🔧 BUILD GTPpower's 05 F-350 6.0 PSD

[GTPpower]

Honestly, I love it. It's a pita sometimes, but they are cheap and pull nice.

 

[GTPpower]

Is it normal for the block drains to be insanely tight? I got the driver's side loose, but I really struggled. I can't the the passenger side to move. I pulled off the starter to get a better angle and it looks like the plug is starting to strip out.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Yup. I've had to use air hammer and walk it around

 

[GTPpower]

Damn. Do you think Ford carries new plugs in stock?

 

[DEEZUZ]

Very doubtful.

 

[GTPpower]

Are the fumoto valves something you'd recommend? I might be able to get those at a diesel shop in Omaha.

 

[GTPpower]

Ford can get me new plugs tomorrow morning, so I'm just going to go that route.

 

[DEEZUZ]

I hang fumotos in trucks I'm flushing but I never sell them to customers. I'd def put em in though.

 

[GTPpower]

Got it out. I pounded a 5/16" Allan in there and popped it with the impact. I'm half tempted to weld the socket in there and install it on the driver's side.



What a great day to do an oil cooler.



The coolant looks terrible imo. This is what came out of the radiator. There looks to be tons of rust in it.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Just put the plug in there for now and replace it whenever

 

[DEEZUZ]

I want to see the inside of your hoses. If they are caked with rust

 

[GTPpower]

Yeah that's going to be interesting. I'll post pics when I get that far.

 

[GTPpower]

Dumped in the vc9 and water. Currently running at 1200 rpm. I might kick it up higher in a bit after the oil warms up more.

Here's what it looked like when I pulled the thermostat. I'll have to cut a hose open and grab a pic of that when I get that far.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Need better pictures.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Just take upper off radiator and see what ya see

 

[GTPpower]

It's definitely not clean in the hose. I'll get a pic when I tear it down.

 

[GTPpower]

How long does it take you to flush one of these with vc9? It probably took me 7 hours today to do all the flushing. I got almost nothing else done.

Antifreeze drained into left bucket. Vc9 flush in the right. The vc9 is noticably darker. ( Black)



Finally got it pulled inside the garage after I finished all the flushing. My garage is 23.5' deep, so I would have no room to work if I pulled it in all the way. So I left it sticking out and taped it up with plastic.



Here is the upper radiator hose. I cut a section out of it. There is a noticable sediment buildup in it. A magnet doesn't appear to do much with it though.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Well. No wonder why you're going through oil coolers.

 

[DEEZUZ]

That shits no longer magnetic lmao

 

[DEEZUZ]

My God man. Did the place that did the gaskets not change all the hoses?

Ugh...

OK pull your block drains and look inside of the block. Tell me what you see...

 

[GTPpower]

Yeah they didn't change any hoses. I'm wondering how good of a job they did flushing it out now that I see this.

Inside the block looks cleaner. It's definitely red, but it doesn't look like it's built up gunk like that.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Jesus. Every hose needs to be changed. The heat core hoses, the degas hoses, I'd even change the heater core, that shit will be chipping off for ever.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Also when your flushing, along with radiator drain, disconnect the lower hose at the radiator. The shit you'll get in there is all the gunk. It's a pretty healthy burp too so be careful.

Vc9 is obviously working but your system is too much for it. Change all the hoses, heater core, etc then you're back to flushing unfortunately.

You need a t30 ball socket to remove the rear oil cooler cap. Then you can jam a hose in there and back flush oil cooler, with lower hose disconnected.

 

[GTPpower]

Hopefully the auto parts stores will have the rest of the hoses. I only ordered the upper, lower, and the hose going into the bottom of the degas bottle. I'm not going to backflush it, I'm going with a new cooler.

 

[DEEZUZ]

They won't have the one that bolts to the firewall. But probably the y piece and the outlet hose with heater valve.

This sucks, I hope this isn't your only vehicle