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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I have the Ford 5.4 which is basically the smaller version of the V-10.
Here is how I changed my antifreeze as per Ford recommendations. Drained the radiator, and only one block plug was accusable so took that out too. Other side was behind motor mount. Disconnected top radiator hose and took thermostat out. Disconnected one of the heater hoses, then flushed water both ways at disconnect point. You may have to prop open heater house vacuum actuated valve. Ran water both ways until all traces of old antifreeze was gone, with and without one block drain plug closed. Put T'stat back in and reconnected all the hoses. Then added full strength antifreeze until I had put in 1/2 of engine capacity. Then finish filling with 50/50 solution.
With the age of the vehicle you may consider putting on all new hoses too.
Here is how I changed my antifreeze as per Ford recommendations. Drained the radiator, and only one block plug was accusable so took that out too. Other side was behind motor mount. Disconnected top radiator hose and took thermostat out. Disconnected one of the heater hoses, then flushed water both ways at disconnect point. You may have to prop open heater house vacuum actuated valve. Ran water both ways until all traces of old antifreeze was gone, with and without one block drain plug closed. Put T'stat back in and reconnected all the hoses. Then added full strength antifreeze until I had put in 1/2 of engine capacity. Then finish filling with 50/50 solution.
With the age of the vehicle you may consider putting on all new hoses too.
