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Detroit DD15 coolant filter plugged

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Heavyd, Jul 12, 2014.

  1. Jul 12, 2014 #1
    Heavyd

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    Hey guys we have a few customer with DD15 engines and we are finding the coolant filters completely plugged with what looks like mud/dirt or some kind of sediment during an oil change. Coincidently we did two services today and both filters had this brownish/greyish looking type of mud that completely plugged up the pleats in the filter. I did not get a picture, but the one filter was actually hard to get out because it was so plugged up. Both of these trucks are totally unrelated to each other and in different applications. We have seen filters like this on somewhat of a regular basis. There is no sign of oil in the reservoir and the customers do not complain of coolant loss or levels going up. Anyone seen or heard of this before?
     
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  3. Jul 12, 2014 #2
    Duramaxxed

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    Stop leak looks like brown mud in a coolant filter.
     
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  4. Jul 12, 2014 #3
    25(2)+2

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    Maybe someone topped off the AF with something incompatible with the coolant already there. I'm very careful not to do that.
     
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  5. Jul 12, 2014 #4
    BeenJammin

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    Conklin has a stop leak product called dike, I will agree with above posters. First place it goes is the coolant filter, and it has a brown texture to it, with green coolant and even more in elc. It totally clogs the coolant filter quickly. In applications without a coolant filter, it's a pretty good product. Especially in the liner oring area.
     
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  7. Jul 14, 2014 #5
    Chip S

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    Do you have access to DDSN? If you do, check out 13ts19 service bulletin. There is silicate additive dropping out of the coolant, causing the gel like sludge. Pressure test the pressure cap, drain coolant from the block and radiator, remove the water pump and inspect for damage. If none found, flush system, r&r the filter and add new coolant
     
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  8. Dec 16, 2015 #6
    mhyn

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    hi. do you have 13ts19 service bulletin ?
     
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  9. May 23, 2017 #7
    Sphillips38

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    I just bought a western star with a dd 15 in it.Ive never driven a truck with a detroit engine in it.What temp should i ne running in the hills.Might wanna check my filter
     
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  10. Feb 12, 2022 #8
    Smokestacksno10200

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    I have a 2015 westernstar with a dd16 same thing happend to it and when temperatures dropped sownd to -30 it wouldn't even rev up i putva new filter inbitvtgen a month later it started to feel sluggish again so checked out the filtervand it was plugged solid i called ws dealer thinking a bad head gasket and they said they're having lots if problems and to just takectge filter out and as long as coolant is clean then shouldn't have any problems so i took it out and ir seems to run alot better im not sure why but I'm sure theres a reasonable explanation
     
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  11. Feb 13, 2022 #9
    msh

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    opps
     
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