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Be careful with using the stop leak additives, they can plug up your radiator core and plug up oil coolers, sounds like your problem is a cold leak, radiator hoses will break down over time and the rubber gets hard and leaks will start where they connect to a fitting, some times just a half of turn on a hose clamp will seal it back up, some times the clamp will crack or break at the thread area and will not be obvious until you try to tighten it, I retired as a Cat mechanic and we always replaced hose clamps during repairs, just not worth the loss of an engine over a $3 or $4 dollar part, most Diesel engines have a water filter and in most cases they will grab a large amount of the stop leak before it has a chance to plug up your cooling system, I have pulled water filters off of engines that weighed 10 lbs because they were clear full of stop leak, you have got 6 years on that motor and getting all the hoses replaced is a whole lot cheaper than replacing the motor, if they are not molded hoses try to stay with the silicone hose, they require special clamps but the hose will usually last the life of the engine
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