2013 Ford Edge 3.5l Coolant change 

Good video. Replaced the orange for the new yellow coolant too. But I tried to bleed it the way you did on my wife's 17' Explorer XLT, but the coolant level wouldn't go down, hardly any heat from the heater, and the temp guage just kept going up. So I tried doing it old school by leaving the overflow tank cap off, let it idle for 10 minutes, occasionally revving it up the 2,500 rpm, and saw lots of bubbles coming to the surface, as well it sucked in coolant down quite a bit, and then it would push air bubbles out with some coolant, as well as go down again. But it did work that way. Go figure I guess.

I have used Prestone yellow coolant and a good rust inhibitor and water pump lubricant on all my vehicles sine the 1980s. I also use distilled water as opposed to tap, well or any other water that contains minerals that can create deposits and reduce efficiency of the cooling system, With all the water pump failures on Ford and Lincoln engines you have to ask yourself why the orange fluid was discontinued but I am going to assume it wasn't providing adequate lubrication to the water pump bearings. Prestone is universal in it's qualities to protect all metals, plastic and rubber. I'll stick with it. If the requirements are met everything else is just hype for increased profits. I do appreciate your video for insight on how you do things. When it comes to bleeding the air out of the system I simply leave the fill tank cap off, start the engine and allow the car to idle with the heat set on high. This ensures the heater core will fill and leaves an easy path for air to exit. I continue to add fluid until the engine heats up enough to create a surge back into the overflow reservoir. At the point I quickly put the cap on, turn off the engine and allow it to cool. After that I use the specified bleeding procedure to ensure there is zero air in the system. Whatever works best is the tact I typically try to take. Thanks for sharing.

Gotta run the heater. Airs trapped is why half went in. If there's no bleeder port you gotta bleed cap off.

I hooked up a vacuum system to mine and used it to check for leaks and then refilled the system using it. No air in the system afterwards, but still didn't get all the previous orange coolant out. I'll probably do similar to Adam and simply drain the system again and add more yellow coolant till the system is flushed of the orange.

So, what is advantage to premixing? How about pouring distilled and concentration directly into overflow tank?

I have a 2010 Taurus With specialty Green mixed with the new Yellow because I ahd frain and fill done about 29000 miles ago. I want to do the drain and fill next week. I can't remember how much my buddy drained and filled it with the last time when he did it for me.

great, thank you.

Thanks!

Hey Adam, I know this video is kinda old but if your sister still has her Edge, did you only have to drain and fill twice? I have a Lincoln MKS with the 3.7 which i understand is a very similar engine (appetite for water pumps too) and did she ever end up having an issue with the pump?

I have a 2013 with red coolant should I get rid of that immediately

I also extracted the orange coolant and replaced with motorcraft yellow on my f150. It turned my coolant pink. It bothered me, so I just flushed it a couple times with distilled water.

To be more safe you should of flushed it with distilled water until the water coming out of the radiator comes out almost clear. Should take about a good 5+ trys. Then you should of added the full yellow concentrate at the final fill. With about 5 or 6 quarts of water that stay on the block and heater unit and then adding th remaining amount of pure concentrate you would have a almost close 50 50 mix. I know they say they are backwards compatible but I don't believe nothing ford says at this point. I think the total capacity of coolant on the 2013 3.5 edge is 11.7quarts.

Hey Adam, quick late question hahaha, i got the same car, so.. do you recommend me to use the same exact coolant and not any other one? Im from CostaRica and im not that sure if the coolant that the manufacture says tu use, is put of circulation here too, am too scared of changing it not gonna lie haha, so what would you recommend me to do? Great video , and thanks ford reading this message !

Does yellow coolant apply to my 2013 3.5 taurus sel mine has orange

How much fluid does it need after the flush in an ford edge/mkx? does anyone know?

You only changed half your coolant

Hello, new owner of a '17 Edge Sport and I'm not car-smart. lol. Took my car to the Ford dealer and they recommended this flush for my car but wasn't considered urgent. I wondered if you were going to continuously do the 'drain and fill' in order to flush out the orange 100% or is this 10-15k mile Coolant Flush considered regular maintenance according to the manufacturer? Doing a coolant flush that often isn't something Ive ever had to do. Im new to the brand and have never done this service on any of my other cars.. Unless I was neglectful. lol

Boys, Adam is wrong about bleeding that engine. Over by the throttle body/battery area is a hose with a screw plug that turns with a small screwdriver. Loosen to drain old, and loosen to fill with new. It will weep coolant when full, but retighten and test drive to make sure it's full. A new engine, installed, is about $6000. Sorry boys. I'm 69 and learning things ain't like they used to be. Happy motoring.

Why do you sound like you just got off a treadmill

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