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Right out of that odd little book found in the glove box. I think it's called an Owner's Manual? Intelligent Oil-Life Monitor™ Your vehicle has an Intelligent Oil-Life Monitor that determines when you should change the engine oil based on how you use your vehicle. By using several important factors in its calculations, the monitor helps reduce the cost of owning your vehicle and reduces environmental waste at the same time. This means you do not have to remember to change the oil on a mileage-based schedule. Your vehicle lets you know when an oil change is due by displaying a message in the information display. The following table provides examples of vehicle use and its impact on oil change intervals. It is a guideline only. Actual oil change intervals depend on several factors and generally decrease with severity of use. When to expect the OIL CHANGE REQUIRED Message Interval Vehicle Use and Example 7500–10000 mi (12,000–16,000 km) Normal Normal commuting with highway driving No, or moderate, load or towing Flat to moderately hilly roads No extended idling 5000–7500 mi (8,000–12,000 km) Severe Moderate to heavy load or towing Mountainous or off-road conditions Extended idling Extended hot or cold operation 3000–5000 mi (5,000–8,000 km) Extreme Maximum load or towing Extreme hot or cold operation

It's not a splash shield. It is for aerodynamics and it also reduces NVH. So no harm in removing it, cars survived without them decades. Only you can decide if it matters to you. Almost every car has them, and they take seconds to remove with a drill and socket adapter.

Is there any evidence that depleted coolant corrosion inhibitors are the cause of the internal water pump failures?

I just asked for the document that says to flush out the Orange coolant immediately. Still waiting.

Like I said, no 5 year limit. No recommendation from Ford to prematurely change Orange to Yellow.

Where is it?

There is no such notice, nor is there a 5 year limit.

Why are you gung ho to replace the 100,000 mile OEM coolant at 16,000 miles?

For disabling the perimeter sensors. For instance when going through car wash.

Other Maintenance Items1 Every 20000 mi (32,000 km) Replace the cabin air filter. Every 30000 mi (48,000 km) Replace the engine air filter. At 100000 mi (160,000 km) Change the engine coolant.2 Every 100000 mi (160,000 km) Replace the spark plugs. Inspect the accessory drive belt(s).3 Every 150000 mi (240,000 km) Change the automatic transmission fluid. Replace the accessory drive belt(s).4

What's a DSM?

Never used a torque wrench for a drain plug or an oil filter. Crush washers are reusable.

Autolite XP5362. Motorcraft=Autolite. This is for the 2.7. XP5863 for the 2.0. XP5363 for the 3.5.

I don't hate it, it's an improvement over the dated center console. I would have liked it if they kept HVAC controls as dials and buttons, too. Media can be controlled from the steering wheel.

Nothing I know of besides the water pump. It's a great motor, I have an F-150 with the same motor (but external water pump on the F-150), and it hauls the truck around fine. I would think it has plenty of power in the Edge. I have 4 Fords with the 6 speed transmission and I don't notice sloppy shifting. You didn't mention how many miles are on the Edge, maybe its time for a transmission fluid change? I would just drive your Edge and enjoy it. Edit: Nevermind, just saw your off road thread, can't tell if you're even serious, in any case, you do you.

I didn't say copying was bad. Volvo had the big portrait screen first. Volvo definitely did not do it better, their system is widely criticized for being laggy. Ford Sync is one of the better systems out there.

Copied Volvo.

Intake and exhaust will do nothing but make more noise. There really isn't anything you can do with a NA engine without spending a ton of money. As for reliability, the 2.0 EcoBoost has proven to be very reliable, the internal water pump on the 3.5 NA, not so much.

A11 is $30 on ebay. Why buy a 3 year old nav card?

Redline has an error for the 2019 Edge only, they are still specifying 75W140 GL5 Gear Oil. Redline specifies 75W85 GL5 Gear Oil for the 2020 Edge, and this should be the recommendation for the 2019 Edge also, as this is the year the PTU was changed. To be clear: 2015-2018 Edge 75W-140 GL5 2019-2020 Edge 75W-85 GL5 I'll just leave this comment from Redline on the the use of their ShockProof Oils: "Red Line ShockProof™ is designed for use in competition differentials and transmissions."

Why would I call Redline? Do you think they will say "ignore what we recommend, and use this instead'? He has no idea how to interpret oil analysis results.

The flow from the large yellow plastic drain plug can be managed easily by removing it slowly. Yank it out quickly and suffer the oil shower.

Redline recommends 75W-140 GL5 Gear Oil for the PTU, NOT Lightweight Shockproof. I ignore his videos.

Oil filler? If possible, it would be through the dipstick, not the oil filler. If you can get all of the oil out through the dipstick, it works. If you can't it doesn't. I think I read it is not possible on the 2.7 in my 2015 F-150, no idea if that translates across platforms.

The orange is NOT corrosive. Ford does NOT recommend replacing the orange with yellow early. The yellow has double the service life of the the orange, which is why the orange was replaced with the yellow. There is NO need to run out and flush the orange out of the vehicle. Yellow/Orange Coolant Backwards Compatibility