2008 Ford Explorer Owners Manual

Maintenance and Specifications
1.
Starttheengineandletitrun
untilitreachesnormaloperating
temperature(theenginecoolant
temperaturegaugeindicatorwillbe
nearthecenterofthenormalarea
betweenHandC).
2.
steeringwheelleftandrightseveral
times.
Whiletheengineidles,turnthe
3.
4.
5.
Turntheengineoff.
Checkthefluidlevelinthereservoir.
ThefluidlevelshouldbebetweentheMINandMAXlines.Donotadd
fluidifthelevelisinthisrange.
6.
Ifthefluidislow,addfluidinsmallamounts,continuouslychecking
theleveluntilitreachesthecorrectoperatingrange.Besuretoputthe
capbackonthereservoir.RefertoMaintenanceproductspecifications
andcapacitiesinthischapterfortheproperfluidtype.
BRAKE FLUID
Thefluidlevelwilldropslowlyas
thebrakeswear,andwillrisewhen
thebrakecomponentsarereplaced.
Fluidlevelsbetweenthe“MIN”and
“MAX”linesarewithinthenormal
operatingrange;thereisnoneedto
addfluid.Ifthefluidlevelsare
outsideofthenormaloperating
rangetheperformanceofthe
systemcouldbecompromised;seek
servicefromyourauthorizeddealerimmediately.
TRANSMISSION FLUID
Checking automatic transmission fluid
Theautomatictransmissiondoesnothaveanunderhoodtransmission
fluiddipstick.
Refertoyourscheduledmaintenanceinformationforscheduled
intervalsforfluidchecksandchanges.Yourtransmissiondoesnot
consumefluid.However,thefluidlevelshouldbecheckedifthe
transmissionisnotworkingproperly,(i.e.,ifthetransmissionslipsor
shiftsslowly)orifyounoticesomesignoffluidleakage.
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Product Specification
CategoriesFord Explorer Manuals, Ford Manuals
Model Year2008
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