God bless the man who TELLS YOU WHAT SIZE WRENCH to use! Thank you.

Thanks to you, my wife and kids think I'm a car genius. Much appreciated for all your videos, even the old ones :)

Just wanted to say thank you, personally. Your vids have helped me so much, being a first time F150 owner. Bought one in bad shape and your vids have been my guide. I appreciate the time you've taken. God bless ya

I'm new to ford with a completely destroyed explorer and your videos have really helped me out. Thanks so much for your time and dedication and even service.

Brian thanks so much for all you videos I been a Ford owner for 40 years Its nice to click your videos to see how you do it nice slow well explained. You been my go to guy for all my Ford and Mercury cars and Trucks thanks

Love your channel. It’s been extremely helpful while servicing my 10-12 Fusion with no automotive skills.

We have some pretty hard water in my area, so I didn't use tap water. On my '03, I merely drained the radiator and refilled with distilled water, drove around for 10 minutes with the heater on to insure the heater core got flushed too. Repeated that procedure 6 times, I think it was, until finally it looked like clear water draining into the bucket. Then I added 2 gallons of Ford Gold coolant to top it off. Checked with a specific gravity meter, it shows 59%. At only 88,470 miles, the original coolant still looked clean but it was 17 years old at the time. I didn't use any kind of coolant flush chemical. That was 3 years ago almost to the day. I don't drive it that much. Maybe 1500 miles between annual oil changes. Been subscribed to your channel a couple years now.

Great video. I've always been leery to flush my own radiator, but I can do this after watching you do it. Thanks!

Excellent video. Exactly what we did at Ford dealership also. I would usually explain this same process to people, now I can just refer them to you. 👍

I want to thanks you for this video. I had to replace the radiator in my F150 due to a small leak. So I watched your flush process and did it yesterday. All went ok and I have a new motor craft RAD22 and filled it up with the Zerex G05 coolant. I learned a lot that I never knew regarding engine coolant in the process. I also learned that the 5.4 holds approx 2 gal and the rad is approx 1 gal. I have a 2010 Taurus to do next as it's at the 6 yr recommended interval. Thanks again.

I really appreciate every video you do on ford, legit man you saved me so much time and money.

Just did this on a 2011 expedition. I used Motorcraft VC-3B coolant. It took me about 3 hours. The hose I attached to the radiator was a 3/8" and was about 6 feet in length. The petcock is on the passenger side by the bottom right hand corner of the radiator fan. You can get to it without removing anything else, but it's a tight squeeze for bigger dudes. I used a flathead screwdriver to loosen it as the petcock on my vehicle was round and grooved so a wrench wouldn't work. If you use a stubby flathead you can unscrew it like a normal screw as there is a large groove cut out in the center.

Thank you that was very simple and easy to follow and truly appreciated

I just have to say thank you very much... Your videos are very helpful. I have been subscribed to your channel ever since I purchased my '05 4.6 l V8 rear wheel drive F-150. You're the first place I go to find information on what I need to do for my vehicle and I cannot thank you enough. I filed your procedure exactly! The only thing I did different was after I ran the vehicle flushing it with water to get the cleaning solution out and let the system drain once clear of the cleaning solution. With the cap off the reservoir tank and the drain plug from the radiator completely removed. I started the vehicle and ran it 10 to 15 seconds then shut it off. Then another half gallon to 3/4 gallon of clear water drained out. Then I filled it with cooling solution. Hopefully I didn't mess anything up. I've used your channel to do a complete rotor, caliper, brakes and brake system flush. Complete coolant system flush. New front Monroe coil spring and strut assemblies replacement. Oil change, throttle body cleaning, Starter replacement. Rear pinion seal replacement and differential fluid. Power steering system fluid replacement. New spark plug replacement. Front wheel hub assemblies replacement. Got the truck body mint condition for only $1250.00. 201,000 miles. Runs like a top! Thank you again so very much, so informative and professionally done. God bless you

Just THANK YOU. That says it all. If you ever come to Oaxaca México let me know, it will be my pleasure to share a meal. The best videos, by far.

Thank you so much for this video. I need to do this on my Mercury Mountaineer and wanted to ensure I could do a good job. I think I can now. great work and thanks for sharing 😊

For Northern climates I would check the final water/antifreeze mixture to make sure it can withstand -40 below.

Good job! Very thorough. We can't ask for more...

Really appreciate you teaching and sharing this knowledge with us. Thanks

Covered all bases, crystal clear, a good presentation.

Thank you so much for this video! I did this procedure along with flushing out the heater core and I now have heat in the cab again!

