Did a complete coolant flush on my 2017 Police Interceptor Explorer. 3.7 with 112,000 miles. Followed your instructions precisely, and after 7 or 8 cycles ( about 2.5 hours), with distilled water and Yellow concentrate coolant all was a great success. Thank you for the clarity and precise instructions. Not to mention saved $380 the dealer had quoted me for the flush AND the dealer uses tap water!

@drifter-indian1448

10 ай бұрын

Lovely!! Thanks for stopping by my channel and the feedback. Make sure you keep an eye on the coolant level for next couple days as you drive. The level will adjust as the air gets out, you might have to top up some coolant.

@bernabetijerina7104

10 ай бұрын

Question: how many gallons of concentrate coolant are needed?

@drifter-indian1448

10 ай бұрын

@@bernabetijerina7104 check your owners manual, ot should show the total coolant capacity. The usual ration of concentrate and water is 50/50, so if your owners manual says 10 qrts, it would mean you need 5qrt of concentrate.

@waltertaylor9615

5 ай бұрын

Safety Recall Notice 24S02 / NHTSA Recall 24V031 Heads up! Did Ford send you a letter on this? Ford is recalling 1,889,110 Explorer SUVs from the 2011 to 2019 model years because of concerns that an exterior trim piece on the A-pillar that flanks the windshield may detach. If the trim falls off in transit, it could create a road hazard for other road users, increasing the risk of a crash @frankfernandez8975

@itsHIR

Ай бұрын

Hey amigo speak Spanish? I have the same car and same problem

Also, here is a helpful tip if you don't want hot coolant to get on you. You can attach a hose to the small nipple on the side of the radiator drain plug. Great video helped a lot.

@drifter-indian1448

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip. Definitely a good idea!

@chrismaraj12

Жыл бұрын

@drifter-indian1448 no problem

@seanliu3802

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great job covering the coolant change process. Thank you!

@drifter-indian1448

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for stopping by my channel!

Thank you. I’ve been watching a ton of videos on this and yours was the most complete guide. I have a F150 with the 5.0 engine and will be doing this soon. Thanks again.

@drifter-indian1448

Жыл бұрын

I am glad you found it helpful! Good luck with the work. Let me know if you have any questions :)

im glad you put in the new yellow coolant. I did the same thing on our 2016 Taurus.

@drifter-indian1448

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Excellent tutorial! One of the best ive seen on youtube, and i watch a lot. Really liked your diagram, very helpful. Im a Ford Explorer owner, so would love more videos from you on this model. Thanks.

@drifter-indian1448

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!!! Happy to hear you found the vid helpful!

Good video. Thanks for taking the time to record and upload. This is a very important thing to do for those Ford engines that run water pump with the timing chain. Ford updated antifreeze to prevent rubber seal on water pump from failing.. The old orange antifreeze if not changed periodically destroy that water pump seal..

@drifter-indian1448

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for stopping by my channel! Yes, the orange coolant is bad, doing the flush every 30 to 40 thousand miles will certainly extend the life of the water pump.

Thanks for the video! Getting ready to do this to my wife's 2018 Explorer and wanted to get an idea of what to expect.

@drifter-indian1448

6 ай бұрын

It's certainly intimidating at first, but a fairly easy process, just need some patience and time.

Fantastic video bro! They wanted to charge me $300 at the dealership to do this. Pretty I'll save some money with some coolant and distilled water 😂

@drifter-indian1448

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, dealerships live in a very different world. Easy work, just takes some patience and time to complete all the cycles. Careful with drain plugs, things get hot and pressurized. Good luck!

Great job, thanks man!

@drifter-indian1448

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Great video,thanks

@drifter-indian1448

Жыл бұрын

Thnaks for stopping by my channel

You have to use motorcraft vc13g (yellow). That is the last one from ford and compatible with the orange and green one. BTW, that is why the water pump fails, because of the coolant. Yellow one has better properties.

@drifter-indian1448

7 ай бұрын

Yes, that's true! I think Ford already stopped making the Orange coolant, it all yellow only.

@waltertaylor9615

5 ай бұрын

Nice video Drifter I'm trying to preserve my original water pump so I noticed orange coolant was in the reservoir so I had Ford do coolant flush on my 17 PIU and they used 2 gal of VC-13-D and 1 gal CFK Coolant F Later I I realized it didn't look as yellow as yours will my water pump be ok?

