Another puke thread

[SaNnDnSurF]

My coolant temp is gettin that high

 

[Irontx]

My coolant temp is gettin that high

Its getting that high just driving normal??????

 

[SaNnDnSurF]

No that's with gettin on it

 

[Mdub707]

Fan does not fully engage until around 225-230

Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking. It will partially engage before this, but it will fully engage around 230.

 

[Arctic Fox]

Best thing to do is get some of the coolant test strips that show exhaust gas in the coolant. You can get them at NAPA.

Does anyone know what the NAPA part number is?
My NAPA dealer counter guy has no idea what I'm talking about.

 

[Mwilbur516]

I can look on my bottle and maybe find a number.

 

[Mwilbur516]

If anybody needs some let me know. I've got several and they won't all get used, so I'd be happy to send some out if needed.

 

[Irontx]

I just got the liquid kit. Works easy enough.

 

[Arctic Fox]

If anybody needs some let me know. I've got several and they won't all get used, so I'd be happy to send some out if needed.

PM sent

 

[SaNnDnSurF]

Checked it today with a gauge went over 15psi easy

 

[SaNnDnSurF]

well Im dropping the truck off again tomorrow with the mechanic, hoping he is willing to redo the hg's without additional costs, I'll keep yall updated

 

[Mwilbur516]

best of luck man

 

[SaNnDnSurF]

Ok the hg's are getting re-done free of charge (finally) definitely getting them magnafluxed this time anything else I should do differently so I dont go through this mess again?

 

[Mwilbur516]

Machine those bitches flat

 

[Mwilbur516]

Any reason given for the failure?

 

[SaNnDnSurF]

Not yet that's Wat I'm tryin to figure out I'm thinkin cracked heads

 

[Chris]

take them to duffin engine. no matter what he says, checks out, tells you is good or no good, pick them up and take them to duffin. Tell Russell or Bob you want the treatment Truck Source uses on their 6.0 heads. magnaflux, pressure and vacuum test, and surface. They have the correct machine that feeds slow and has the tooling to cut the correct surface. Also, use the ford gaskets, no black onyx nothing. also make sure he uses the new arp lube and torque to arps specs. he also needs to be cleaning the block sufficiently, paying careful attention to the fire ring area.

This is what it takes to have it done correctly. anything else and youll be doing it again.

 

[Mwilbur516]

Yes, make sure you machine them even if you buy new heads from Ford or anyone else for that matter.

 

[SaNnDnSurF]

take them to duffin engine. no matter what he says, checks out, tells you is good or no good, pick them up and take them to duffin. Tell Russell or Bob you want the treatment Truck Source uses on their 6.0 heads. magnaflux, pressure and vacuum test, and surface. They have the correct machine that feeds slow and has the tooling to cut the correct surface. Also, use the ford gaskets, no black onyx nothing. also make sure he uses the new arp lube and torque to arps specs. he also needs to be cleaning the block sufficiently, paying careful attention to the fire ring area.

This is what it takes to have it done correctly. anything else and youll be doing it again.

Thanks for the advice chris, the mechanic called me this morning and said both gaskets were blown, I called duffin machine and I'll be taking them over there, they also said to bring the old gaskets so they could see what's going on.

 

[SaNnDnSurF]

Alright the machine shop called today and there were no cracks thank god, he did mill the heads and said they were a bit out of spec but not that bad. Now I'm just trying to make sure this doesn't happen again we replaced the fan clutch and the radiator as well because it was causing the overheat issue. Also found out that the hg's I used first time were black onyx not ford :doh: so I'm wondering if the overheating/ black onyx hg's could have caused them to go again.