No Explode build

6leakertweeker · May 10, 2012

No studs?

+1 on the regulated return.

sickslow · May 10, 2012

6leakertweeker said:
No studs?

+1 on the regulated return.

No money for studs. I am a broke college student! lol

bigdirty · May 10, 2012

have a friend to help install the new up-pipe.

sickslow · May 10, 2012

Got lucky and found some fleetguard restore tonight

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strokin6L · May 11, 2012

good deal glad you found some. The flush will take a whole day(from morning till night) to do.

faster6.0 · May 11, 2012

Weve got 6.0 RR's in stock, 399 to your door psa price only!

sickslow · May 11, 2012

Dozers Diesel said:
Weve got 6.0 RR's in stock, 399 to your door psa price only!

Thats a steal! But honestly i cant afford that right now. I will for sure order a regulated return from you when i do studs but thats next summers plan unless the hg's blow before then!

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sickslow · May 11, 2012

Well im halfway through the flush and i am very glad i got the restore. After flushing two times the water drained clear. I added fleetguard restore and topped it off with distilled and ran it an hour....what came out looked very milky. I pulled the lower radiator hose and about a quart of snot looking stuff poured out. That stuff really works. Im on the vc-9 step now.

One question i have is that im only able to add about 3.75 gallons after each drain maybe 4 gallons at most. Im pulling the lower hose, drain plug and drivers side block plug. Is this normal?

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strokin6L · May 11, 2012

glad it's going good for ya man. That's why i said it wouldn't even be worth doing if you didn't have the restore.

sickslow · May 12, 2012

Rebuilt oil cooler, cleaned turbo and installed new fuel spring kit last night. Now all i have left is assembling it and hoping that i can get all the electrical connections together.

When i pulled the turbo off yesterday it was missing a bolt in the compressor housing (which we found in the valley, and only had 1 out of three mounting bolts ....

Also the old oil cooler that i pulled out has holes machined all over the top of it and the stock one doesnt. I think i saw somewhere that this was an upgraded one. Am i right?

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sickslow · May 14, 2012

Got it all buttoned up Saturday night. I was surprised that I completed the whole project in 2 days. Everything went smooth other than forgetting to tighten the clamp from the intake elbow to the intercooler piping. I t took about 10 minutes to get the truck to crank and i was getting nervous by the end. It runs amazing now though. My vanes were sticking bad when i took it apart. the truck spools much nicer when pulling out and it runs about 3 or 4 lbs higher at highway speeds. Coolant and oil temp are about 5 degrees apart. Highest delta i have seen was 7 degrees so far. Old oil cooler screen was torn as expected.
One question i had was that i had to add about a quart and a half of oil more than a normal oil change. Is this normal? I think its because i scooped/suctioned all the oil out of the valley of the engine where the cooler sits. By the way the truck seems to like the valvoline premium blue a little better than the rotella that i have been running.

Thanks for all the help and advice!

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7.3 rocket · May 14, 2012

I believe that sucking out the oil cooler reservoir was what took your extra quart and a half and also what gave you a tough time starting the truck.

Another time try adding a bit of oil to the filter housing before installing a filter or filling the crank case then fill the crank case to its normal level. I bet you'll see an easier start than you had.