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trying to find antifreeze for my 2014 st i live in Canada and trying to find if anyone knows were to find other than ford dealer thanks for any answer
 


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Found it on Walmart website and Canadian tire
 


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Is the Motorcraft orange coolant's formulation identical to regular old Dex Cool?
 


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you have to use the new dex cool make sure it is orange as they also have a green version as well
 


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Dex Cool has always been an orange like color, ever since I first used it in my bought new 2000 Z28.

But color alone does NOT instantly translate into the same exact formulation as another factory specced coolant. ;)
 


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My Ford dealer wants $40.00 for 4litre jug that's to much but it at Walmart $19.97
 


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My Ford dealer wants $40.00 for 4litre jug that's to much but it at Walmart $19.97
YIKES! Even with the exchange rate considered, I only paid $18.00 a gallon for the specced Motorcraft swill at the stealership, not discounted at all.
 


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I would never put dex cool in ANY of my vehicles.
I don't love the stuff either. But that's what comes in there. And most of the problems are with mixing it with other coolants. I just don't feel that I can get it all flushed out very easily so am thinking of just sticking with it for now.
 


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well guys i found ford orange antifreeze at a town south of my place for $23.00 very happy with place
 


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Also, air intrusion into the system, AND using Red Line RED Water Wetter with it are the main culprits in 'Death Cool' having that horrid rep. ;)
Yep. Saturn SC2... DexCool turned to Diarrhea... seriously... it's like someone ate ten pounds of White Castle then took a sh*t in the reservoir and radiator. Flushed it half a dozen times. Needs a heater core, radiator and went through the trouble of discovering a coolant drain plug for the block. GM faced class action law suit(s) over that DexCrap. It's like they ran with it before actually testing it.
 


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After thoroughly flushing the Motorcraft stuff, you can run the tried and true Green stuff, with the understanding that it has a shorter change interval.

To note, I've not read about any issues with the Motorcraft stuff.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BNVK1NQ/
Stupidly expensive but it's not like I need a lot of it.
Got a gallon sitting in case any needs to be added before a frigid-cold snap or notice it's borderline low during an oil change check.
Note that the listing states that it is Ethylene-Glycol based.
EDIT: I did look that up by part number BTW.
 




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