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Without going Motorcraft, what is the closest / most chemically similar or exactly the same as Ford orange coolant, pre-diluted, available at walmart, least expensive option without going yellow, thanks.
Closest to Ford orange coolant
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Dexcool.
Dex-Cool is the same as Motorcraft orange.If it meets this spec, you're good. Ford WSS-M97B44-D
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You can save money and get the Walmart OAT licensed DexCool SuperTech equivalent. It's essentially the same as the Ford orange.
Not quite. Dexcool turns pink when it's introduced to water.
when introduced it was exclusively texaco xlc which is orange.
suppliers change and the tint is different but it’s all the same stuff. gm rolled it out in 95, ford started in 98-99
FWIW Ford Yellow can be mixed with Ford Orange, per Ford.
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Yes, I know.
How about Gold? VC7?
ORANGE IS VC13, YELLOW VC3
Ford Motorcraft Orange is Dexcool/Deathcool, but even Ford is superseding that with yellow, which is the Prestone yellow bottle. The Prestone Cor-Guard 10-year coolant is Motorcraft Yellow at half the price.
If you still want orange, then Walmart brand Dexcool is probably the cheapest, unless someone else has theirs on sale/rebate.
Why don't you want to use the new yellow stuff that supersedes orange? It won't change the color of the orange stuff already in there, if that's what you're worried about
This doesn't make sense, since you use 50% water anyway, and the 50/50 premix Dexcools are still orange.
If you still want orange, then Walmart brand Dexcool is probably the cheapest, unless someone else has theirs on sale/rebate.
Why don't you want to use the new yellow stuff that supersedes orange? It won't change the color of the orange stuff already in there, if that's what you're worried about
This doesn't make sense, since you use 50% water anyway, and the 50/50 premix Dexcools are still orange.
Maybe it's having a chemical reaction with the plastic of the reservoir tank.
That's possible. After all, Dexcool/Deathcool is known to react with the gaskets in the engine, so why not the reservoir too?
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I have had both GM Dmax (using Dexcool) and Ford Taurus and Fusion using the orange Ford coolant, and NEVER have I experienced it turning "pink" when mixed with water. The concentrate will go from a dark orange to a lighter shade of orange.
What is the basis for your claim? I find it unlikely.
Maybe when the light shines through the translucent white plastic tank, it makes the coolant appear pink. I never understood it myself.
I use NAPA orange/Dexcool in our 2012 Lincoln.
Here you go.
Actually no. It’s looks pink through the wall of the translucent reservoir. It’s more of a reddish orange looking colour in a antifreeze tester.
That was an issue 25 years ago. You can pull a sample from a plastic reservoir through which it looks pink. The sample will appear red/orange.That's possible. After all, Dexcool/Deathcool is known to react with the gaskets in the engine, so why not the reservoir too?