Davco 382 into a coolant filter?

Anyone ever turn a davco into a coolant filter? My recently purchased 12.7l doesn't have a coolant filter and I just changed the air compressor and water pump and the coolant was pretty scummy and gritty. I don't know the history of the coolant so I am switching it out to rotella oat elc, it is orange that is compatible with red so shouldn't be any issue going to red. Anyways I was wondering if you can turn the davco into a coolant filter? I have an extra one laying around, I figure it shouldn't be that much different that using it as a fuel filter? Not sure if I am missing something or not. Otherwise I will just order some generic remote filter mount for a coolant filter.

 

You can do all sorts of different micron ratings. For fuel I typically run a 7 but I believe I can go up to 25 micron. I am basically flushing it twice. So it should be pretty clean at that point. I didn't have the right coolant on hand. I accidentally bought NOAT at the store and I wanted OAT. So I ran this coolant through some filters a few times to help clean it up some. Planning to flush it out next week again and thinking about a filter of some kind.

 

I found a really nice kit. Not for this truck but I can make it work for $150. Most likely going to throw that on.

 

I wish I was near scrap yards. Nearest one is four hours. I miss getting tons of parts from scrap yards. They kit I found comes with all the stuff I need. Some hoses, valves, base, filter, etc etc. I feel like that is a pretty good price.

 

Just not needed cause the ELC OAT is that good now?