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your right... the gasket issue should be resolved, but that is a small hole that they drilled. And I feel that any crap or corrosion could fill that hole and block the flow later in life. that is why I decided to do the coolant change every 30k miles instead of 60k. That link you provided is the Ford Edge owners manual.... I have the same... its online for free. I do see some 2024 edge shop manuals in CD form on ebay for about $10 (that dont sound right) and one nearly $500.

I have always used 90-100 on everything else. But I want to do this right. The online owners manual show it as 162 (same as above), and the ford service manager and the parts guy both looked it up and came up with the same number. I cannot believe it should be that tight. my two 1/2" drive torques wrenches only go to 150. I find it hard to believe they made a misprint !

not much to add here...but I am glad I found this post. I have a rattling sound somewhere in the right rear cargo panel just as lasseventies described in the first post. Except mine seems to be at slower speeds and roughness of the road. I will look into the above suggestions and see where it gets me.

hi all, newbie here. I just bought a 2024 Edge, 30k miles, and I want to do a coolant change even though ford doesn't recommend it this early. I have seen in the past where cylinder head gaskets (other make and model) have such small coolant passage holes that they plug up with corrosion over time. I also know about the head gasket issue with the earlier 2.0...the ones that had the slot between the cylinders. And their fix was to replace the groove with tiny hole drilled between the cylinders. Well this seems to me a potential to plug with corrosion over time too just like the head gasket I mentioned above. So at any rate, for my piecs of mind, its every 30k miles for the coolant hange for me... to ward off what I feel could be an issue down the road. my question to you guys, first, does the 2024 have these small holes beween the cylinders? Second, any high mileage 2.0s (with the tiny holes) had any known issues with clogging? I specifically bought the antifreeze from Ford so there is no question I got the right type. Other than the need to "vacuum fill" the coolant system to "burp it", is there anything else I need to be made aware of? I'm old school and quite amazed how cars have changed to the point you really need to know what your are doing before starting work or repair on them. Glad I found this site!

hello all, newbie here! just bought a 2024 Edge. I have a question regarding the lug nut torque of 162 ft-lbs... really? why would you need that much? are you guys really torquing the lug nuts that much? It seems to me that would increase the risk of warped rotors? and also, mine appear to have the SS clad lug nuts. (I need to take one off to validate). It seems to me that 162 ft-lbs would destroy the cladding in short order. We swapped out clad lug nuts for solid steel lug nuts on two mustanges when the cladding starting giving issues... and we were only doing 90 ft-lbs !!! would like to hear the comments the fellow edge owners please before I begin rotating the tires.. thanks