Been a long day. Im not good at putting pictures on here. So ill try again. This is on my 89 year old moms ford explorer.its a 2012 she bought new. 3.5 engine. All work has been done at the local Ford dealer. 75k miles. I looked it over and decided to check the air filters and a few other things. I noticed the coolant looks pink, it should be orange. She has ever receipt from the dealer service. Its never had any work done involving coolant. Just tire rotation and oil changes. Sad to say she’s never even had them change the air filters. So im wondering why does the coolant look pink?
If its a blend of pink and orange, there’s no telling how long its been this way. Her last service was in March of 25. Im wondering if someone topped of the original orange with pink. Maybe at the dealer. The only other people who would ever lift the hood would be my nephew or brother in law. Both said they haven’t touched it. I guess its time to schedule a flush to be safe.
The coolant was scheduled to be replaced after 6 years, then every 3 years. The dye used to color the coolant will fade after 14.5 years.
Interesting thought…I hadn’t considered that. It apparently hasn’t had a weird chemical reaction. My grandpa once added the old style green coolant with dexcool because he just didn’t know better. It more or less turned to sludge
I d have it drained, flushed, and filled with the factory spec coolant.
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Ford sats the original coolant is good for 10 years or 125000 miles so just have it changed/
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