- Joined
- Apr 22, 2016
- Messages
- 1,236
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.
Not quite. Dexcool turns pink when it's introduced to water.Dexcool.
when introduced it was exclusively texaco xlc which is orange.Not quite. Dexcool turns pink when it's introduced to water.
FWIW Ford Yellow can be mixed with Ford Orange, per Ford.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.
How about Gold? VC7?FWIW Ford Yellow can be mixed with Ford Orange, per Ford.
Not quite. Dexcool turns pink when it's introduced to water.
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.
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.Not quite. Dexcool turns pink when it's introduced to water.
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.
I use NAPA orange/Dexcool in our 2012 Lincoln.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.
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.Not quite. Dexcool turns pink when it's introduced to water.
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?