coolant filter
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From: lake havasu city az
coolant filter
if you have not done this mod yet you need to bad. i just flushed the system and being courious dumped the filter that i had one for about a month in the mop sink holly s-it lots of gunk !!!!!
all gone now!!
all gone now!!
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From: Lancaster, Pa.
Installed one this past summer and I still have decent flow going into the degass bottle but will be pulling the first filter off to see soon what I caught in it. Pics would have been nice, we like pics.
Yes, it is a good mod, any extra filtration mod is the way to go.
Yes, it is a good mod, any extra filtration mod is the way to go.
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I can't explain why but I got my truck used, well cared for. I flushed the cooling system really well even opened the block drains, put in Rotella ELC and installed a coolant filter. Changed the filter a few months later and cut the old one open, it was clean as a whistle.
Guess I'm just lucky.
Guess I'm just lucky.
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Pop, when you took your filter off, did you let the filter sit and dry out or did you dry it out another method ?? I'm going to be pulling mine soon and can opening it..
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I cut the can open with a huge pipe cutter that I have (leaves no "filings").
I cut a 2-liter soda bottle in half to get an open-top container.
I filled the soda bottle half-full with water.
I submerged the filter element in the water.
Stuck my air compressor's nozzle into the inside of the filter element to "backflush" the element.
Removed the element and let the stuff settle in the water for a couple of days.
Poured off most of the water.
Poured the remainder through a coffee filter and let it all dry for a few days.
Brushed it onto a piece of printer paper for the photo you see.
Pop
I cut a 2-liter soda bottle in half to get an open-top container.
I filled the soda bottle half-full with water.
I submerged the filter element in the water.
Stuck my air compressor's nozzle into the inside of the filter element to "backflush" the element.
Removed the element and let the stuff settle in the water for a couple of days.
Poured off most of the water.
Poured the remainder through a coffee filter and let it all dry for a few days.
Brushed it onto a piece of printer paper for the photo you see.
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I cut a 2-liter soda bottle in half to get an open-top container.
I filled the soda bottle half-full with water.
I submerged the filter element in the water.
Stuck my air compressor's nozzle into the inside of the filter element to "backflush" the element.
Removed the element and let the stuff settle in the water for a couple of days.
Poured off most of the water.
Poured the remainder through a coffee filter and let it all dry for a few days.
Brushed it onto a piece of printer paper for the photo you see.
Pop
now thats dedication!!
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Makes me wonder if my filter did have something in it, I merely cut it open with a cutoff wheel, took a quick look at the element and tossed it.
Was the deposits hard to see before you backflushed it?
Was the deposits hard to see before you backflushed it?
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From: La La Land
kirkharrod,
Looks like you could benefit by having a coolant filter, even with the ELC.
There's still some of that stuff in there eating away at your water-pump seal. You certainly didn't drain it all.
BTW, why DID you drain the ELC?
Pop
Looks like you could benefit by having a coolant filter, even with the ELC.
There's still some of that stuff in there eating away at your water-pump seal. You certainly didn't drain it all.
BTW, why DID you drain the ELC?
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