coolant color

[cerbomark]

my 21 Mach 1 coolant looks green to me.
Charts calls for Orange. I bought it new.
Ideas?

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[cerbomark]

https://parts.ford.com/content/dam/...orcraftpdf/Antifreeze_Coolant_Usage_Chart.pdf

 

[2022 Mach 1]

https://parts.ford.com/content/dam/...orcraftpdf/Antifreeze_Coolant_Usage_Chart.pdf

Ford is just lazy. The orange is found in all the other 5.0 besides the Mach 1. If you're needing to add coolant, I would look for why prior to adding. You could have another issue. When it comes time to flush and change, use whatever tickles your fancy as long as it falls in the operating temp range for your area.

 

[KingKona]

Why do you ask?

 

[cerbomark]

I have no issues, just doing a check on things under the hood and noticed the green looking coolant and thought they went to orange.

 

[Nitrousfedlx]

There's really no rhyme or reason why they use green or orange. Although orange specifically says for north American vehicles. The orange is organic additive technology (oat). I personally would stick to what they put in it from the factory. If u mix colors they can react with each other and cause it to become like a sludge.

 

[DonnieO]

They don't sell the orange anymore

 

[cerbomark]

There's really no rhyme or reason why they use green or orange. Although orange specifically says for north American vehicles. The orange is organic additive technology (oat). I personally would stick to what they put in it from the factory. If u mix colors they can react with each other and cause it to become like a sludge.

That s why I m questioning whats up. Thanks.

 

[Nitrousfedlx]

They don't sell the orange anymore

Guess I better hurry to advance and buy their last 30 gallons available.

 

[ORRadtech]

Sometime around late '20 to early '21 ford switched to yellow in the Mustang. I could be off on the timing but switch they did.
The yellow is backwards compatible with the yellow. Ford no longer sells the orange.
When the switch was made there were several threads on the subject here. A search would probably bring several up.

 

[Nitrousfedlx]

Here's the 2 types. I have both because my wife's explorer takes the yellow and the Mustang takes the orange. So I keep both on hand in case they need a drop added. Lol.

 

[DonnieO]

Guess I better hurry to advance and buy their last 30 gallons available.

Why the smart ass reply? Motorcraft no longer sells the orange. There have been plenty of threads on it.

 

[WD Pro]

Sometime around late '20 to early '21 ford switched to yellow in the Mustang. I could be off on the timing but switch they did.
The yellow is backwards compatible with the yellow. Ford no longer sells the orange.
When the switch was made there were several threads on the subject here. A search would probably bring several up.

Yeah my 20 came with the yellow / green / grabber lime coolant

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[KeyLime]

Sometime around late '20 to early '21 ford switched to yellow in the Mustang. I could be off on the timing but switch they did.
The yellow is backwards compatible with the yellow. Ford no longer sells the orange.
When the switch was made there were several threads on the subject here. A search would probably bring several up.

Here's an updated chart showing the change over.

 

[Nitrousfedlx]

Why the smart ass reply? Motorcraft no longer sells the orange. There have been plenty of threads on it.

Just being funny man.

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