a lot easier to work on the bigger T install with it gone.

I used a section of the tubing that i had left over, which I sliced long ways on one side and opened up to act as a buffer between the hose and the intercooler pipe when it was reinstalled. i didn't want that hose rubbing too much over time on the pipe and i didn't want to make the hose too long so it interferes with anything else that is around that area.
i still have enough hose to make a longer section should i ever have a problem.

my only mistake was when reinstalling the intercooler pipe, the top clamp didn't seat right from the blue flex tubing to the hard metal pipe and when driving to test it out, the pipe blew off coming up a big hill. i had to drive slowly home to loosen it up and reinstall that part and tighten it up again. scared me at first, thought my turbo went.

glad i did the install. very neat look and great kit. peace of mind, knowing that it was installed with only 1000 miles on the motor. i plan on changing it out at around 5k miles and then probably every 10k after that

 

Finally created my photo gallery. I included some pics of my coolant filter install if anyone's interested in taking a look.

 

Looks like a very good job with great ideas. Thanks for the photos

 

what i noticed that was different in my truck than the one in the pictures is that for the larger T install. i went before the oil fill tube, and they went behind it. i have this inline sensor or something, with a small grey line going to it, not sure what it's for, so i had to put my larger T in front of the oil fill tube, between this sensor and where it goes to the hard black metal tube.

i didn't do the wear points up and over the fan, only where it touches the intercooler tube.
i can easily add them later on.

 

Idid the same and finally got my pic's up as well if you want to see how I did it.

 

The "sensor" is the vacuum controlled coolant shutoff valve for when using a/c. If you had installed the T behind that, you would only get the filtration when the heater is on. I made that mistake, and had to swap locations of the T and the valve which worked out ok anyway.

Dave

 

dapgar, I don't want to reign on your parade, but I see from your sig that you have a 2006 truck. the "stuff" you added to your coolant for corrosion is the stuff for the older 7.3 diesel engines. The 6.0L doesn't need it, and I'm not sure if it will hurt your system or not. This is the same stuff that diesel site sells in those coolant filters with the additive in it. Again, not necessary for our trucks.

I'm sure someone else will chime in on that.

ON edit: if you are referencing this http://www.dieselsite.com/index.asp?...PROD&ProdID=27 then you will be ok. I thought you were refering the required SCA in the older systems
Dave

 

yeah, rmi 125 that's what used. 8 oz. even though our system is over 5 gallons, it's close enough. i'll get 4 treaments out of one big bottle.

maybe over kill for this system but it's cheap peace of mind insurance to know my coolant system is being cared for the best that i know how to.

 

Sometimes not adding anything can be the best thing????

They use synthetic rear-end oil which is great.

They use synthetic Mercon-SP in the transmission which works great.

Ford uses the Premium Gold coolant which works great.

Adding "stuff" and aftermarket fluids is not always "the best care to give". Oil additives and coolant additives dilute and interfer with the "chemistry" of the various fluids and throw off their delicate balance. Oil additives make the oil foam more than just stock oil and coolant additives can interfer with the anti-corresive technology that was designed into them.

Change coolant every 50,000 miles with distilled water and use a coolant filter and you will be 100% god to go. Ever wonder why all the oil lube stuff with teflon and junk have lost favor.... it was due to aggressive marketing and no real proof that it worked.

I know you already added it and I hope it does work.... but will you really know if it doesn't??? The coolant filter will filter out any sediment and the coolant is actually rated for 100,000 miles, but 50,000 is long enough for me.

Enjoy,

 

yeah, i understand, it wasn't horribly expensive and i can put it in other cars. i guess it's supposed to do stuff the filter isn't doing.