What coolant should I use after doing my egr and oil cooler?

 

Ford gold is fine or any other Extended Life Coolant...need someone to chime in on what chemical it should be based on. I know one of them is no good for these but i cant remember which

 

chemical flush it with vc9 or restore and put ec-1 rated ELC coolant in and you will be set

 

Do I have to take the starter off to do the coolant??

 

A few weeks ago we had a long discussion on coolant look for a thread by mdub "coolant discussion"

No you don't need to take the starter off. There are two drain plugs on the block. Removing one will suffice.

In a thread by me "what coolant to use" at the end is a link to the most discriptive write up ive ever seen on how to properly flush it

Me personally I'm a huge advocator of delo elc concentrate rotella elc concentrate, fleetguard elc concentrate, and catipillar elc concentrate. I have no faith in Ford gold or zurex being as the proof I've seen of them clogging the oil cooler and the egr cooler due to the silicate goo they leave.

Things you will need:
4 gallons of elc concentrate (your choice brand)
28-35 gallons of distilled water (for flushing)
4 galons of distilled water (to mix with elc concentrate)
Fleetguard restore
Flrreguard restore plus or 2qt of Ford vc-9
Thermostat (optional)

 

Well i have nearly got everything i need Got egr kit got oil cooler got inteak gaskets, coolant filter, recon cab lights just have to get the coolant and the oil and filters. thanks alotof freaking water to have to buy!!!

 

i paid like 60 cents a gallon at wallyworld so it comes out being prob the cheapest part haha

you dont have to do it that way though its just what ive been recommended and from what ive heard its a long process which is why ive been putting it off haha im supposed to do it tomorrow but then again i was supposed to do it today haha

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how many miles are on the coolant thats in there right now?

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here is the link i was talking about hope it helps

http://home.comcast.net/~lyon.family...ush%20v1-0.pdf

 

I only have maybe 5k miles on it. I had it flushed not to long ago and got ford gold in it now

 

i am flushing my 2005 today

the coolant was green

pulled the bottom hose and drained

put hose back on and put the Ford vc9 in (two bottles) topped up with distil water

run truck for one hour

removed bottom hose

filled up with distil water

run for 20 min

Dump again

put hose on and put in the Cat ELC red coolant in

The Cat coolant sells for 15.89 jug
The Kenworth coolant 10.86 jug

The Cat dealer told me the fluid is made by same manufacture ( different label)

go accross the street and get it there...he even phoned over at the desk to get me the discount

Nice

 

cat-1 ELC and if you want to drain everthing out yes you will need to remove the starter. i just flush 2-3 times after i flush everthing with distiled water and pull the driverside plug out. and then fill with 100% antifeese to get my 5050 i think the passanger side of the block holds about 1 1/2 gal.