Love your vids! I admire people with passion when doing their work the proper way. I have always done all my maintenance and repairs on all my vehicles so I know that it gets done right every time. My 19' F-250 6.7 diesel has 48k miles and want do do a complete coolant change of the primary and secondary cooling systems. Is it possible for you to do a video on that procedure? Keep up the good work👍

Mak is the best,wish you were here in my town...Love your work...You should have a TV show...

Thank you very much. With this method, my heater never went on and temp rose to 212f, so I closed the loop and flushed three times. Then I did one more closed loop flush with distilled water. The 70 % concentration makes sense since I almost had no coolant left from two gallon jugs. Thanks again for posting.

Thanks for this, exellent vid, helped a lot!

If you can access the coolant drain plugs in your block it's a good idea to open those up when you are flushing the system with your garden hose.

I like your videos. Always with good info, and to the point. You have a lot of class.

First time watching this video and I like the professionalism. I'll definitely follow this video when I do my coolant flush next week.

Really enjoy all your videos thanks buddy have a wonderful week.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and I like the music in the background to.

Have question similiar to one asked before but was not answered. Followed video procedure to change coolant today on 2006 F150 5.4 liter with coolant capacity 20.9 quarts. Removed cap on coolant bottle on cold engine and drained coolant thru hose attached to drain plug to get it all. Removed draincock at end. Only got about 6 quarts measured in 2 gallon milk bottles then stopped draining. Added radiator flush to coolant bottle then added water and as expected it only took the same amount of about 6 qts to fill it. Ran engine and drove with heater on high for about 20 minutes to clean coolant system. Allowed to cool some then drained again and again only got about 6-7 qts. Flushed with hose and drained with stopcock out at idle, as directed for several minutes till water coming out was clear. Refilled with water and drove again with heater on high for about 10 minutes. Allowed to cool some and drained again with draincock out. Only got 6-7 qts out again. Flushed at idle for a few minutes with hose, draincock out and engine running to get foam out of bottle til water coming out of stopcock was very clear. Filled with distilled water. Drove a bit then drained 1 more time with cover off of coolant bottle and only got 6-7 qts out. Added new full strength antifreeze and it only took 6-7 qts. All the time I was driving had lots of heat with heater on high and temp guage reading normal regular temp right in the middle. So if I had plain water in the system then and only could add 6-7 qts of full strength antifreeze, how do I achieve a 50/50 mix when there is 6-7 qts of antifreeze and about 14 qts of water in the coolant system?

Awesome needed a fresh up haven't done in 25 yrs bu now have too good video ty

Thank you! Great video. I just bought a 2004 f150 with 5.4 and 82k miles. I will be doing this procedure...

Great video! As a pro just curious how much time do you bill for and how long does the job usually take. Keep your videos coming. So good.

This video reminds me to my problem with the water pump, this thing is so tricky, it tooks me two days to figured out that it is what causing the heating issue

Thanks for posting this. Great info

Really appreciate your videos. Can you please do a Video on Coolant Flush with Thermostat change on A 2008 Ford Edge? Soon. Thanks

thanks brian! make sure to test the coolant afterwards with a boil/freeze tester to make sure it's at least a 50/50 mix. I usually pull the lower hose at the start to really evacuate the sediment. Great videos brother!!

Thank you! This worked great!

I did a nuline deepclean but when I filled it up with coolant the old water recirculated with the gunk back into the reservoir. Using your method I could finally clean it all out. Thankyou kind sir

If you wan to scrub that recovery tank clean. You can use crushed ice and it will scrub it clean as new. I did mine this summer as it was really bad brown. And it was the hardest one to do as it had 4 dividers in it but 30-40 mins of shaking it was like new.

One question. The water at the end of this, still inside the engine block ,is NOT distilled water. Distilled water is recommended when adding antifreeze when it isn't 50% already diluted. Wouldn't it be better to add distilled water in the reservoir to flush out remaining undistilled water before adding the last step antifreeze? Or is it such a small amount it doesn't matter? **** Looks like this was covered in another post.

thanks again for your help with the actuator

Engine ticking and knocking is giving me flashbacks of my last truck. So glad to have the 5.0L now, so much smoother.

When I cleaned out my tank, removed the tank, flushed it out, added a very small rag wrapped around a powerful magnet. With another magnet I used it to control and scrub the tank inside of the tank almost 100 percent clean. It was better than any brush and blower.