@drifter-indian1448

5 ай бұрын

@waltertaylor9615 thanks. The 5th Gen is known for failing water pumps, but it's not always given when it's gonna go. If yous is working then I won't be worried too much. Continue to drive as you have already done it now.

@waltertaylor9615

5 ай бұрын

Thank you kind Sir

@andresalderete

5 ай бұрын

@@waltertaylor9615 mine is 5th and changed the pump any way with 190k miles. Bought a delco and now no worries until 200k more miles

Such an amazing video man really appreciate it .

@drifter-indian1448

Жыл бұрын

Hey, thank you very much!

Really great video! Well detailed and straight to the point. Hey man, I have a 2018 Explorer limited, and I wanted to do my coolant change, but I did a recent job on another ford and I used the new yellow coolant, but I have the prediluted 50/50 version...how would you do the process because I'm scared the water ratio will be over the coolant ratio

@drifter-indian1448

Жыл бұрын

Don't be scared, just do the drain and after you are done with the last and final drain, you fill the reservoir with concentrate. It will take 4Qrt, then drive around and check the level again, add more concentrate as I am sure the level will go down after a few hours of drive. The total capacity is abt 12 Qrt. if you are in USA stop by the Autozon or Walmart, they sell a tester literally for $3 bucks. Test the mix with the tester to be sure. But do check the level over the next couple days following the flush, it dropped a lot for me and I was happy to see more room for remaining coolant concentrate. Yellow stuff is good, use Motorcraft. Get rid of the orange one as soon as possible, they are known to be acidic and cause pump failiure.

@drifter-indian1448

Жыл бұрын

By the way, in case you don't find 50-50 mix, you can go ahead and drain a bit more and then add the water or concentrate whatever is needed to balance things out. I really wont be worried too much.

@bernabetijerina7104

10 ай бұрын

Question: how do u test the mix? From the coolant that it's in the reservoir or do u flush just a bit to do the test?

@Drifter-Indian - Nice video! Planning to do the same for my 2018 explorer ecoboost. Will that be the same process? Thanks in advance.

@drifter-indian1448

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, and yes, it will be the same process.

Hey thanks for this video. You mentioned you did the transmission fluid change too.. did you record the video for that? I'm hoping you can upload that as I'm planning on doing both this year.

@drifter-indian1448

6 ай бұрын

I did record it but haven't loaded. Will look for the vid and try to edit and load it up soon. Thanks for stopping by and subscribing to the channel. Appreciate it!

Thanks a lot for this informative video. One question. Do I have to worry about air bubbles get into the hoses at all?

@drifter-indian1448

Жыл бұрын

Keep squeezing the hoses when you do the refill and most of the air should be out. Don't worry about the air/bubble in them. The system will purge the air but make sure you check the coolant level after you are done and drive for some time. The coolant level will drop when the air gets out. Complete the task, go drive for couple hours and check the coolant level, add more coolant as needed.

@Kay-dx8vm

Жыл бұрын

@@drifter-indian1448 Gotcha. Thanks a lot D-I.

Great video! May I ask how many Radiator coolant flush did you use in the 1st cycle? one bottle 947ml or half bottle ?

@drifter-indian1448

9 ай бұрын

I poured the entire thing and ran the car for some time, so it had a chance to mix together.

On the instructions for the Motorcraft Flush it says it can be added directly to the old coolant, run 10 minutes then flush.

@drifter-indian1448

Ай бұрын

Yes, that can also be done.. it just agitates the sediments and build up, just make sure you flush it out and then move to adding the new coolant

Seems like a reasonable coolant swap to me. Question is, if one like me, has to have dealer do work, how do you know they do it this well?🦇 I fear I will get a drain radiator and a new gallon of anti freeze at best.

@drifter-indian1448

10 ай бұрын

Depends, there are some honest ones who may use a pump to suck everything out of the system and refill the new coolant. You should check with a local shop. Dealership is goona charge you way too much. Outside Dealership this is abt 400-600 bucks based on my research.

@dustbat

10 ай бұрын

@@drifter-indian1448 thanks for the idea. I have one of those loyalty warranties where you must get all work done there but am feeling they will back down on that any way. Will look at what you said.🦇

So how much liquid comes out of the radiator each time the reservoir is full? Want to make sure I have a large enough drain pan.

