Coolant

[popeye]

I am going to change the coolant on my 99 expedition 4.6. We have napa and lordco pretty close so can anyone advise me on which coolant to buy.
thanks

 

[panda24619]

yellow bottle.

 

[stamp11127]

Better to keep the same type of coolant that the oem recommends. They come in various colors but are based on two types of glycol - ethylene or propylene. They do not mix. Look for one that is labeled ELC extended life coolant, in concentrate and mix your own 50/50 with distilled water.

Don't buy the premixed, just wasting your money.

 

[panda24619]

i agree. go buy concentrate and buy a 2 gallon of distilled water. it ends up being about the same price and you get 2 gallons worth instead of 1.

 

[splintrcel]

Could u make the prestone pic a little bigger, i cant quite see it. Actually my eyes burned from the brightness of the yellow but i def agree, i am swapping in prestone.

 

[Idahokid]

I have a 1998 and I'm sticking with green.The gold came out in 2002 I think.

 

[Idahokid]

I bought some green coolant at o'reilly's today and distilled water at walmart.It's made for ford pre 2002.And it protects aluminum.I also bought a hydrometer and mixed it tell it got to -34 or so.