1st gen (2012) radiator replacement

[TobyJ66]

Good Morning Folks,

 

I have a 1st gen (2012) Edge with the 2.0 EcoBoost engine. Does anyone have instructions or a video on replacing the radiator? Before you hit me with the “YouTube is your friend”, “If you have to ask, send it to a mechanic”, or “do you know how to use Google” comments, just know that:

 

- I am quite mechanical:

  * I am your standard GenXer and I have actually replaced many a radiator in my day and worked on a multitude of different projects.

- I have a lot of tools and I know how to use them:

  * Not only do I have standard and metric ratchets, wrenches, and sockets, I also have impacts, air compressors, diagnostic tools, etc.

- I have googled this topic till the ends of the earth:

  * There are guides out there for the Ford Edge with the 3.5-liter V6, but I have not been able to find any for the 2.0 EcoBoost.

- I have YouTube'd this till the ends of the earth:

  * Same as Google. I can find 3.5 videos all day long, but no 2.0 EcoBoost for the first gen.

- I have scoured the forum sites:

  * Same results as Google and YouTube.

- Because of the electronics involved in these newer cars, I do not like to go in blind:

  * I don’t just want to start snatching on plugs and harnesses all willy-nilly.

- I have brought it to a mechanic:

  * They want 600 bucks and I definitely don’t have it.

 

Any help and/or instructions y'all have for me would be greatly appreciated.

 

Love y'all.

[garycrist]

Dear @TobyJ66 Who cares what motor it has? It is a mental block for you and I

have lived through it too! Break it down into separate jobs ie. R&R Fan or A/C condenser.

For the most part from the front end of the engine forward, is all the same  condenser, radiator,

shroud /fan assembly. YOU CAN DO IT! It is just drawn out job with plenty of "Holding your mouth just right"

sometimes.