In June 2020 I purchased a 2013 Ford F350 6.7 diesel and I am the 2nd owner. Not sure of the maintenance schedule that was followed I made a decision to replace the coolant. I have never had a truck like this before and I have been following videos posted by Tom and I have learned so much. However when adding the new coolant I did not know that I had to add directly to the degas bottle. I was really stumped and then remembered at the beginning of all Tom's videos he gives his phone and email. The day before Thanksgiving I called him and to my surprise he answered on the second ring, he easily figured out where I went wrong and also gave me much additional information specific to my model and year to help me further make sure that it is up to it's maintenance schedule. To someone like me with very little mechanical background it was very comforting to have a resource like Tom. What a great guy.

Engine serial#'s are the only real accurate way to know when those changes were made for correct type coolant to use on 7.3's. Big thumbs up! Thank you!!

I never thought it would be such a nightmare just picking out the right coolant, I had a T-stat changed out and when my mechanic gave my Jeep back to me with Dex-cool I almost popped a membrane until I did some research and realized that it was the proper stuff for it! Unbelievable how over-complicated it is.

love to watch a guy that knows his stuff. thanks Bill.

Dr Phil says Lubrication Specialists are happily married !!!!

finaly someone answered all my coolant questions. good video and info

Ive been trying to figure out what im actually supposed to use, this was exactly what I was looking for, Thanks

We live in the middle of AZ: both 27 degree lows & 100 degree highs through the year. We bought a F250 6.0 L truck used (10 months ago), and have been using ethylene glycol coolant in the truck. Today, we FLUSHED the system and switch over to Motorcraft Gold. Thanks!

Awesome video thank you so much!

great Video!! i am, in the middle of this very thing right now... im working on a T-444E manufactured in August of 99 .. I was just about to install FinalCharge Global into my engine which is a Non 2EH OAT coolant... i think im going to go look at a p[olyorganic instead.. my Bus is completely apart and getting flushed ... perfect time to switch over! thanks for the VID

lubrication what now? lmao! Bill, you the man! Love all your stuff.

Holy piss Bill great video but man my head is hurting now. I just did a complete overhaul on my cooling system, all new stuff hoses, water pump, thermostat even a brand new radiator. I flushed the system with distilled water and am running a elc coolant I bought from tractor supply. So far everything is good and my coolant is red in color.

Hey Bill,Just checking in with a quick question. What will changing over to the new poly organic coolant & service intervals do to my Lifetime Dealer proof warranty? Ya know I'm a sucker when it comes to Amsoil products.

The question still remains. Gold vs ELC. Bill, do you still use Ford Gold? Or have you switched to another brand?

Have to do this again now they added yellow coolant. But i did find my 02 7.3 called for gold.

No joke about coolant being overcomplicated. I never knew this until my first flush early this year.

Does it matter if you put green coolant in to a 7.3 that came factory with gold coolant?

Tom: Have been using John Deere pre mixed Cool Gard II ( Tri Organic hybrid additve) in my 1991 7.3 IDI for several years now. No ill effects so far. What is your opinion on this coolant or the Zerex G-05 HOAT for the IDI. I have Cummins and John Deere equipment so there is lots of this coolant handy. Thoughts?

Great explanation to a complicated topic. All these different coolant types are ridiculous, wouldn't be an easier world to live in if ALL systems could use 1 or 2 coolants, including different model brands of gas engines.

The new 6.7 powerstroke 2019 and up are using yellow coolant and i dont even know what to test for in it. It has no molybdate or nitrate right out of the jug.

Never ran anything but straight tap water in the radiator and straight 30 weight Walmart-brand conventional in my 95 Escort. I could drive for about 40 minutes before the check engine light would come on. Used to drive it to the casino in the morning, gamble up to $500, cash in, then buy scotch and high risk investments. Never wore underwear. I would wake up and not even care what day of the week or date it was. Those were the best years of my life, but I just can't be that guy anymore.

very informative thank you

I want to change over to one of the poly organic coolants. Can you give me the names of some that can be easily found? Would the CAT elc be one or not? Thanks! Kevin

I guess this may be a dumb question....what brand coolant is the Poly Organic formula? I’ve searched the googles high and low, nothing is specifying anything other than glycol formulas...

I use 50/50 water and green anti freeze in my 7.3 PowerStroke and it works prefect.

Is zerex coolant good for the 6.0 powerstroke?

Why couldn't you use a poly-organic In an old 7.3L?

Bill I've been running the caterpillar red coolant for the past 5 years has no glycol in it what are your thoughts on that

What color is the poly organic?

I buy Peak antifreeze coolants today here in Scandinavia, for my 2000 Excursion 7.3. Change everything and flush it. Is that a good coolants for that engine???? Thanks for answear😊

I just went with Peak Global 50/50 and a new stant 16 lb cap

CRAP, I have never changed my coolant on my '94 turbo diesel. I've put 225,000 on it. Maybe I should give her a good ol flush and put new fluid in her!

I have a 1996 Ford F-250 7.3, I have only had the truck for a little while but I have not done a coolant flush on it yet and would like to. I would like to use all Motorcraft products just to be save. When would I just the Flush VC-1 and the Iron Cleaner VC-9? What are the steps and procedures. Thanks for the video!

