Changing coolant in Ford V-10
I have a 2004 Jayco Granite Ridge with the Ford V-10 engine. I have owned it for about 3 years myself. It only has about 18000 miles on it, but is now 12 years old. There were no service records av...
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Yes 12 years is too long.
If still factory, your V10 has the "old" green AF fluid.
When I changed mine I simply opened the bottom valve on the radiator and let it drain.
But then I refilled with pure water and and ran the engine enough to get the system warm (ie open the thermostat), then drained it again.
and repeated
and repeated
and repeated, until I could see or smell no trace of AF.
That way I was certain I got all the old AF out.
I measured how much I drained, so I knew that I had only gotten slightly over half the liquid out at any time. So I used that as a bench mark for how much new AF to put in.
I know that the common recommendation for the ol green AF is every 3 years or 36,000 miles.
If still factory, your V10 has the "old" green AF fluid.
When I changed mine I simply opened the bottom valve on the radiator and let it drain.
But then I refilled with pure water and and ran the engine enough to get the system warm (ie open the thermostat), then drained it again.
and repeated
and repeated
and repeated, until I could see or smell no trace of AF.
That way I was certain I got all the old AF out.
I measured how much I drained, so I knew that I had only gotten slightly over half the liquid out at any time. So I used that as a bench mark for how much new AF to put in.
I know that the common recommendation for the ol green AF is every 3 years or 36,000 miles.
