2020 Ford 7.3L coolant
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FoMoCo and Motorcraft, a veritable plethora of AF specs and types.
Originally Posted by bdcardinal
2018-2020 Coolant chart
Yellow Coolant Concentrate
Yellow Coolant Premix
Thanks for the chart !ðŸ‘
Didn't know that Ford had changed from the Orange
My 2018 250 has the orange coolant
2018-2020 Coolant chart
Yellow Coolant Concentrate
Yellow Coolant Premix
Thanks for the chart !ðŸ‘
Didn't know that Ford had changed from the Orange
My 2018 250 has the orange coolant
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Originally Posted by bdcardinal
2018-2020 Coolant chart
Yellow Coolant Concentrate
Yellow Coolant Premix
Have we circled back to G-05?
2018-2020 Coolant chart
Yellow Coolant Concentrate
Yellow Coolant Premix
Have we circled back to G-05?
Originally Posted by OVERKILL
Have we circled back to G-05?
Negative, its a completely different coolant. But its confusing enough where I have caught the VC-7-B which is G-05 being billed and handed out on cars where it shouldn't and had to go switch bottles on the tech.
You guys think all the different kinds of ATF, oil, and coolant are hard to obsess over here online, try obsessing over it for a living and having to stock it all too. Plus we are Mazda so having to stock all of their fluids as well, and keep track of what goes where when Mazda won't allow parts personnel to access the shop manual.
Have we circled back to G-05?
Negative, its a completely different coolant. But its confusing enough where I have caught the VC-7-B which is G-05 being billed and handed out on cars where it shouldn't and had to go switch bottles on the tech.
You guys think all the different kinds of ATF, oil, and coolant are hard to obsess over here online, try obsessing over it for a living and having to stock it all too. Plus we are Mazda so having to stock all of their fluids as well, and keep track of what goes where when Mazda won't allow parts personnel to access the shop manual.
The coolant named "Gold" on the bottle is labelled "Y" on the chart and "Yellow" in the notes.
The coolant named "Yellow" on the bottle is labelled "DY" in the chart and "Yellow" in the notes.
It's obviously clear and simple. I don't see how there can possibly be any confusion.
The coolant named "Yellow" on the bottle is labelled "DY" in the chart and "Yellow" in the notes.
It's obviously clear and simple. I don't see how there can possibly be any confusion.
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Originally Posted by CharlieBauer
The coolant named "Gold" on the bottle is labelled "Y" on the chart and "Yellow" in the notes.
The coolant named "Yellow" on the bottle is labelled "DY" in the chart and "Yellow" in the notes.
It's obviously clear and simple. I don't see how there can possibly be any confusion.
LOL!
The coolant named "Gold" on the bottle is labelled "Y" on the chart and "Yellow" in the notes.
The coolant named "Yellow" on the bottle is labelled "DY" in the chart and "Yellow" in the notes.
It's obviously clear and simple. I don't see how there can possibly be any confusion.
LOL!
My oil stash remains pretty relevant through the years, but I have to purge my coolant stash every time I trade cars. STANDARDIZE, already!
I wonder what the difference chemically is...gotta be something. F150 forums recently lit up over heater cores plugging up with some members speculating that the coolant change came about from that.
Originally Posted by double vanos
I wonder what the difference chemically is...gotta be something. F150 forums recently lit up over heater cores plugging up with some members speculating that the coolant change came about from that.
The new coolant is basically Prestone Corguard, it has Phosphates versus the former Orange which was basically Dexcool.
I wonder what the difference chemically is...gotta be something. F150 forums recently lit up over heater cores plugging up with some members speculating that the coolant change came about from that.
The new coolant is basically Prestone Corguard, it has Phosphates versus the former Orange which was basically Dexcool.
Originally Posted by Rand
That ford chart is horrendous.. but others arent much better.. I think jeep/Chrysler has changed 3-4x in the last 5 years.
I remember orange, pink, and purple.. and maybe green? or yellow?
I know they switched from G-05 to the purple OAT... On my 300, it looks orange when viewed through the reservoir, like the old G-05, but pop off the cap and look down it changes to purple!
Then there is this...
![[Linked Image]](https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/attachments/usergals/2020/01/full-83582-39827-408fa706_fcfc_4185_a1ed_250f9b026490.png "[Linked Image]")
That ford chart is horrendous.. but others arent much better.. I think jeep/Chrysler has changed 3-4x in the last 5 years.
I remember orange, pink, and purple.. and maybe green? or yellow?
I know they switched from G-05 to the purple OAT... On my 300, it looks orange when viewed through the reservoir, like the old G-05, but pop off the cap and look down it changes to purple!
Then there is this...
Originally Posted by double vanos
I wonder what the difference chemically is...gotta be something. F150 forums recently lit up over heater cores plugging up with some members speculating that the coolant change came about from that.
I've read that the new DY AF is supposed to be the Prestone Corguard formula but I don't think that I've actually seen where that has been outright stated by Ford. I think some of it comes from the information that Ford was recommending using Prestone with some of the truck models and Transit that were using the orange and had heater core issues as mentioned. That said, 'if' the DY is Prestone still uses 2eha found in Dex, perhaps at a lower concentration.
As for Ford multiple specs and colors, imo part of it their own doing. Example with this latest DY, if it's good enough to replace Orange Dex, why not back spec it to all the Orange applications? If it really is Prestone, supposed to be a universal type AF anyway. I understand not back specing Orange Dex to G05 models, but not the latest move with DY.
At least they do have an AF chart as linked above showing the correct applications though. That helps somewhat.
I wonder what the difference chemically is...gotta be something. F150 forums recently lit up over heater cores plugging up with some members speculating that the coolant change came about from that.
I've read that the new DY AF is supposed to be the Prestone Corguard formula but I don't think that I've actually seen where that has been outright stated by Ford. I think some of it comes from the information that Ford was recommending using Prestone with some of the truck models and Transit that were using the orange and had heater core issues as mentioned. That said, 'if' the DY is Prestone still uses 2eha found in Dex, perhaps at a lower concentration.
As for Ford multiple specs and colors, imo part of it their own doing. Example with this latest DY, if it's good enough to replace Orange Dex, why not back spec it to all the Orange applications? If it really is Prestone, supposed to be a universal type AF anyway. I understand not back specing Orange Dex to G05 models, but not the latest move with DY.
At least they do have an AF chart as linked above showing the correct applications though. That helps somewhat.
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