coolant filter kit

[carpman15]

i am debating buying the kit from dieselsite or making my own i plan on flushing and changing my coolant and want to put it on when i do this so i wanna do it soon (before winter) if i were to make it how would i go about doing this i have heard that you can get the stuff from napa

if i were to get the stuff and make my own kit
how much would it cost vs buying the kit

if i make my own where should i mount it on the frame rail or engine compartment or where i do work on a farm and drive off road so it does need some sort of protection i dont want it to get ripped off or poked

any advice would be great thanks brett

[NCHornet]

I bought the kit from Dieselsite when it was $60, for that I couldn't make it myself. Only you can say if it is worth it to you, I won't give the parts list or the how to plumb it because I wouldn't want someone doing that for my CCV Mod kit, sold through Stealth. But I will say that every PSD should run a coolant filter kit!! Changing it one time and cutting open the old filter will make you swear by them!!

NCH

[03-blue-Powerstroke]

I have the Dieselsite kit on my truck and think its worth every penny. It collects alot of casting sand

[CHUCK]

I pieced mine together....had a good parts supplier... If I ever buy another truck..I'll just order a kit

[choupique108]

its just easier to order the kit. i priced all the stuff on how to do it and it would have been cheaper and quicker to just order the kit.

[chrispaine]

I am going to order the kit sooner or later, I noticed in their ad on dieselsite the said the mount bracket isn't aluminum more, now all it says is "black powder coat". So is it powder coated alum or steel?

[jgos929]

I installed mine yesterday. Very good kit and straight forward instructions.

Its black powder coated steel

[carpman15]

ok thanks guys i guess ill be buyin the kit

[tubular031]

take a look at mine
DIY Coolant Filter – Here is how I did mine

I like to DIY everything I can not only to save a little money, but for the fun of building something and learning more about the truck

[carpman15]

thanks guys i check today i can get a filter base and a couple of the fittings from carquest for like $45 and a filter with sca for $10 if i run regular heater hose i should be able to get that for about $10 so i will have maybe $60 into it the only thing im trying to decide is where i want to mount it do i wanna put it on the frame rail or in the engine bay im thinking engine bay would be better seeing that i do drive off road and dont want it to get damaged but also seems it would be alot easier to mount off the frame rail the other question i have is i know the inlet would come out of the tstat housing but where do i want to route the retun to the overflow bottle? thanks for all the help guys as tubular stated i would like to do it myself to save some cash (im in college) and i like the expirence of building things myself