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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Our Class C is on the 2003 Ford chassis with the V10. The Ford recommended coolant is Motorcraft Premiun Gold Engine Coolant and the change frequency is every 5 or 6 years (can't remember which right now). IIRC the coolant system has a capacity of 32 quarts which equals 8 gallons.
The parts guy at the local Ford dealer told me that they use 2 gallons of coolant plus 2 gallons of water when they change the coolant in their shop. Obviously they don't drain all of the coolant out by removing block plugs, etc.
I opened the cap on the expansion tank and the drain valve at the bottom of the radiator and got about 4 gallons out. Added the first gallon of antifreeze and a gallon of water through the expansion tank. I then made a 50/50 mix of the remaining antifreeze by pouring 1/2 the gallon of water into the empty antifreeze container and topping off with the full strength antifreeze. I then added the remaining water to the second antifreeze container. I poured one gallon of 50/50 mix into the expansion tank, plus most of the second gallon. Ran the engine and drove around several times and topped off the expansion tank as needed.
Have done this twice and will do it again before our travels this year.
The parts guy at the local Ford dealer told me that they use 2 gallons of coolant plus 2 gallons of water when they change the coolant in their shop. Obviously they don't drain all of the coolant out by removing block plugs, etc.
I opened the cap on the expansion tank and the drain valve at the bottom of the radiator and got about 4 gallons out. Added the first gallon of antifreeze and a gallon of water through the expansion tank. I then made a 50/50 mix of the remaining antifreeze by pouring 1/2 the gallon of water into the empty antifreeze container and topping off with the full strength antifreeze. I then added the remaining water to the second antifreeze container. I poured one gallon of 50/50 mix into the expansion tank, plus most of the second gallon. Ran the engine and drove around several times and topped off the expansion tank as needed.
Have done this twice and will do it again before our travels this year.
