Follow me on Facebook! / truckstuff.trey This video will run through the procedure to install a coolant filter kit from Diesel Site. ********** Perform all work at your own risk. Always take appropriate safety precautions.
@ 2:25 it looks like it is sitting on the radiator top crimps, I realize it has some room when you tighten everything down, but I was thinking with the lovely roads and the weight of a full filter on that bracket it will be bouncing and moving, I would put some rubber under the mount to protect the radiator.
I installed one from Riffraff along with a coolant flush and new coolant. The Donaldson filter stopped completely up the first week, the second one made it a month and now I go a year. The first 2 filers were completely full of sand and rust. My 2000 7.3 has 200k miles and the original water pump
If you're using the older gold or green coolant that could be expected. If you're using red coolant and this is happening you might want to investigate
You might want to put some rubber under the mount so it doesn't rub on the radiator, I would also move the hose clamp so it is not rubbing on the upper hose @ 5:38. Other then that it looks like a good kit. If I had your cooling issues i would put one on my truck too.
Trey, do you think adding a kit like this would catch all the crap that normally settles inside the engine? I'm just wondering if a kit like this can prevent rust buildup that needs to be flushed out of the engine (removing engine drain plugs). I'd do this just to avoid all the work associated with a through engine flush procedure, since a filter change and draining coolant is so much easier. Thoughts?
