Coolent Testing?
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Coolent Testing?
I now have over 16,000 miles on my 2001 PSD. According to the owners manual the coolent needs to be tested. I've checked with two Ford dealers in the area and niether of them have the test stripes in stock, both told me that they had never been asked for them before.
Can someone help me figure out what I need to do. Can I put yellow coolent in, to illiminate the testing of coolent additive? Has anyone done the testing themselves? What kind of pain in the butt is it to do?
Sorry for the long post, just want to do this right. I hate paying the dealer to do simple preventative maintenance. Thanks in advance!
Will-
Can someone help me figure out what I need to do. Can I put yellow coolent in, to illiminate the testing of coolent additive? Has anyone done the testing themselves? What kind of pain in the butt is it to do?
Sorry for the long post, just want to do this right. I hate paying the dealer to do simple preventative maintenance. Thanks in advance!
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Coolent Testing?
I also have a 2001. Every 15,000 miles i was told to dump a whole bottle of FW-16 into my coolant. I dont know if the owners manual says to use test strips, i have heard conflicting stories. I know that in the manual at 15,000 miles it says to add one bottle 16 oz. of FW-16.
In my 2002 it has the different coolant so nothing is needed.
In my 2002 it has the different coolant so nothing is needed.
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If its working for you I'll put a whole bottle of FW-16 in it. That will save some time and effort. Have you ever asked if you could convert to yellow coolent in your 2001? That would make it very easy.
Thanks,
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The problem with changing to any non-standard coolant is flushing out all the old coolant. If you can get all the old coolant out and wanted to use a different coolant, I'd look into using either Texaco OAT long life coolant (red) or proplylene glycol (doesn't have to be mixed with water). Do a search for Evans cooling systems to learn about proplylene glycol coolant.
If you want to use the test strips, I think you can get them from your local International dealer.
If you want to use the test strips, I think you can get them from your local International dealer.
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The problem with changing to any non-standard coolant is flushing out all the old coolant. If you can get all the old coolant out and wanted to use a different coolant, I'd look into using either Texaco OAT long life coolant (red) or proplylene glycol (doesn't have to be mixed with water). Do a search for Evans cooling systems to learn about proplylene glycol coolant.
If you want to use the test strips, I think you can get them from your local International dealer.
If you want to use the test strips, I think you can get them from your local International dealer.
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I think that was brought up before and the seals and gaskets in the cooling system dont work with the other stuff. I think that was the case.
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Coolent Testing?
The problem with changing to any non-standard coolant is flushing out all the old coolant. If you can get all the old coolant out and wanted to use a different coolant, I'd look into using either Texaco OAT long life coolant (red) or proplylene glycol (doesn't have to be mixed with water). Do a search for Evans cooling systems to learn about proplylene glycol coolant.
If you want to use the test strips, I think you can get them from your local International dealer.
If you want to use the test strips, I think you can get them from your local International dealer.
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i bought my test strips at the local parts store, bottle of 50 for 12 dollars. i think 24 cents a strip is cheaper than 3 dollars a bottle for additive. the only down side is the strips have an expiration date on them,
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