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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(In your search the auto part houses had a little vid or youtube)
Here is how I did mine. Couple years ago I asked the same thing. Yes, it needs changed. Make sure you get the "right" type anti freeze (forget what type) I heard people say they had problems with "burping" the radiator and I didn't want to mess with hose. So I picked up a cheap manual fluid pump from harbor freight (under $10) and sucked out every bit I could after jacking up rear end. Pumped into empty gallon jugs so I knew how much old came out and replaced with new the same amount. Kept my eye on the plastic bottle and after driving some, added till between lines of normal.
If I remember right... I also changed the t-stat when fluid was out?
There probably better way but that's what I did. One reason was I can't get rid of anti freeze except a gallon at a time with trash unless I want to take it to our household haz place and wait in line for long time. Worked for me.
Here is how I did mine. Couple years ago I asked the same thing. Yes, it needs changed. Make sure you get the "right" type anti freeze (forget what type) I heard people say they had problems with "burping" the radiator and I didn't want to mess with hose. So I picked up a cheap manual fluid pump from harbor freight (under $10) and sucked out every bit I could after jacking up rear end. Pumped into empty gallon jugs so I knew how much old came out and replaced with new the same amount. Kept my eye on the plastic bottle and after driving some, added till between lines of normal.
If I remember right... I also changed the t-stat when fluid was out?
There probably better way but that's what I did. One reason was I can't get rid of anti freeze except a gallon at a time with trash unless I want to take it to our household haz place and wait in line for long time. Worked for me.
