coolant

89 Stroker · Oct 19, 2015

what coolant do u guys run? just bought this guy today, gonna put some Rotella 5W40 in it first thing and am thinking of doing a coolant flush, whats a good coolant?

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lincolnlocker · Oct 19, 2015

please dont put rotella anything in it.. being in socal, run a better 15-40 like chevron delo or valvoline premium blue.. coolant, regular green is fine.. change it every 2years and flush it out..

live life full throttle

89 Stroker · Oct 19, 2015

now what about the Valvoline blue extreme synthetic?

rusty1161 · Oct 19, 2015

Schaeffer 7000 15w40.

Rusty

old man dave · Oct 21, 2015

lincolnlocker said:
please dont put rotella anything in it.. being in socal, run a better 15-40 like chevron delo or valvoline premium blue.. coolant, regular green is fine.. change it every 2years and flush it out..

live life full throttle

I thought it was supposed to be a low silicate anti-freeze labeled as such, not the plain old green stuff.

Add the FW-16 yourself.

89 Stroker · Oct 25, 2015

onto another question

with this new to me truck, the major mods it has is stage 1.5 Full force injectors, PHP tuner , tymar intake, E fuel, banks down pipe ect, with that being said what kind of power gain am i looking at? seller said the tranny was rebuilt with a heavy duty torque converter and that's about it, and what could possibly break on this thing if ran too hard?

Magnum PD · Oct 25, 2015

350 maybe?

Should be ok on drive train.

89 Stroker · Oct 25, 2015

Magnum PD said:
350 maybe?

Should be ok on drive train.

i am by no means big on building HP, bought this truck because even with all the upgrades, it was still the same price as a bone stock one so couldn't pass it up,

only other thing done to the tranny is a bigger pan, the max i tow is less then 5K pounds and it dawned on me today that with the added HP if i am subjected to things breaking.

dmd · Oct 26, 2015

Regular geren coolant is not the right one unless you are after cavitation. Need
low silicant and add the ford coolant additive to the proper level. Either that or
use the ford gold coolant and be done with it.

Rotella should work, but my truck seems to burn it at a fast rate. Delo it what t seems to like and only have to add a
quart between oil changes to keep it in the center of the hash lines. If I fill to the top of the hash the top quart will be gone
in 100 miles.