Coolant system maintenance questions
#1
09-07-2010, 02:52 PM
Coolant system maintenance questions
So after finding a small leak, i will be doing some things to my coolant system and am in need of some advice on a few things.
I will be following the procedure i found here.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...ml#post8935201
after reading through the thread above, it seems like the guy has done his homework, so i figured i would go with it.
My plan is this with questions attached:
1. Drain and flush coolant using procedure above
2. Install new 195 degree thermostat
3. Install new Deguass tank
Wheres the cheapest place to buy one?
4. Install coolant filtration kit
Which kit should i go with?
5. Possibly a stock water pump?
Do i need to replace my stock one if i havent had any problems with it? if so, where's the cheapest place to buy this?
6. Replace coolant with ELC
What else should i consider while doing my coolant system maintenance if i missed anything?
I will be following the procedure i found here.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...ml#post8935201
after reading through the thread above, it seems like the guy has done his homework, so i figured i would go with it.
My plan is this with questions attached:
1. Drain and flush coolant using procedure above
2. Install new 195 degree thermostat
3. Install new Deguass tank
Wheres the cheapest place to buy one?
4. Install coolant filtration kit
Which kit should i go with?
5. Possibly a stock water pump?
Do i need to replace my stock one if i havent had any problems with it? if so, where's the cheapest place to buy this?
6. Replace coolant with ELC
What else should i consider while doing my coolant system maintenance if i missed anything?
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09-07-2010, 03:48 PM
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So after finding a small leak, i will be doing some things to my coolant system and am in need of some advice on a few things.
I will be following the procedure i found here.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...ml#post8935201
after reading through the thread above, it seems like the guy has done his homework, so i figured i would go with it.
My plan is this with questions attached:
1. Drain and flush coolant using procedure above
2. Install new 195 degree thermostat
3. Install new Deguass tank
Wheres the cheapest place to buy one?
try napa or oreilys
4. Install coolant filtration kit
Which kit should i go with?
Try dieselsite
5. Possibly a stock water pump?
Do i need to replace my stock one if i havent had any problems with it? if so, where's the cheapest place to buy this?
i wouldnt unless you see a problem
6. Replace coolant with ELC
What else should i consider while doing my coolant system maintenance if i missed anything?
I will be following the procedure i found here.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...ml#post8935201
after reading through the thread above, it seems like the guy has done his homework, so i figured i would go with it.
My plan is this with questions attached:
1. Drain and flush coolant using procedure above
2. Install new 195 degree thermostat
3. Install new Deguass tank
Wheres the cheapest place to buy one?
try napa or oreilys
4. Install coolant filtration kit
Which kit should i go with?
Try dieselsite
5. Possibly a stock water pump?
Do i need to replace my stock one if i havent had any problems with it? if so, where's the cheapest place to buy this?
i wouldnt unless you see a problem
6. Replace coolant with ELC
What else should i consider while doing my coolant system maintenance if i missed anything?
#3
09-07-2010, 05:59 PM
So after finding a small leak, i will be doing some things to my coolant system and am in need of some advice on a few things.
I will be following the procedure i found here.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...ml#post8935201
after reading through the thread above, it seems like the guy has done his homework, so i figured i would go with it.
My plan is this with questions attached:
1. Drain and flush coolant using procedure above
2. Install new 195 degree thermostat
3. Install new Deguass tank
Wheres the cheapest place to buy one?
4. Install coolant filtration kit
Which kit should i go with?
Diesel Site has a good one, and Springer Pop has a link in his signature to building one yourself
5. Possibly a stock water pump?
Do i need to replace my stock one if i havent had any problems with it? if so, where's the cheapest place to buy this?
If you do, give Clay at Riffraff a call, and replace the thermostat housing as well, you can get the thermostat from him as well.
6. Replace coolant with ELC
What else should i consider while doing my coolant system maintenance if i missed anything?
I will be following the procedure i found here.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...ml#post8935201
after reading through the thread above, it seems like the guy has done his homework, so i figured i would go with it.
My plan is this with questions attached:
1. Drain and flush coolant using procedure above
2. Install new 195 degree thermostat
3. Install new Deguass tank
Wheres the cheapest place to buy one?
4. Install coolant filtration kit
Which kit should i go with?
Diesel Site has a good one, and Springer Pop has a link in his signature to building one yourself
5. Possibly a stock water pump?
Do i need to replace my stock one if i havent had any problems with it? if so, where's the cheapest place to buy this?
If you do, give Clay at Riffraff a call, and replace the thermostat housing as well, you can get the thermostat from him as well.
6. Replace coolant with ELC
What else should i consider while doing my coolant system maintenance if i missed anything?
#5
09-07-2010, 07:40 PM
Hi Clay.
After having a cracked block due to not checking my coolant, I highly recommend you do the maintenance. Any maintenance is better than what I did. I thought I put in lifetime coolant. It was a bunch of BS. Now I am building a new shortblock due to the crack in #8 cylinder.
Do the Maintenance!!!
After having a cracked block due to not checking my coolant, I highly recommend you do the maintenance. Any maintenance is better than what I did. I thought I put in lifetime coolant. It was a bunch of BS. Now I am building a new shortblock due to the crack in #8 cylinder.
Do the Maintenance!!!
#6
09-07-2010, 08:54 PM
So after finding a small leak, i will be doing some things to my coolant system and am in need of some advice on a few things.
I will be following the procedure i found here.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...ml#post8935201
after reading through the thread above, it seems like the guy has done his homework, so i figured i would go with it.
I will be following the procedure i found here.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...ml#post8935201
after reading through the thread above, it seems like the guy has done his homework, so i figured i would go with it.
5. Possibly a stock water pump?
Do i need to replace my stock one if i havent had any problems with it? if so, where's the cheapest place to buy this?
Do i need to replace my stock one if i havent had any problems with it? if so, where's the cheapest place to buy this?
Late last year I was gonna flush the coolant from my F250 and change over to an ELC, keeping the same water pump since I'd had zero problems with it, and I only had 12x,xxx miles one her. I didn't have the extra cash, so I kept putting it off. Well, a couple months ago my stock water pump went south, so I had no choice. But if I'd done the change last year and kept the pump, I'd have wasted a lot of money on ELC because of having to change the pump this year.
Hi Clay.
After having a cracked block due to not checking my coolant, I highly recommend you do the maintenance. Any maintenance is better than what I did. I thought I put in lifetime coolant. It was a bunch of BS. Now I am building a new shortblock due to the crack in #8 cylinder.
Do the Maintenance!!!
After having a cracked block due to not checking my coolant, I highly recommend you do the maintenance. Any maintenance is better than what I did. I thought I put in lifetime coolant. It was a bunch of BS. Now I am building a new shortblock due to the crack in #8 cylinder.
Do the Maintenance!!!
Stewart
#7
09-07-2010, 08:59 PM
Evans. According to the Evans site, the NPG+ is supposed to be 500k mile coolant. I ran it for about 120k and ended up with thin walls on #7 and #8 and a nice vertical crack on #8 cylinder wall which allows coolant into the cylinder and oil pan.
And since I did not do Spectrometer tests on the coolant to verify no water intrusion, they will not cover it.
So now I have a new to me block and will be building it up.
And you know this was on FDP because....?????
And since I did not do Spectrometer tests on the coolant to verify no water intrusion, they will not cover it.
So now I have a new to me block and will be building it up.
And you know this was on FDP because....?????
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