If anyone is worried about iron in their hard water coming from an untreated outside the house spigot, go and buy some cheap distilled water from the grocery store. But I think you can also get some softened water from inside your house and not worry about sediment or iron.

When I fill after the flush I add straight concentrated coolant of the amount that will be 60% of the listed coolant volume in the owners manual and fill the rest with distilled water. When a flush is done you never get all of the flush water out and if you add 50/50 or 60/40 to the water retained in the block and heater core it will dilute it and you won’t have enough freeze and additive protection.

Thanks this process did great for me

I've watched your previous video and it seems that the tap-water method is not applicable to the new Yellow-coolant spec of Motorcraft coolant. I think I'll just do a fill then drain method using lots of distilled water to be sure. Great video.

During the flush with the engine running, wont the thermostat close because of cooling down and when you cut the engine off to drain, there be some semi rusty water left in the water jacket of the engine?

Thank you, this video was very helpful, worked out great!

Thank you your Videos are great yes I’m a girl I work on my car but you have a Lotta good advice thank you so much again 10 thumbs up on that do You know what you’re doing easy to follow ❤️it

Great videos, love your channel esp. all the 5.4L 3v advice! On this video, are you worried about introducing cool water to a hot engine and cracking something?

Bro! Where have you been all my life! 😆 🤣 😂

Great videos sir. You do a great job and have taught us all many tips , tricks and techniques. I had a question. I'm planing on doing a water pump and t stat and replacing Ford's o rings in hoses this weekend. Would you flush before or after the install? My water at home is really hard and i thought by doing it before, i would get a lot more of my hard water out of block but not sure. It hasn't been flushed ever, with 100k. Thanks for any advice

Great video. Im gona do this to my 5.4 asap

If you have residue in the expansion tank, remove it any way possible rather than trying to flush it through the system because mostly all of the residue will end up in the heater core and/or cores. Like Expedition Eddie Bauer rear hvac.

Great video! Thanks. But is there any risk to using tap water to refill the cooling system with unknown acidity and contaminants instead of using gallon jugs of distilled water purchased from the store to refill?

Your videos are the best

Thank you so much for your video! Great job!

Can you do this same procedure on a 1990 ford f250 7.3 diesel

Would you recommend this same procedure for a 2011 F250 6.7L? Thanks!

Thanks for this video very helpful.

u are a godsend thanku i am a diy and u explain it very well

How precise do you have to be when mixing the 100% coolant with the water that you estimate that is in the block??

Great video, any possibility for a brake fluid flush video in the future?

Great video...One little thing... The second cold water hits the t-stats it closes up. Its not easy to do on all engines, but on the 5.4l 3v (the engine your working on) it very easy to remove the t-stat, then bolt the housing back down (it will leak, which is fine for the flush) Flush the system the same way you described only now you have a full flow of coolant going through the engine...Then, t-stat back in, flip the o-ring around opposite of how it came out (I keep spare t-stat seals on hand at my shop just in case the original cant be reused). Refill and burp just as you described. Again great Video.

Hey, great video. Very informative and I will be flushing my coolant within the next few days. One thing that I’m not all that clear on, is after I flush the system with water how can I just fill it with 50/50? Im not very good at figuring percentages of fluids. I drive a 2014 Ford F-150 XL, 3.7 engine, flex fuel.

Will this method work on an E99 F250 7.3 PSD? Thanks.

Wow! I must be old school. First, I always measure the drained coolant that comes out, so I know how much concentrate to add back in later. Second, I flush with distilled water only, not with tap water that will remain in the system after you drain. Finally, after doing the rest of the procedure similar to what you have shown, and the drained fluid looks clear, I refill with the same measured amount of new concentrate that was initially removed to provide a 50/50 system mixture and then top off with 50/50 distilled/coolant. This way I don't introduce all the minerals and chemicals that are in tap water. Only distilled and coolant for my truck!!

Great video. Thanks a lot bro

Good video very instructive 👍

Could I follow the procedure you’ve outlined in this video. Then at the end pull out the drain plugs on the block to get the rest of the clean water out then refill with 50/50?

Hi Brian! I really enjoy your videos. Even though I (thankfully) don't currently have any car repair projects, I feel like I'm a better mechanic for having studied your techniques. I have two F150s, so I'm sure I'll need your advice eventually. If I may comment on your video editing techniques, I'd like to suggest that you sign off personally, on camera, even if that was with a prerecord little snippet. Many of your videos start with you on camera describing the problem and setting the stage for the repair. That connects you to the viewers. I'm sure that signing off by saying something about the repair, thanking the viewers, and personally asking them to subscribe would work better for you than just rolling text at the end. Your most recent videos just sort of ended without flair. Just boom--end of video. You deserve better than that. You could at least prerecord several different endings when you have a free day, then just tack a random one onto each video. I'll pulling for you!

