2001 Ford Taurus Owners Manual

Maintenance and care
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Donotusealcohol,methanolorbrineoranyenginecoolants
mixedwithalcoholormethanolantifreeze(coolant).Alcoholand
otherliquidscancauseenginedamagefromoverheatingorfreezing.
Donotaddextrainhibitorsoradditivestothecoolant.These
canbeharmfulandcompromisethecorrosionprotectionoftheengine
coolant.
DonotmixwithrecycledcoolantunlessfromaFord-approved
recyclingprocess(seeUseofRecycledEngineCoolantsection).
Forvehicleswithoverflowcoolantsystemswithanon-pressurizedcap
onthecoolantrecoverysystem,addcoolanttothecoolantrecovery
reservoirwhentheengineiscool.Addthepropermixtureofcoolantand
watertothe“coldfull”level.Forallothervehicles,whichhaveacoolant
degassystemwithapressurizedcap,orifitisnecessarytoremovethe
coolantpressurereliefcapontheradiatorofavehiclewithanoverflow
system,followthesestepstoaddenginecoolant.
Toavoidpersonalinjury,makesuretheengineiscoolbefore
unscrewingthecoolantpressurereliefcap.Thecoolingsystemis
underpressure;steamandhotliquidcancomeoutforcefullywhenthe
capisloosenedslightly.
1.
2.
pressurereliefcaponthecoolantreservoir(anopaqueplasticbottle).
Slowlyturncapcounterclockwise(left)untilpressurebeginstorelease.
Beforeyoubegin,turntheengineoffandletitcool.
Whentheengineiscool,wrapathickclotharoundthecoolant
3.
Stepbackwhilethepressurereleases.
4.
Whenyouaresurethatallthepressurehasbeenreleased,usethe
clothtoturnitcounterclockwiseandremovethecap.
5.
Fillthecoolantreservoirslowlywiththepropercoolantmixture(see
above),towithinthe“coldfillrange”orthe“coldfull”levelonthe
reservoir.Ifyouremovedtheradiatorcapinanoverflowsystem,fillthe
radiatoruntilthecoolantisvisibleandradiatorisalmostfull.
6.
Replacethecap.Turnuntiltightlyinstalled.(Capmustbetightly
installedtopreventcoolantloss.)
Afteranycoolanthasbeenadded,checkthecoolantconcentrationsee
CheckingEngineCoolantsection).Iftheconcentrationisnot50/50
(protectionto–34°F/–36°C),drainsomecoolantandadjustthe
concentration.Itmaytakeseveraldrainsandadditionstoobtaina50/50
coolantconcentration.
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