@drifter-indian1448

7 ай бұрын

About a gallon and half

Aren't you supposed to run the Motorcraft flush and cleaner with the old coolant?

@drifter-indian1448

6 күн бұрын

Prefer to drain the old coolant first. But either way shouldn't hurt, just make sure you get it all out before adding new coolant.

I can do the full tune up and change the thermostat and coolant at the same time.?

@drifter-indian1448

10 ай бұрын

I think you can. I don't see a reason why not.

Is it normal to see some foaming in reservoir or is that the cleaner still being in the system? I did 4 flush and still saw some foaming .

@drifter-indian1448

Ай бұрын

I think 4 is plenty enough. I did see some foaming on mine too, but that's normal. I saw that on my Sonata as well, I didn't use the cleanser on sonata, and still had some foams when the fluid was drained/flushed

@andrewdesilva4111

Ай бұрын

@drifter-indian1448 Haha my paranoia made me do it 7 times. Over kill but it has very little foam at the end . Thanks for the video . Super helpful.

Why not open the drain plug on block

@drifter-indian1448

10 ай бұрын

LOL, wasn't even aware of a drain plug on the block. Will definitely look it for the next flush. Thanks for sharing.

It takes the full 2 gallons of the concentrated coolant?

@drifter-indian1448

10 ай бұрын

Check the owners manual for your model... I think it holds total volume of abt 3 gallons, at 50/50 ratios it will be 1.5 gallons of concentrate and 1.5 gallons of water.

It holds 12 Qts but you only get 5 Qts out at a time. Looks to me that engine is all water and resavor is all considerate how do they mix ? 4 Qts will not make 50/50

@drifter-indian1448

Жыл бұрын

That's true, after that last drain, I added 4 Qts and it filled up... then I drove around and the level went down after the engine ran for some time, I did add the remaining 2Qrt and the overall was 50-50. I did mention in the vid, you keep an eye on the coolant level for the next couple days/rides after the flush.

@canelofacts5815

Жыл бұрын

​@@drifter-indian1448 Hi for the second and third draining for the coolant resevoir did you waited to cool down the operating temperature of the thermostat level on the dashboard???? Or just keep draining under the hood even is hot and still in the level operating temp.?? Thank you.... by the way very informative video.

@drifter-indian1448

Жыл бұрын

@Canelo Facts I did not wait for it to cool down, just went ahead and opened the drain cap on the radiator first. Remember the fluid is really really HOT and you have to be very careful when you open the drain plug. Open the drain plug first then slowly open the reservoir cap, it will slowly release the pressure and drain the fluid. Be very careful while opening the cap on both ends as it gets very pressurized and might throw the hot liquid out. Open them slowly and let the pressure release. Do not have to wait for it to completely cool down. Also, remember to shut-off the engine before you open the reservoir or the radiator cap.

@drifter-indian1448

Жыл бұрын

@Canelo Facts i hope above explanation helps, let me know if you have any other question.

So, did you need to use both bottles of concentrate? or just one?

@drifter-indian1448

7 ай бұрын

Used one complete and some of the second one. I think the total capacity is abt 12Qrts, makes abt 6qrt water and 6qrt coolant for 50-50 ratio.

@DominiAeternum

7 ай бұрын

​@@drifter-indian14486 quarts of concentrate should be exactly 1.5 gallons right?

Can I use prestone total cooling system cleaner instead of the motorcraft?

@drifter-indian1448

7 ай бұрын

I have personally never used it. But if they are made for the same purpose, I don't think there will be any issue. Make sure you drain it throughly.

@efraincastilleja5947

7 ай бұрын

Thank you , I will do the exact same process you did , I have a 2013 explorer and I barely got it back yesterday , it was at the mechanic shop , they replaced the water pump, but they just added some orange coolant with tap water and I want to put the yellow one since it’s better

@drifter-indian1448

7 ай бұрын

@efraincastilleja5947 yes, get rid of the Orange stuff, that thing is no good. Also, tap water usually have lot of contamination, so replacing it with distilled water will do good to the new pump.

@ryanhuang8498

2 ай бұрын

If the new Motorcraft yellow coolant is not available,the Prestone corguard yellow coolant is the equivalent of the Motorcraft one according to one ford TSB.