I seriously don't have any idea on how much coolant content to be used in petrol cars bro, Especially Ford petrol engines are sophisticated so I don't play games with it!
But one thing I can safely tell you is, if you use coolant content slightly more than water content, it wont do any harm. For me, 70:30 ratio worked in all diesel engines that I have owned so I can guarantee that there is no harm in it, but I have never experimented this on a petrol engine. Our coolants are mostly water based & they are not anti-freeze. Having more chemical content will protect the internal system.
And I highly recommend that you replace your coolant every 20,000kms and always use Ford recommended or German coolants like WURTH, but never use servo or MAK that are available at local petrol pumps. Some people use tap water which corrodes the system over a period of time.
I replaced my swift water pump at 60K since it was leaking, those water pumps that came with car in the year 2009 has a design flaw. And also due to bad coolant quality, leakage has occurred due to corrosion at a very early stage.( I used local coolants to top up ) Even Maruthi uses good coolants, the company is called Golden Cruiser.
Here is the pic of the replaced water pump,
To your left is the new rectified water-pump that has been sealed & to the right is the water-pump that was leaking from the brown cork like thing.
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It costed me 2555/- incl. of taxes . It is a delight to own a Maruthi, spares are cheap & the part was replaced in 2 hrs top.
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But one thing I can safely tell you is, if you use coolant content slightly more than water content, it wont do any harm. For me, 70:30 ratio worked in all diesel engines that I have owned so I can guarantee that there is no harm in it, but I have never experimented this on a petrol engine. Our coolants are mostly water based & they are not anti-freeze. Having more chemical content will protect the internal system.
And I highly recommend that you replace your coolant every 20,000kms and always use Ford recommended or German coolants like WURTH, but never use servo or MAK that are available at local petrol pumps. Some people use tap water which corrodes the system over a period of time.
I replaced my swift water pump at 60K since it was leaking, those water pumps that came with car in the year 2009 has a design flaw. And also due to bad coolant quality, leakage has occurred due to corrosion at a very early stage.( I used local coolants to top up ) Even Maruthi uses good coolants, the company is called Golden Cruiser.
Here is the pic of the replaced water pump,
To your left is the new rectified water-pump that has been sealed & to the right is the water-pump that was leaking from the brown cork like thing.
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It costed me 2555/- incl. of taxes . It is a delight to own a Maruthi, spares are cheap & the part was replaced in 2 hrs top.
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About water pump, car needs to be hydraulically lifted up to remove water pump right?
Another thing is the fan belt that Maruti uses is of really low quality,Ford is better but still not the best, it easily wears off and gets replaced in most Marutis every 25k kms, dont know how its faring in Fords as Figo is my first Ford