Awesome video.

Awesome video!

To get right amount of coolant after a flush, look up how much the system holds. Then add 1/2 that amount of 100% antifreeze then top it off with water.

Ah yes the beautiful sound of the 3v cam phaser knock

Thanks 🙏 this was a big help!

Thank you! Very professional.

Really appreciate your detailed maintenance videos! I'm hoping you can provide some insight. How does the fresh/cold water make its way to the water pump and engine? Wouldn't it just go into the degas bottle > radiator > out the open drain petcock? Can you suggest a coolant flush method for a Fiesta? My research suggests that it doesn't have a drain petcock - so people remove the lower radiator hose.

The Process from about 6:30 on... Is it good to be pouring cold water in and through a hot coolant system? That makes me nervous about rapid expansion/contraction issues.

Hello, thanks for all of your helpful videos. Recently, I replaced the Coolant bypass solenoid c in my 2013 Escape 1.6 for a p26b7 code. I initially lost some coolant and made sure I topped it off after the repair. After about 1000 miles I just received a low coolant warning and noticed that the coolant level was low in the reservoir. Have you come across this issue before? My initial thought is that I introduced air into the system and it has worked itself out by now, but I am afraid it could be worse.. EEEK

More great info!! Thanks!! 👍💯

Do you recommend we take out the plug on the block too or is it something that's optional? Thank you 😊

Thank you for the video I only have one question. My owners manual to my 2010 Mustang says to only used distilled water. I did a coolant flush at about 45000 miles by draining the radiator, filling will clear distilled water, running engine to open thermostat then run engine a few minutes and repeated this process until the water draining out is clear. Then refilled with Motorcraft gold coolant. Is this method ok to use? Using a garden hose the water isn't distilled. Thank you kindly.

Can you do a full back flush video on the primary and secondary cooling systems of the 6.7 powerstroke???

coulda used your slick cooling filler tool that pulls a vacuum down on the system. that tool is NICE

Which is better for my Ford Edge Green VC-10-A2 vs Orange VC-3-B Region Southern California

I have a couple of questions; 1. what is your opinion on the use of distilled or ionized water, to flush, as opposed to the potable water that you used here? 2. in the case of a neglected cooling system,( ie.2003 f150 5.4l, VIN L, 273000 kms, never unflushed), what is your opinion on leaving the cleaning additive in the engine for a three day heavy duty cleaning, do you recommend it or not, and why?

Thank you for your video. I would take out the Thermostat whilst cleaning 'n' flushing and once is finished then replaced for a new Thermostat.

Very Informative videos!! Do you have a video on cleaning the outside of the engine on a 2011 F150 Ecoboost?

Do you have a shop here in chicago. I like your dedication towards your work is it possible for you to work on my car. It's a 2011 ford taraus 3.5L Limited 103kmiles. Just need a coolant flush and a tune up.

The Ford Gold coolant is the cause of many cooling system issues on Fords. I never reinstall it on anything it's drained from. I use Shell Rotella ELC or their Ultra ELC on pretty much everything. They do not precipitate silicates. However, I understand that you may have to stick with Motorcraft coolant at a dealership.

pretty much how I do it. good vid.

Thanks for the video. I am thinking to do on my car. Just one thing, the tap water used to flash at the end some will stay in the system. I was told not to use tap water into cooling system. I can think I can't do a flash like this using distilled water as well.

Just one question, where will it be safe to let water tainted with coolant drain to? Most of us dont have a garage with a drain catch and a seperatoe.

Thanks for the video. I am trying to figure out how much coolant to order for my 2001 F150 SuperCrrew. My owners manual states 25-25.5 quarts capacity (6.25 Gal). So if I mix at a ration of 60% Coolant/40% water...then I would need 3.75 Gal's of coolant??? but there is water trapped in the system.....so I dont know how much to add. Do you know how much water is trapped in the system after flushing? Do you know how much coolant I should purchase? Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I drain the system hot so the thermostat is open. Then I pull the thermostats for an open system. After engine cools I fill with distilled water and run it without thermostat for about ten minutes. Then I drain and replace thermostat. I pour in full strength antifreeze half of system capacity. Keeping in mind I flushed with distilled water whatever water is left in the block is good for the mix. I top off with more distilled water. Distilled water is cheap at Walmart.

Thanks for posti ng this video