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. I wish it was that easy around here. I never heard of yellow, though. To avoid confusion with regard to coolant contamination, a new formulation of stop leak pellets will be implemented in Production and Service in the near future. Thought others might find this to be of interest.
Hope fully the ford dealership has it available. Wow - I don't know about the 2002, but my manual for 2003 states specifically to only use the yellow stuff. Ford began adding the bittering agent to its coolant in the U. No other fluid has better heat transfer capabilities than H20. 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. Also note that the red stuff in chryslers isn't dexcool or compatible with it.
My radiator just failed 110,000 miles. The thing is by the time I find Zerex somewhere it's the same price or more then Motorcraft from a Ford dealer. Seems like green Prestone should be fine and should meet Ford specs but why bother with it if you don't know for sure. Thanks to everyone for your input. Like Joe said your option is to try to flush the coolant out of the block which is damn near impossible and re-fill it if you are really worried about it. Add the wrong one and chemical and electrolytical corrosion, especially of the less-noble metals aluminum alloys in particular , is assured. I know my V-6 has Gold coolant in it.
I see here that so it seems to say it's important that these fluids are only used in the engines they were spec'd for. Not all coolant recycling processes meet these Ford specifications. Ford Motor Company Article No. I'm pretty sure they are all ethylene glycol based and the major differences are the additives and rust inhibitors they use. Do I literally need to pay the big bucks for Motorcraft brand coolant? Really, the G-05 would actually do well in almost all cars. Anyone have an idea on how quickly it sucks up the coolant? It's all about protecting the less-noble alloy metals from electrolysis without corroding other metals and that varies by engine family, I think. Run distilled water and some water wetter or purple ice Or if you do run coolant run just enough to keep corrosion under control.
Regards, Fordie I assume that this is why the engine coolant bottle is darker than the intercooler bottle. Here is Ford Motor Company's official policy on these products. 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. ChevronTexaco recommends that this product not be diluted by more than 10% with conventional coolants. On the left hand side you have a engine coolant reservoir bottle. I also used a cooling system refill tool.
No repairs are required for this condition. Complete drain and flush if you plan to change. To the original poster: If you can't tell, take some out and look at it. It plugs in to shore power, and energizes an element attached to the engine block some have dual elements, and the second one will go to the oil pan to heat the coolant in the water jacket so that it doesn't freeze. Or so the bottle said.
I live in New England so I ran the DexCool when I upgraded my heat exchanger because freezing is a possabiity over here where I live. They only added 1 quart during the repair. Use a name-brand coolant specified for a modern mostly-aluminum engine. I assume you have to warm it up 15 minutes or so for the thermostat to open before the new coolant is sucked in? In turn, once the engine is running, this heated coolant will get circulated to the rest of the system, and begin thawing out the remaining coolant. Check your coolant levels in your car at least every six months or as often as your owner's manual specifies. Heat from the coolant is exchanged to the air which flows through the radiator fins, thus causing the coolant to rapidly cool down.
Consider this information against Ford's vested financial interest in selling its in-house brand. It's good to change it every couple years anyway, and it's only going to need one gallon. The last time I looked for Zerex the only place I could find it locally was Grainger. But like others said, the Prestone long life green is universal or supposed to be. Yeah, so Prestone claims, but the auto manufacturers and name brand coolant companies really disagree.
If the green and gold mix, they form mud. Which Prestone are you referring to? Anyway, just wondering my best route at this point, leave it green or totally flush with water until clear and use Gold??? Ford recommends that you use the same Motorcraft coolant with which your vehicle was equipped when it was manufactured. For now mixing the two should be alright? Mixing coolants can degrade the coolant's corrosion protection. Remember, Ford doesn't make anything, it's sourced from the lowest bidder like all other manufacturing companies do. Or so the bottle said. Can green and yellow be mixed? I'm convinced that gold coolant is not the way to go. The G-05, Fords yellow coolant, is actually one of the best types you can use.