Long short of it, had some work done by the shop by work vs. Ford as it was way cheaper. Well you get what you pay for I guess in my case. Had a great experience last time but maybe not this time.
They did a full flush and fill except looks like they used plain green coolant. It's definitely bright green and fresh.
I have been reading, watching videos, and everything I can and having come from a 6.0 I know this can be bad news, especially in that truck. Thing is all I keep seeing on the 6.4 is people saying don't run it for long periods, don't run it because it was bad for the 6.0, don't run it because it MAY mess up your water pump or front cover, but no one has posted anything that proves any of it. I can't find a single post here or any other forum that has first hand knowledge of any issues on our trucks.
Now I don't plan to run it long because I do know it has to be monitored SCA added etc but I also don't think I want to run out and have it swapped right away.
Thoughts? And you can flame, that's fine but I am really only looking for first hand experience with bad news. There are also many people who said they run green and always have...
They did a full flush and fill except looks like they used plain green coolant. It's definitely bright green and fresh.
I have been reading, watching videos, and everything I can and having come from a 6.0 I know this can be bad news, especially in that truck. Thing is all I keep seeing on the 6.4 is people saying don't run it for long periods, don't run it because it was bad for the 6.0, don't run it because it MAY mess up your water pump or front cover, but no one has posted anything that proves any of it. I can't find a single post here or any other forum that has first hand knowledge of any issues on our trucks.
Now I don't plan to run it long because I do know it has to be monitored SCA added etc but I also don't think I want to run out and have it swapped right away.
Thoughts? And you can flame, that's fine but I am really only looking for first hand experience with bad news. There are also many people who said they run green and always have...