Originally Posted By: 2015_PSD
Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
Originally Posted By: 2015_PSD
Originally Posted By: BISCUT
15 is orange as well.......
Yep; on both sides of the Ford truck aisle. F-250 and F-350--gas and diesel use orange. I will be testing mine soon to see how it is holding up (I have a refractometer to test with).
You are way ahead of the game having a refractometer. I had a customer with a 6.7L call me yesterday and chew my ear out because a "Check Coolant" warning popped up. I told him he goes to service and they check the pH and either change the coolant, put in an additive, or leave it be. He was using lots of George Carlin's 7 words saying how his truck shouldn't have that and I don't know what I am talking about because his sales person never mentioned it. I just said "sir, it is either in your owner's manual or the diesel supplement." Apparently according to this owner I need to go back to school.
People like this should not be driving a vehicle much less a diesel. I did tons of research before deciding to purchase a modern diesel. It will be guys like the one that you describe have a major issue that Chevy/Dodge/Ford will not cover under warranty and he will be the first to bemoan how "terrible" vehicles are and they do not honor their warranties.
I would have told the guy to buy a Mercedes or BMW instead
It never ceases to amaze me when people buy newish cars and dump in "universal" coolant - while it wouldn't be a problem for a Dex-Cool based system, it might spell trouble for some cars. And I see empty bottles of SuperTech or Prestone AMAM around the Port of Oakland, and I wonder if those truck drivers are getting their SCA checked...