Removal & Installation
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2009 Mercury Grand Marquis and 2009 Ford Crown Victoria. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Remove the cooling fan motor and shroud assembly. For additional information, refer to Cooling Fan Motor and Shroud .
- Remove the pin-type retainers and remove the radiator sight shield.
- Disconnect the lower radiator hose and position aside.
- Remove the 2 bolts and the 2 radiator support brackets.
- To install, tighten to 10 Nm (89 lb-in).
- Remove the bolt, position the A/C condenser and the power steering cooler away from the radiator, and remove the radiator.
- To install, tighten to 10 Nm (89 lb-in).
- To install, reverse the removal procedure. If equipped with fire suppression system, repower the system.
- Fill and bleed the cooling system. For additional information, refer to Cooling System Draining, Filling and Bleeding .
WARNING:
Before servicing a vehicle equipped with a fire suppression system, depower the system by following the procedure in FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM
article. Failure to follow the instructions may result in serious personal injury.
WARNING:
If the vehicle is equipped with a fire suppression system, repower the system. For important safety warnings and procedures, refer to FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM
article. Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious personal injury.
NOTE:
Do not reuse hose clamps. Instead, use appropriately sized worm-style clamps in place of the constant tension clamps.