Welcome . If you don't have an Owners' Manual or Maintenance Schedule Booklet, donwload from www.fleet.ford.com. How many miles on the "new" car? Auto or manual? Do the usual 3K miles/3 months oil change if using regular mineral oil. Most of us here keep the coolant half inch above the max line (coolant sensor idiosyncracy will sometimes cause the bulb to light up if near or slightly below the max line). In addition, most of us with the V6 Duratec, keep the oil level half quart above the max line too (there is a issue with long sweeping right hand turns which causes toasted engines). I think that means 6 to 6.3 quarts of engine oil is usually preferred as insurance. Note that some have kept the oil just at the max line with no problems. If the WP is not changed, you may want to consider changing that (the old ones had a black plastic impeller which tended to fail). Get the metal or white plastic impeller.

Edit. Duratec Maintenance FAQ
http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=v6maint&Number=958650&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=31&fpart=1

Last edited by Tony2005; 05/12/06 08:46 PM.
"Always do the cheap and easy ones first." 1996 V6 ATX 96K miles