2005 F 250 Super Duty Question...Long Ramble
Greeting All! I have a '05 F 250 Diesel that has always been serviced, checked, and kept up, and currently runs and sounds great. In April '15, we were coming home from Georgia to East Texas, and in T...
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Get that Ford Gold coolant out of there, it is a large cause of many oil cooler/EGR problems on that 6.0. I'm surprised it went that far before clogging up. The coolant contains silicon (sand), and if the engine gets real hot just once, the goo begins.
I had my oil cooler and EGR cooler changed (also an '05 F250 6.0) at just over 60K miles, and it was clogged up considerably. I got lucky on that one, I noticed a coolant leak from the EGR, and got it in 8 days before my warranty expired. Any good ELC-type coolant will work fine.
The advice above about a coolant filter is spot-on. Easy to install.
I had my oil cooler and EGR cooler changed (also an '05 F250 6.0) at just over 60K miles, and it was clogged up considerably. I got lucky on that one, I noticed a coolant leak from the EGR, and got it in 8 days before my warranty expired. Any good ELC-type coolant will work fine.
The advice above about a coolant filter is spot-on. Easy to install.
