I decide to change the coolant filter on one of my Ford SuperDuty trucks. This truck has a 7.3L PowerStroke with about 59,000 miles on it. The coolant filter was run for just over 4500 miles. I don't expect to see this volume of sand and gravel for more than another filter change, this is the second filter change and I got about the same amount of junk out of the first one.
I put a non charged filter on this time as when I tested the coolant I was on the high side of the SCA levels. I figured this would happen as the filter is meant for a much larger cooling system. I plan on swapping filter types at my 6th month change interval, that should keep the SCA levels right where they should be.
The pictures are on webshots:
http://community.webshots.com/album/559207248hEDOFQ
I put a non charged filter on this time as when I tested the coolant I was on the high side of the SCA levels. I figured this would happen as the filter is meant for a much larger cooling system. I plan on swapping filter types at my 6th month change interval, that should keep the SCA levels right where they should be.
The pictures are on webshots:
http://community.webshots.com/album/559207248hEDOFQ