The radiator in your 2000 Ford Heart is a constitutive tool of the engine's cooling development. The radiator manages the engine temperature and prevents it from overheating. Damage repeatedly occurs as a close of objects hitting the front side of the radiator. A damaged radiator Testament leak, causing the engine to overheat. Replacing the radiator in your Bull's eye can be a challenging duty. The radiator must be removed from below the engine, so sufficient clearance is needed.
Instructions
Removal
Repeat these steps until the radiator is completely emptied.6. Detach the upper and lower radiator hoses where they attach to the radiator by unscrewing the screw-type hose clamps. Pull off the hoses by artisan, twisting as you pull. Position two jack stands underneath the frame. Lower the motorcar down onto the jack stands.
2. Confirm that you own Sufficiently clearance to remove the radiator from below the vehivle. You'll call for approximately 24 inches of clearance, measuring from the backside of the radiator to the ground.
3. Levy on your safety glasses Hoist the hood and disconnect the contravening battery cables using a socket wrench. Remove the radiator fill cap by help to advice the coercion from the cooling step.
4. Defamation on your back and extent underneath the front location of the van. Allot the void plug on the bottom-left of the radiator, when facing the engine. Dwelling a bucket directly under the remove plug to grab the released engine coolant (anti-freeze).
5. Ajar the filter plug to Proceeds the anti-freeze by turning it counter-clockwise using a socket wrench. Let it extract into the bucket. When the bucket is complete, tighten the plug and transfer the drained anti-freeze to the recycling withdraw pan.1. Arena the automobile on a comparable surface and allot the parking brake. Hoist the front speck of the vehivle using a floor jack.
Disconnect the hose important to the coolant reservoir vat.
7. Remove the pin-type connectors holding the shroud (splash guard) in accommodation. Catching off the shroud, then disconnect the cooling fan connections by participation. The cooling fan can and should latest attached to the radiator during the Emigration.
8. Haul absent the radiator mounting bolts located on the sides using the socket wrench. Remove the radiator facilitate tie bar located on top of the radiator. Lower the radiator and cooling fan unit absent from below the engine.
9. Detach the cooling fan unit from the radiator by removing its mounting bolts. Compare the advanced and elderly radiators to be confident you get the correctly replacement. Attach the cooling fan unit to the new radiator using its mounting bolts.
Installation
10. Install the replaced radiator and attached cooling fan unit into the engine compartment from below the engine. Secure the radiator in place using its mounting bolts. Reinstall the radiator support tie bar to the top of the radiator and reconnect the cooling fan connections.
11. Attach the upper and lower radiator hoses by hand, then secure them in place with the screw-type hose clamps. Reinstall the shroud (splash guard) and secure it in place. Connect the battery.
12. Re-raise the front end of the vehicle using the floor jack. Safely remove both jack stands and lower the vehicle to the ground.
13. Start the engine and fill the radiator with a 55/45 mixture of anti-freeze and water. Let it idle for several minutes with the radiator cap off to bleed out the trapped air in the cooling system. Replace the radiator cap by hand. Check for leaks at the hose connections.
14. Return the used radiator to the store where you purchased the replacement unit. Most auto part stores will give you a refund (core) in exchange for the used radiator.
