check coolant additive?

tmk82 · Jan 7, 2016

I keep gettting this warning on my info screen. Is there any way to make this go away? Coolant is fine and I dont want to take to the dealer for obvious reasons....lol
I keep reading that you are supposed to get a pH check at the dealer every so often, but coolant has never been messed with and my levels are fine.
Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Sportchassis06 · Jan 7, 2016

Reset it.....

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bhudson · Jan 7, 2016

Haha straight to the point

NickPic83 · Jan 7, 2016

Get a test strip from dealer and check it yourself.

*BigBlack* · Jan 7, 2016

I use to have the check coolant pop up on mine. Stopped once I was ******d. My dad has a 2015 f250 and the dealership said the Egr caused his Ph of the coolant to be off and it sets off his check coolant additive warning. Idk if this is true but just what the dealership said.

Sportchassis06 · Jan 7, 2016

It's a reminder,if it measured the PH,it would not be necessary to check w the strips.BTW,I changed over to Caterpillar coolant with SCA s a long time ago,317,xxx on the clock .Not a coolant issue yet......

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Sportchassis06 · Jan 7, 2016

All my trucks are ******d,my reminder still pops up......

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Notneb · Jan 7, 2016

I usually get one every 20k miles, the dealer takes care of it for free.

bhudson · Jan 7, 2016

The dealership will say anything to generate revenue for themselves

tmk82 · Jan 8, 2016

Yeah I was just seeing if there is an easy way to turn off the system warnings for "check coolant additive"... I didnt want to take my ******d truck to ford just in case. Not sure they will be nasty but you never know. Also wasnt real sure if the ecm somehow monitored pH. It seemed pretty unlikely.
Thanks for all the help

Notneb · Jan 8, 2016

tmk82 said:
Yeah I was just seeing if there is an easy way to turn off the system warnings for "check coolant additive"... I didnt want to take my ******d truck to ford just in case. Not sure they will be nasty but you never know. Also wasnt real sure if the ecm somehow monitored pH. It seemed pretty unlikely.
Thanks for all the help

So let me just share my dealer experiences when it comes to d3leted diesels: Unkess you're filing a warranty claim, they don't care. The tech writers don't know enough to care, and the mechanics who do the actual hands on work love modified vehicles. Just get yourself a OBD "No Flash" cover so they don't flash your truck if there's a software update, and you're good. Everyone assumes that the dealer is going to call Fords CEO and the EPA, lol.

bhudson · Jan 8, 2016

I guess it depends on where you are. Hell, last time I was at mine for a rotate and balance or something simple, the service advisor asked jokingly I think if I left my gun in my truck. As I matter of fact it was so I holstered it. Nice people

Notneb · Jan 8, 2016

bhudson said:
I guess it depends on where you are. Hell, last time I was at mine for a rotate and balance or something simple, the service advisor asked jokingly I think if I left my gun in my truck. As I matter of fact it was so I holstered it. Nice people

True but 4 states so far that I've had a deeleet'd truck, no dealership cares. Now like I said, if you're dumb enough to pursue a warranty claim on a d3leted truck, then yeah, Ford will find out. But for piddly crap like PH treatment, you're good.

bhudson · Jan 8, 2016

Yeah pretty good about not messing with stuff if you tell them to leave it alone

Tim1216 · Jan 9, 2016

Mine keeps coming on also. When I ******d, I drained the coolant obviously and refilled with new coolant and distilled water per specs. I did not however add the additive to it (didn't know I had to at the time). How much additive do I need to add to each cooling system? I don't want to mess anything up

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lincolnlocker · Jan 9, 2016

Tim1216 said:
Mine keeps coming on also. When I ******d, I drained the coolant obviously and refilled with new coolant and distilled water per specs. I did not however add the additive to it (didn't know I had to at the time). How much additive do I need to add to each cooling system? I don't want to mess anything up

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you shouldn't need to add if you checked it since new... fresh new coolant shouldn't need the additive.. my local dealer back home that a buddy works at in the parts department said that he has never pulled the vc12(i think) additive off the shelf for anyone there since 2011 when the 6.7s came out.. i dont remember when the last message to check coolant popped up since i dereeted it.. 25k ish miles ago.

if you have a leaking radiator like mine then you just keep adding fresh coolant every few days and you dont have to w5orrh about it.. lol

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