What kind of coolant do I need to Flush my Mustang?
What kind of coolant do I need to Flush my Mustang?
Flushing the Cooling System on Your Mustang The Ford Shop Manual calls for coolant that meets ESE-M97B44-Aspecifications. A quick check shows Prestoneand Zerex both make antifreeze/coolant that meet that specification.
How much distilled water do you need to flush a Mustang?
Stopped by the parts store and picked up two gallons of Zerox in the white container. Also picked up 4 gallons of distilled water. A lot of people use the Prestone backflush kit and the Ford Shop manual shows this exact setup as a tool to use to backflush the system.
What kind of citric acid do you use to flush a Mustang?
Its a factory Mercedes procedure: a 10% solution of citric acid as your first flush will clean out your system. The rest of the flush cycles are getting rid of the acid and the crud. 10% for a Mustang system means about 2 pounds of dry citric acid.
How often should I change the coolant in my Ford Mustang?
The Ford Shop Manual calls for coolant that meets ESE-M97B44-A specifications. A quick check shows Prestone and Zerex both make antifreeze/coolant that meet that specification. Prestone recommends changing their Coolant annually and the Zerex guarantees theirs for 5 years or 100,000 miles.
Flushing the Cooling System on Your Mustang The Ford Shop Manual calls for coolant that meets ESE-M97B44-Aspecifications. A quick check shows Prestoneand Zerex both make antifreeze/coolant that meet that specification.
Stopped by the parts store and picked up two gallons of Zerox in the white container. Also picked up 4 gallons of distilled water. A lot of people use the Prestone backflush kit and the Ford Shop manual shows this exact setup as a tool to use to backflush the system.
Its a factory Mercedes procedure: a 10% solution of citric acid as your first flush will clean out your system. The rest of the flush cycles are getting rid of the acid and the crud. 10% for a Mustang system means about 2 pounds of dry citric acid.
What happens when you turn off the water pump on a Mustang?
HOWEVER if you have to be careful of getting a huge air pocket in the water pump and cavetating it. What happens is the pump is designed to move water. If you get a big enough pocket of air around it it just sets there and spins without pumping any water. The car can set at idle and the water temperature may be fine.
Is it OK to dump hot water in a Mustang?
DO NOT let Vern dump the water. The water is going to get to around 200 degrees while doing this so be careful when emptying the pan. And don’t trust him to set in the car and keep an eye on the temp gauge either. Odds are he will keep looking at the fuel gauge and keep yelling that it is too hot or too cold.
How many quarts of coolant do you need for a 60% system?
The coolant system holds 14.1 quarts so we need at least 5.6 quarts for the 40% and a max of 8.5 quarts for the 60% mix. Naturally 7 quarts would put us right in the middle at a 50% mix.
