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Jan 23, 2015 | 08:42 PM

Rockledge

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Helpful Ford Coolant Reference PDF

It can be difficult to figure out which coolant should be used in a particular Ford vehicle. This PDF might help clear up some of the confusion:

https://www.fcsdchemicalsandlubrican...ref/scucEN.pdf

Jan 27, 2015 | 01:45 PM

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Nice chart, worthy of being added to our Tech Info thread me thinks, so I'll see if IB Tim thinks so too.

Jan 27, 2015 | 04:14 PM

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It is added.....

Jan 27, 2015 | 04:51 PM

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Nice. With 3 pages to describe what recipe we're to use, no wonder folks become confused about what the proper coolant is!!!!!

Jan 27, 2015 | 06:49 PM

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With 3 pages to describe what recipe we're to use, no wonder folks become confused about what the proper coolant is!!!!!

Right! And adding to the confusion, there are all those coolant manufacturers' claims that their products are "compatible" with pretty much all brands and all years...

Jan 27, 2015 | 07:42 PM

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Yup, I've been running the Prestone all in one 5 year yellow/green non silicate recipe for about 7 years now in the 94 Taurus 3.8L & 99 Ranger 4.0L & so far all is ok.