type of coolant.

[davidmmm69]

getting ready to flush my system. and the book says that there are 2 types or colors of antifreeze for use with my 2002..
and says specifically DO NOT MIX...
has anyone had any experiance with this... and what have they done...

 

[keith h]

As I understand it some or all of the new generation of explorers have yellor coolant which is supposed to be a 100k mile coolant. You may want to look into it more.

 

[alexefron]

there are two different types you can use the old one (ethelene glycol i believe) and i cant remember the other types name, but you dont want to mix them.

 

[davidmmm69]

i had the green stuff..

 

[alexefron]

looked it up, the other one is called propylene glycol. Both are colorless but dyes are added.

Ethylene glycol is the older coolant, and is more poisonous that proplyene glycol


I dont think there is any difference as far as longevity in the two types, but rather in the brand you chose, and the additives that they put in their coolant.

 

[davidmmm69]

i went and bought the correct stuff from ford and best thing is i bought a bunh of other parts and he never charged me for the 3 gallons of coolant.. HAHA>.