How To Perform A Coolant Flush On Your Ford Vehicle

Here is the Gold Coolant I used from Motorcraft-
This is the only coolant flush chemical I use-
In this video I go over my method for flushing the cooling system on Ford vehicles. This is a very through way of flushing the system out of debris and scale. Ford Taurus vehicles with a very rusty coolant condition please follow this alternative method-

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[riverratranger]

God bless the man who TELLS YOU WHAT SIZE WRENCH to use! Thank you.

[brobrob]

Just wanted to say thank you, personally. Your vids have helped me so much, being a first time F150 owner. Bought one in bad shape and your vids have been my guide. I appreciate the time you've taken. God bless ya

[chriss]

Thanks to you, my wife and kids think I'm a car genius. Much appreciated for all your videos, even the old ones :)

[garyh]

We have some pretty hard water in my area, so I didn't use tap water. On my '03, I merely drained the radiator and refilled with distilled water, drove around for 10 minutes with the heater on to insure the heater core got flushed too. Repeated that procedure 6 times, I think it was, until finally it looked like clear water draining into the bucket. Then I added 2 gallons of Ford Gold coolant to top it off. Checked with a specific gravity meter, it shows 59%. At only 88, 470 miles, the original coolant still looked clean but it was 17 years old at the time. I didn't use any kind of coolant flush chemical. That was 3 years ago almost to the day. I don't drive it that much. Maybe 1500 miles between annual oil changes. Been subscribed to your channel a couple years now.

[nebu]

I'm new to ford with a completely destroyed explorer and your videos have really helped me out. Thanks so much for your time and dedication and even service.

[chriss]

Just did this on a 2011 expedition. I used Motorcraft VC-3B coolant. It took me about 3 hours. The hose I attached to the radiator was a 3/8" and was about 6 feet in length. The petcock is on the passenger side by the bottom right hand corner of the radiator fan. You can get to it without removing anything else, but it's a tight squeeze for bigger dudes. I used a flathead screwdriver to loosen it as the petcock on my vehicle was round and grooved so a wrench wouldn't work. If you use a stubby flathead you can unscrew it like a normal screw as there is a large groove cut out in the center.

[jamestwieg]

Have question similiar to one asked before but was not answered. Followed video procedure to change coolant today on 2006 F150 5.4 liter with coolant capacity 20.9 quarts. Removed cap on coolant bottle on cold engine and drained coolant thru hose attached to drain plug to get it all. Removed draincock at end. Only got about 6 quarts measured in 2 gallon milk bottles then stopped draining. Added radiator flush to coolant bottle then added water and as expected it only took the same amount of about 6 qts to fill it. Ran engine and drove with heater on high for about 20 minutes to clean coolant system. Allowed to cool some then drained again and again only got about 6-7 qts. Flushed with hose and drained with stopcock out at idle, as directed for several minutes till water coming out was clear. Refilled with water and drove again with heater on high for about 10 minutes. Allowed to cool some and drained again with draincock out. Only got 6-7 qts out again. Flushed at idle for a few minutes with hose, draincock out and engine running to get foam out of bottle til water coming out of stopcock was very clear. Filled with distilled water. Drove a bit then drained 1 more time with cover off of coolant bottle and only got 6-7 qts out. Added new full strength antifreeze and it only took 6-7 qts. All the time I was driving had lots of heat with heater on high and temp guage reading normal regular temp right in the middle. So if I had plain water in the system then and only could add 6-7 qts of full strength antifreeze, how do I achieve a 50/50 mix when there is 6-7 qts of antifreeze and about 14 qts of water in the coolant system?

[mezican]

First time watching this video and I like the professionalism. I'll definitely follow this video when I do my coolant flush next week.

[yamahabradley]

For Northern climates I would check the final water/antifreeze mixture to make sure it can withstand -40 below.

[marcustucker]

Excellent video. Exactly what we did at Ford dealership also. I would usually explain this same process to people, now I can just refer them to you. 👍

[Huskerdarren]

Great video. I've always been leery to flush my own radiator, but I can do this after watching you do it. Thanks!

[ffsdd]

If you can access the coolant drain plugs in your block it's a good idea to open those up when you are flushing the system with your garden hose.

[WizzRacing]

If you wan to scrub that recovery tank clean. You can use crushed ice and it will scrub it clean as new. I did mine this summer as it was really bad brown. And it was the hardest one to do as it had 4 dividers in it but 30-40 mins of shaking it was like new.

[ARMANDO-ch]

I really appreciate every video you do on ford, legit man you saved me so much time and money.

[joelung]

I just have to say thank you very much...
Your videos are very helpful.
I have been subscribed to your channel ever since I purchased my '05 4.6 l V8 rear wheel drive F-150.
You're the first place I go to find information on what I need to do for my vehicle and I cannot thank you enough.
I filed your procedure exactly!
The only thing I did different was after I ran the vehicle flushing it with water to get the cleaning solution out and let the system drain once clear of the cleaning solution.
With the cap off the reservoir tank and the drain plug from the radiator completely removed. I started the vehicle and ran it 10 to 15 seconds then shut it off. Then another half gallon to 3/4 gallon of clear water drained out.
Then I filled it with cooling solution.
Hopefully I didn't mess anything up.
I've used your channel to do a complete rotor, caliper, brakes and brake system flush.
Complete coolant system flush.
New front Monroe coil spring and strut assemblies replacement.
Oil change, throttle body cleaning,
Starter replacement.
Rear pinion seal replacement and differential fluid.
Power steering system fluid replacement.
New spark plug replacement.
Front wheel hub assemblies replacement.
Got the truck body mint condition for only $1250.00.
201, 000 miles.
Runs like a top!
Thank you again so very much, so informative and professionally done.
God bless you

[rodolfojuarez]

Just THANK YOU. That says it all.

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[drng]

I've watched your previous video and it seems that the tap-water method is not applicable to the new Yellow-coolant spec of Motorcraft coolant. I think I'll just do a fill then drain method using lots of distilled water to be sure. Great video.

[surg]

When I fill after the flush I add straight concentrated coolant of the amount that will be 60% of the listed coolant volume in the owners manual and fill the rest with distilled water. When a flush is done you never get all of the flush water out and if you add 50/50 or 60/40 to the water retained in the block and heater core it will dilute it and you won’t have enough freeze and additive protection.

[lostinmyspace]

If anyone is worried about iron in their hard water coming from an untreated outside the house spigot, go and buy some cheap distilled water from the grocery store. But I think you can also get some softened water from inside your house and not worry about sediment or iron.

[MrBobo]

Love your channel. It’s been extremely helpful while servicing my 10-12 Fusion with no automotive skills.