On a 2002 Explorer does anyone know how much coolant is expected to drain out and how long it takes? I consulted my Owner's Guide and it says the coolant for my vehicle is Motorcraft Premium Engine Coolant green-colored or Motorcraft Premium Gold Engine Coolant yellow-colored. Ford uses four major different types of antifreeze in their line up of vehicles. In most cases, common green coolant is the best, and will do everything that needs to be done in any engine, with no side-effects. This should be all the info you need on the subject! You can run what you want. The stuff I've got is yellow-green, but not St.
A quick comparison of price often higher for a gallon of ready-mix than for concentrate shows that a vehicle requiring 2 gallons of coolant will cost more than twice as much to fill using ready-mix as with concentrate + distilled water. In my case and I think most , it would amount to paying more money for an inferior product. On the tax issue, we in New York do pay state income taxes, although I am state income tax exempt for having been a state worker. You can add just water and you will still be well within Ford's specifications. I have yet to hear any convincing argument from anyone as to why they should use a universal coolant rather than the equivalent of the factory fill. Is my older stuff compatible, or not? Ford trucks over the past 20 years have been offered with engine coolant that has varied from year-to-year. You can run what you want.
They can even cause adverse negative reactions and speed up corrosion development and block small passageways. What was used in it last time? I assume you have to warm it up 15 minutes or so for the thermostat to open before the new coolant is sucked in? If you are low on coolant you have a leak and have to get it fixed. I'm going to do the oil adapter leak repair tomorrow which means it's the perfect time for the coolant flush and an oil change. Please refer to the proper testing and dosage limits listed for your vehicle. Remember, Ford doesn't make anything, it's sourced from the lowest bidder like all other manufacturing companies do.
This should be all the info you need on the subject! Please continue reading for refill procedure. The engine coolant light which came on. Thanks for the answers guys I appreciate. If the coolant is green. Notice the plugging of the small passages.
Pick a coolant by the toe. But the job of transmission fluid is very complex. Flush the circuit with water to clean it and refill? I assume Ford intended for us to refill the system by pouring in the new 50-50 mix into the reservoir and let it suck it in since there is no radiator cap on a 2002 Explorer. All of that said, what light came on? Because that is what they installed. You kind of have to look for it. Be sure to flush out the old stuff good. The gold is good for 150,000 miles according to.
My friend got car jacks. The specification only requires Ethylene Glycol coolant. The cold range lines upper and lower are one inch apart. One would certainly hope so, anyways. What happened in the coolant industry to have such goofy designations? It would appear to me -- and my Google-fu -- that the green stuff is the original formulation, and the yellow stuff is the extended life formulation. Not a problem at all. I'm getting ready to change the leaking gasket on my oil filter adapter and I understand that since coolant runs through it to help cool the oil that you should drain the coolant prior to removing the adapter.
Really, the G-05 would actually do well in almost all cars. I'm not worried about where it is, just looking for a compatible substitute, if I need it in the future. Zerex is the brand made by Valvoline and the part number is zxg051. He told me it will cause problems. Remove tools once your done. Arese, if you went low on coolant, then you have a leak. Even though it says it does on their website I read somewhere where that comment on their website has to do with their product many years ago but may not hold true today.
What happened in the coolant industry to have such goofy designations? That is about as far as I made it before I became extremely confused. Other than some European makes, there is no expensive coolant. It might be a leak but not necessarily. Color is only helpful within a given brand, from brand to brand there are no standards or universal conventions about what color dye they use. I also used a cooling system refill tool.
I'm not worried about where it is, just looking for a compatible substitute, if I need it in the future. I guess just disconnect the lower radiator hose to drain. A quick comparison of price often higher for a gallon of ready-mix than for concentrate shows that a vehicle requiring 2 gallons of coolant will cost more than twice as much to fill using ready-mix as with concentrate + distilled water. It is also caused by dissimilar metals iron, steel, aluminum, etc. .