Well I did it, my truck is no longer stock as a rock. I put my first modification on my truck.........































A coolant filter. I drained and flushed my cooling system, installed a coolant filter kit from the Dieselsite and refilled the cooling system with a 50-50 mix of the gold anti-freeze and distilled water.

wow goose that doesn't void the warranty does it? ROTFLMAO Hold me back!

Only good can come from that mod. Any dealer tech saying contrary, isn't much of a tech.

Jeff has had good luck with his.

Blue Goose said:

Well I did it, my truck is no longer stock as a rock. I put my first modification on my truck.........
A coolant filter. I drained and flushed my cooling system, installed a coolant filter kit from the Dieselsite and refilled the cooling system with a 50-50 mix of the gold anti-freeze and distilled water.

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Just make sure you Do Not put a Dieselsite sticker in your window, that is the surest way to have your local tech & FMC void the warranty.

Right Vince?

Them stickers are mucho taboo!........HAH!

blacksnapon said:

Them stickers are mucho taboo!........HAH!

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ROFLMAO

Yep stickers in the window result in

IIRC on the 08 SD you have to sign a statement at time of purchase that advises the customer that window stickers void the warranty.

Whoa Goose try to restrain yourself! Next thing you know you'll be changing the wiper blades yourself

Skandocious said:

Whoa Goose try to restrain yourself! Next thing you know you'll be changing the wiper blades yourself

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Ahem......how did you know what I was doing tomorrow??

Next up- water and meth injection!

surewhynot said:

Next up- water and meth injection!

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Hyeah, and I'm gonna dropa v12 in my truck

Goose, mine plugged up after only 4500 miles. Right after she blew. Hmmmm, shoulda cut it open, might have found that missing piston. ROFL

I think NASA is tracking that missing piston.

6L PWR said:

Goose, mine plugged up after only 4500 miles.

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Are you serious? I wonder how soon I should change the first filter?

Blue Goose said:

Are you serious? I wonder how soon I should change the first filter?

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Yes, I'm serious. It didn't take long at all to plug the first one.

I think that first one will go pretty quickly, then less as time goes by.

Well, it's 5,000 miles since I installed the coolant filter so I changed it and cut it open today just to see what I might find. While there was some, it actually pleasantly surprised me how little sand was in there.

Blue Goose said:

Well, it's 5,000 miles since I installed the coolant filter so I changed it and cut it open today just to see what I might find. While there was some, it actually pleasantly surprised me how little sand was in there.

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See Vince there wasn't much casting sand.

Blue Goose said:

Well, it's 5,000 miles since I installed the coolant filter so I changed it and cut it open today just to see what I might find. While there was some, it actually pleasantly surprised me how little sand was in there.

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I'm a bit surprised too. My first two plugged up very quickly!!

I hope it didn't sound like I was re-thinking the need for a coolant filter, I'm not. I had flushed the system prior to installing the filter and thought from the beginning that I would do a check of the first filter at 5,000 miles. The next filter will remain in place for some time.

Some sand or debris came out of the filter canister when I emptied it on a clean white paper shop towel. When I cut it open there was some sand in the open canister and you couldn't see but could feel some grit in the pleats of the filter fabric.