Rodreiser Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) Hi guys, how are you? I have a problem on my edge 2011 limited 3.5 v6 with around 46k miles and I don't know what else it might be. Let me tell you what happened first. I was driving my edge at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour. After about 20 minutes of travel, the air conditioning started not working. I stopped at the mac donalds drive-thru to buy food and spent about 5 minutes with the car running. suddenly the car temperature alarm appeared. At the same moment the alarm appeared, I looked at the hood of the car and saw smoke. It wasn't actually smoke, it was the coolant that was evaporating. I quickly turned off the car and left the hood open. So I called the trailer and took it to mechanics. But they aren't getting the diagnosis right, and I can't get my car out of there either. I've already changed everything that I thought it was and that I managed to research it. First he told me it was the thermostatic valve. I changed it, took advantage of it and changed the fan module too. I put in an excellent coolant. 10 liters of motul optimal auto cool plus 1 liter of mocool additive. The mechanic took it to test, the car gave the same problem. Said it was the fan motor this time. I exchanged the 2 fans, ford only sells the entire part. This time the car went longer, about 30 minutes or so. And when there was some traffic, the same thing happened again. It heats up all at once, it's very fast. Does anyone have any idea what else it might be? Thank you in advance for your help! Edited December 22, 2021 by Rodreiser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 water pump failure would be my first thought. since they are known for having problems, and the motorcraft part has a plastic impeller.. which is garbage. and the bearings fail, ruin the seal etc when filling the cooling system on that engine, it is basically impossible to fill it normally, you need to vacuum fill it otherwise you end up with a big air pocket that cannot be vented imho, stop throwing parts at it. look above and behind the A/C compressor for a stain of coolant running down the block. That will be your tell that te pump is going. and check your oil fill cap. if its milky, you're done. water pump time. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodreiser Posted December 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 Thank you for your reply cerberus. I Will check those thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 one of two things - radiator fans, or water pump. fans are very common to go out on 2011-2014 MYs (1.5 gen), and can actually lead to engine overheating. hope you have maintained coolant regularly. 46K is VERY low mileage for a 2011 and if you have been going by ford maintenance schedules, you are on the wrong track. you need to use 5 year/60K miles from mile 0 as your service interval for everything (except PTU (AWD) fluid). coolant, transmission, brake, power steering ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 What color of coolant is in the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodreiser Posted January 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/1/2022 at 11:12 PM, enigma-2 said: What color of coolant is in the car? it's orange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 When the car is running and heated up, hold the top radiator hose. If its not hot, suspect the water pump. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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