Maintenance and Specifications
Alongwiththe
(Enginecoolanttemperature)indicator,theengine
coolanttemperaturegaugewillreadintheHot(H)area.
Oiloverheatcanbetriggeredinseveredrivingconditions,suchas
towingheavyloadsovermountainousterraininextremehot
temperatures.Asoiltemperatureincreases,engineandvehiclespeed
willbelimited.Thetransmissionwillalsoshiftdifferently.
Whentheengineoilhascooled,thevehiclewillperformnormally.
Whenfail-safecoolingmodeisactivated
Youhavelimitedenginepowerwheninthefail-safemode,sodrivethe
vehiclewithcaution.Rememberthattheengineiscapableofcompletely
shuttingdownautomaticallytopreventenginedamage,therefore:
1.
2.
3.
Pullofftheroadassoonassafelypossibleandturnofftheengine.
Arrangeforthevehicletobetakentoanauthorizeddealer.
Ifthisisnotpossible,waitapproximately15minutesfortheengineto
cool.
4.
Checkthecoolantlevelandreplenishiflow.Lookforcoolantleakage
intheenginecompartmentandunderthevehicle.
Neverremovethecoolantreservoircapwhiletheengineis
runningorhot.
5.
Restarttheengineandtakeyourvehicletoanauthorizeddealer.
Drivingthevehiclewithoutrepairingtheengineproblem
increasesthechanceofenginedamage.Takeyourvehicletoan
authorizeddealerassoonaspossible.
FUEL FILTER
Forfuelfilterreplacement,seeyourauthorizeddealer.Referto
scheduledmaintenanceinformationfortheappropriateintervalsfor
changingthefuelfilter.
ReplacethefuelfilterwithanauthorizedMotorcraftpart.The
customerwarrantymaybevoidforanydamagetothefuelsystem
ifanauthorizedMotorcraftfuelfilterisnotused.
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| Model Year | 2008 |
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