“Certified Lubrication Specialist” he says. I happen to be a certified master pipeoligist.

I noticed on the amsoil website there is only the 50/50 premix available. You need straight concentrated coolant to properly change the coolant in a powerstroke 6.0 liter (after flushing completely with distilled water).

so for my 2002 7.3...i should use Gold??

Do polyorganic coolants require periodic additives to reach 150K service interval or is filtration enough or is filtration still necessary with polyorganic coolant? I would guess so to reach service interval but how often will filter require change?

What about fleet guard restore?

Simple question -- when you bullet proof a 1999.5 7.3 that currently has "green" coolant. What is the procedure for optimal results? The trucks spend a lot of time in hot conditions (desert), long tows, etc. This video raised more questions than provided answers.

Cool

It's been 6 years, do you still endorse the polyorganic coolants?

Have you ever seen a auxiliary water pump on a 2011 f350 6.7l go out? What is that like

Where do you find that serial number on the 7.3 engine to determine which engine I have

so wait, do I need to add vc-8 to my gold on a 6.0?

I have a headache. My 7.3 PS. says to flush every 30k. I have the green stuff 50/50 with water. He is right. its freaking confusing!

2002 F350 7.3l, flushed my cooling system out a few months ago and put some orange OAT, extended life coolant to replace whatever was in there. It claims I can go 6 years or 960,000kms and I don't need to add SCAs. After watching this I am confused, am I supposed to add SCAs if I am using said ELC? Since my truck is a 2002, am I OAT compatible or do I use the gold hybrid mix HOAT, IOT/OAT that the 6.0l and 6.4l use? Is HOAT and OAT the same thing?

so are you saying that after a proper flush on my 1996 7.3 Power-stroke, I can use the amsoil Poly Organic and no additives?

Could you tell us what other names are used for "Poly Organic" coolants? When someone is advertising a Synthetic coolant, is that the same thing? Is there a specification number that certifires the product as "Poly Organic"?

What's the best coolant to use for my 2001 f250 ps?

Always Motorcraft Gold in my 2002 7.3L

it is important on any car or truck gas or diesel to use the proper coolant.

So that poly organic fluid dont need sca additive?

I have a 2004 F250 Super Duty with the 5.4L gas engine. Manual calls for gold/yellow coolant but I can find it nowhere. What do you recommend?

Where can I find the engine number?

I saw no where on that chart containing the Ford gold vc7b? what gives there cuz that's what they sell and recommend...am I missing something?

poly organic is also better for the environment by reducing change intervals

Never heard of flushing every 15k on the old IDI I know you have to check your SCA level with test strips every other oil change and add as necessary and flush the coolant closer to 50k. Maybe I'm wrong and I more than likely am but 15k wow. I thought you could test and add rather than flush. I do know cavitation in the cylinder walls were a bad problem because of the failure to use SCAs.

If I owned a 6.4, and saw the 6.0 and 6.7 said to change coolant no later than 45k miles... there's no way I would run coolant to 60k. To me, treat it like a 6.0. I think we can afford a coolant change every 3 years.

I'd rather see a video called "The Best Coolant for your Powerstroke Diesel". We can read the manual to see what Ford recommends. I run CAT1 because my oil cooler is clogged from the previous owner using the "Proper" Ford Gold coolant.

I HAVE A 1999 F 350 7.3 SD EARLY MODEL. IS THE CONVENTIONAL GREEN COOLANT adequate for this model.?? Thanks for any insight.

Where's the 4.5?

6.7 starts at the 11:33 mark!

Man this shit is getting ridiculous

(2001- 7.3) So this may explain why I am only getting about 130K on my water pumps.... Like clock-work, the pump starts leaking, so I flush and put in all new coolant... (@398K now) , guess I need to flush at 15K now... Had this girl since mile 2... no way I will give her up.... she is one tough girl. The first ever Platinum Edition... Just need to be nicer to her now. LOL

Time to update this one for the Yellow Coolant. You have so many postings maybe you already did this. No more Orange is available, and you're supposed to flush the system to make the change over.

All you need is a CAT EC-1 coolant. I use zerex. The red stuff. Available at Napa in 50/50 or concentrate. Been running it for 5 years. No problems. Flush that gold crap out of there

Sooooooooo you mean just call you because you lost me when you said or you can just run this good stuff and your good for 5 years and forget everything I just said👍

Good information. However, you state "miles" but have "k" printed on the whiteboard. Very significant difference between miles and kilometres.

Sorry but I own a 6.0 & I used RED coolant for the past 10 years , never been happier

Well if you ask me this is all a bunch of nonsense. I own and self maintain nine 7.3 powerstrokes, ranging from 99 to 03, from 100k to 500k miles on them, and have always used the cheapest green coolant, along with a Napa addiavite of some sort. Not one of these trucks have EVER given me a cooling problem, and I have NEVER changed ANY of the coolant, I rebuilt the oil colar on the 250 today, which has 270 k on it, and put the same green coolant right back in cause it looked as it was new.

yhats what im talking about what can i use without all the bull shit thanks

Sorry, no amsoil products for me