Jbauer

Tomorrow, i will be doing the fuel filter and coolant on my 00 GT. The fuel filter has been in there for 80k and the coolant looks like puke green and i figured i'd change the thermostat while i'm there.
I have 2 questions..

1) After i flush the cooling system, will i have air pockets? and if so, how do i bleed them?
2) Will i need the Ford 'tool' to remove the fuel filter? and how exactly does the fuel filter come off?

Thank you

Jbauer

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Aereon

1) depends on how your going about doing the flush, if your using the machine that cycles a cleaner fluid through the coolant system then no. but other then that, there will be slight air bubbles.
2) I would recommend it, it definately minimizes the feeling of fuel being sprayed on ya.

Jbauer

so I won't have to worry about bleeding the cooling system?

redass02gt

I'm gonna assume the '00 is the same as an '02.

you don't need a special ford tool, it's just a generic fuel filter tool that slides along the fuel line and pushes the latch on the fuel line so the filter will come loose. you can get it at any autoparts store. you don't neccesarily need to stall the car to get all the fuel out of the line, just expect a decent amount of fuel to come dripping out when you loosen the filter. maybe like half a beer worth of gasoline or so.

Jbauer

Thank you sir.
I went ahead and bought the tool

vermontstang

I dunno if the mustang cooling system is like my other car, but when I flush out my coolant in that car, to get the air bubbles out I have to
1. Take the radiator cap off, fill it till it gets almost full.
2. start the car with the heater blasting on high.
3. When the car is at normal temp start filling the radiator to the top. 50/50 of course.
4. Continue to run for like a few min. when full, just replace the cap and your done no air bubbles.

Then again some are different like my honda, it actually uses a bleeder screw...

97targa

1.I let the car warm up with the coolant fill cap off as stated in the manual. Topped off as level went down.
2.For the fuel filter, I used a screw driver to pry the tbs, but the tool make life a little easier.
3. Working with gas and coolant, get some gloves. You'll thank me. Ohh, and put some cardboard under the area you work. It will soak up any mess that's spilled.