Spinoff: does the FICM need to be cooled, or can it be bypassed?

[GMC_2002_Dmax]

Im pretty sure Ben was giving ya shit, I know I was lol

Hey there, give the old man a break..................you young guns think you can out do the old guys you got another thing coming sonny.........



:rofl:

 

[SDE]

Guys think about 6.0 powerstroke FICM it's on the valve cover and has no cooling at all??

Spencer

 

[madmatt]

Guys think about 6.0 powerstroke FICM it's on the valve cover and has no cooling at all??

Spencer

I believe I was at your place of employment on tuesday.

 

[DIESELMAFIAPER.LB7]

Guys think about 6.0 powerstroke FICM it's on the valve cover and has no cooling at all??

Spencer

Hmm interesting ... maybe ill try my idear out

 

[schulte]

Guys think about 6.0 powerstroke FICM it's on the valve cover and has no cooling at all??

Spencer

Yea, and they melt all the time.

 

[TrentNell]

I have been running my Ficm Dry on the race truck all last year , and it will be run dry this year too , and FYI mine is still in factory location.

 

[ChevyTruckGuy78]

quinny pig

I suddenly feel like your Ginny pig :hug: lol jk ill let you know when I get time to do it :thumb:

well im still new to this but i gotta learn from someone

 

[TNRGreene]

The more things you add, the more things to break Has anybody else determined what the temp of the fuel going in was And then what it is coming out of the FICM to see how much "cooling" is actually going on?

dry here :thumb:

 

[quadracer37]

i moved my ficm and tcm and ecm to the driver side battery location, and i have the ficm in the very front so it will get plenty of airflow, alot better than a hot valve cover atleast. i was planning on running return fuel thru it, but i am considering running it dry after reading about everyone who has done it. i am undecided yet! if i do i will post back and let everyone know because it is a daily driver. but this probably wont be till about march (ok not a daily driver, i drive it 9 months out of the year lol)

 

[juddski88]

We'll see sunshine, we'll see

Hey there, give the old man a break..................you young guns think you can out do the old guys you got another thing coming sonny.........



:rofl:

 

[DIESELMAFIAPER.LB7]

I have been running my Ficm Dry on the race truck all last year , and it will be run dry this year too , and FYI mine is still in factory location.

I built a bracket to space it up from the valve cover a ways :thumb: no adding wires or nothing special just spacing it up

 

[NRA4life]

I have relocated my FICM to the top of my fan shroud by building a custom aluminum bracket that bolts straight over the factory shroud using the factory mounting screws. I didn't even have to hack up my wire harness to do this. I have been running it dry with no problems but I was thinking of tapping into the window washer bottle and circulating washer fluid thru it. I thought of adding a reservior for this but space is so limited under the hood I would rather just use the washer bottle for the cooling. LMK what you think.

 

[Sledheadxp800r]

I dont know how long a washer pump will last under constant use.

 

[NRA4life]

I have thought of that myself but im not using the factory pump. I would be using an inline type low volume pump. There somewhat cheap I guess I could try it and see how long it last. I have been searching for some kind of small mechanical driven pump. I just haven't seen what im looking for yet.

 

[Subman]

I guess my question is if the FICM is not failing what is the point in any of this?

 

[TeaBagger2006]

I have the ultimate end all speculation answer ..... Buy an lbz

 

[NRA4life]

I guess my question is if the FICM is not failing what is the point in any of this?

It has failed twice on me. Thats the point.