Radiator Service
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Radiator Service
Hi all,
The odometer just hit 50k which means its time for the radiator to be flushed and refilled. I just got back from the service and was checking everything out and noticed that the level (cold fill) after the engine cooled for 10hours is about 3 inches below the mark. I never really noticed this before. Ford mech. said probably just an air bubble and they will top it off. Im curious if this happens alot or maybe I just didnt notice. But out of curiosity, how many of you have your cold fill level right on par?
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The Truck: 1997 Black F-150 Flareside. Regular Cab ORP and Towing Package
The Mods: K&N Filter, Eurolid Hard Tonneau, Profile Windstream Side Deflectors and Ford Bug Deflector.
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Triton's 4.6 Liter Web Page
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The odometer just hit 50k which means its time for the radiator to be flushed and refilled. I just got back from the service and was checking everything out and noticed that the level (cold fill) after the engine cooled for 10hours is about 3 inches below the mark. I never really noticed this before. Ford mech. said probably just an air bubble and they will top it off. Im curious if this happens alot or maybe I just didnt notice. But out of curiosity, how many of you have your cold fill level right on par?
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The Truck: 1997 Black F-150 Flareside. Regular Cab ORP and Towing Package
The Mods: K&N Filter, Eurolid Hard Tonneau, Profile Windstream Side Deflectors and Ford Bug Deflector.
The Site:
Triton's 4.6 Liter Web Page
www.mindspring.com/~acbradley/index.html
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Joined: Feb 2000
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From: Reseda, CA
I recently did mine, and on refilling it took a couple run-then-check cycles before the level stayed at the 'cold' line. I was a bit worried at first, but everything's OK now.
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Tom Kenney
tomk@bearcomp.com
tom@fluxtech.com
My truck, Sparky, is a 1992 F-150 XLT SuperCab shortbed 4x4, 302, A4OD, silver-on-black two-tone
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Tom Kenney
tomk@bearcomp.com
tom@fluxtech.com
My truck, Sparky, is a 1992 F-150 XLT SuperCab shortbed 4x4, 302, A4OD, silver-on-black two-tone
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I have the tow package which comes with two auxillary coolers (not sure which is which). I beleive one is a cooler for the power steering the other is for the transmission. Do either of these take in radiator fluid?
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The Truck: 1997 Black F-150 Flareside. Regular Cab ORP and Towing Package
The Mods: K&N Filter, Eurolid Hard Tonneau, Profile Windstream Side Deflectors and Ford Bug Deflector.
The Site:
Triton's 4.6 Liter Web Page
www.mindspring.com/~acbradley/index.html
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The Truck: 1997 Black F-150 Flareside. Regular Cab ORP and Towing Package
The Mods: K&N Filter, Eurolid Hard Tonneau, Profile Windstream Side Deflectors and Ford Bug Deflector.
The Site:
Triton's 4.6 Liter Web Page
www.mindspring.com/~acbradley/index.html
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Joined: Feb 2000
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From: Reseda, CA
Nope! One takes tranny fluid, the other PS fluid (same stuff, different system).
There is a 'thread' in either the "Engines" forum or the "Transmissions" forum that covers tranny and PS coolers. Use the Search feature if you don't find it first try.
BTW, mine's not a Triton, jes' a lowly 302, so I don't have any of the fancy coolers.
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Tom Kenney
tomk@bearcomp.com
tom@fluxtech.com
My truck, Sparky, is a 1992 F-150 XLT SuperCab shortbed 4x4, 302, A4OD, silver-on-black two-tone
There is a 'thread' in either the "Engines" forum or the "Transmissions" forum that covers tranny and PS coolers. Use the Search feature if you don't find it first try.
BTW, mine's not a Triton, jes' a lowly 302, so I don't have any of the fancy coolers.
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Tom Kenney
tomk@bearcomp.com
tom@fluxtech.com
My truck, Sparky, is a 1992 F-150 XLT SuperCab shortbed 4x4, 302, A4OD, silver-on-black two-tone