Originally posted by warmonger:
Originally posted by todras:
yea I'm sure it was fabricated. How could you just mistakenly print that? Yes the Cougar S didn't make it to production but was extremely close. Big deal. So everything in the manual is a mistake because they had Cougar S info?

The 99 Cougar manual is the only one that states to add 2 oz of FM.



You ask how can you mistakenly print something yet in the same paragraph you say the CougarS was extremely close but never made it into production. So what you are saying is someone went ahead and added stuff they weren't supposed to before the quality control guys could sort it all out....and they went to print on it and printed in error. Nothing unbelievable about that. It also means that other things could have been inadvertently printed. Therefore the manual is suspect and we throw that bit of evidence OUT....same as in court.
Next.





It should be pointed out that on the Ford Fleet site, which has copies of owners manuals, does not have a single manual that recommends friction modifier:

https://www.fleet.ford.com/maintenance/owners_manuals/results.asp

Look at the 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 Cougar manuals. Neither of those manuals say to add friction modifier. The PDF of the cougar manual posted earlier has to be a misprint or some sort of freak.

Also of note, the 2001 and earlier cougar manuals still recommends plain old Mercon ATF, and the 2002 manual is finally updated to specify the Ford Honey fluid.


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