Gold (yellow), and that spec is the VC-7-B, which is exactly what I used. If Motorcraft Gold is not good, then I'm (held in place by a shaft with a top on it that also has a spiral inclined plane cut into it and spun around to affix me wherever I am) because guess what's in Awesome, which has the 4.6L 3V aluminum motor.īut so far, it's not been a problem, and it's exactly what was called for when I had to put it back in the car after that Timing Chain Adventure of Longness and Stuff. I guess I will get some bottles of yellow from Ford soon. I just did some more research and found a link about orange to yellow: Maybe the guy at the parts store didn't lie and the green turns to orange when it get warm? I don't know.Thanks, I would have thought the coolant had enough green in it to change the color but it didn't. After driving both vehicles for several miles and making sure the coolant level was perfect, the coolant is a beautiful, factory looking orange. I put the bottom radiator hose back on both vehicles and filled them back up. I had 4 gallons of 50/50 coolant to work with. I had 2 empty gallon coolant jugs, so I mixed the coolant to 50/50 with the distilled water I had bought. Each vehicle (the Mustang and the Edge) had around a gallon and a half come out. I didn't do full flushes on my two cars but undid the bottom radiator hose. I figured what the hell, green color is better than yellow. The guy at the auto parts store assured me it was orange coolant, much to my surprise, it was a light green color. I went down and bought 2 100% none mixed gallons of Zerex (Valvoline) G05, then went down to my local grocery store and bought 2 gallon of distilled water. I called Advanced auto and asked them if they had orange coolant. I asked the Ford parts guy, what would be the harm if I used a different color coolant bought from a local auto parts store? He told me "the color doesn't matter if it is approved to be use in a Ford". I called my local ford dealer and he told me they have stopped making the orange and changing to yellow just as your dealer told you. I flushed my Mustang and our 2014 Edge last week. you do you, and I hope I'm wrong in my apprehensiveness. I fear something's amiss with what you're experiencing, and if it were me, I'd be doing the flush/swap *four yesterdays* ago. It was a no brainer to put Motorcraft Gold back in. I know, I'm dumb sometimes, but she was still happy!), it was nearly new-looking, really clean, and definitely the correct faded gold/yellow in color. After dumping out the Gold that was in Awesome when I did the timing, and as old as it was (seriously, I think it was 14 years old, 'cause it wasn't having any issues. And since you can't get the Motorcraft Orange, the Motorcraft Gold is the right answer. IMO, you need to dump, flush and refill those coolant systems *pronto* with the correct, absolute OEM stuff. That's either a rust issue going on (although in an all/mostly aluminum system, probably not) or the glycol is turning on you. Coolant shouldn't change colors unless there's something wrong or the system is seriously dirty. I'm sure it happened, but that just doesn't sound right. I'm not buying the green turns orange thing. Maybe the guy at the parts store didn't lie and the green turns to orange when it get warm? I don't know.
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