According to the 1997 Mercury Sable Owner Guide :
The engines came with a 50 / 50 mix of distilled water and GREEN color
antifreeze meeting Ford specification ESE-M97B44-A
In the case of the 3.0 litre " Duratec " V6 engine , the engine cooling system
capacity is 10.6 U.S. quarts
( so , 5.3 U.S. quarts of GREEN color antifreeze mixed with 5.3 U.S. quarts of distilled water )
According to the 1997 Mercury Sable Owner Guide : Both the 3.0 litre " Vulcan " V6 engine and the 3.0 litre " Duratec " V6 engine came from the factory with a 50 / 50 mix of distilled water and GREEN color antifreeze ( meeting Ford specification ESE-M97B44-A ) in the engine cooling system
I meant to say 1995 Sable
According to the 1997 Mercury Sable Owner Guide : For the 3.0 liter " Vulcan " V6 engine ( Motorcraft FL-400-S engine oil filter ) For the 3.0 liter " Duratec " V6 engine ( Motorcraft FL-820-S engine oil filter )
Either the 3.0 liter Vulcan V6 or the 3.0 liter Duratec V6 which is a DOHC
According to the 1997 Mercury Sable Owner Guide ( 5W-30 ) With engine oil filter change For the 3.0 litre " Vulcan " V6 engine ( 4.5 U.S. quarts of 5W-30 engine oil ) For the 3.0 litre " Duratec " V6 engine ( 5.5 U.S. quarts of 5W-30 engine oil )
According to the 2000 Mercury Sable Owner Guide : For the 3.0 litre " Vulcan " and " Duratec " V6 engines ( " regular " unleaded gasoline , 87 octane )
According to the 1999 Mercury Sable Owner Guide : Both the 3.0 litre " Vulcan " V6 engine and the 3.0 litre " Duratec " V6 engine had GREEN color antifreeze mixed 50 / 50 with distilled water in the engine cooling system when they came from the factory ( the GREEN color antifreeze must meet Ford specification ESE-M97B44-A )
According to the 1999 Mercury Sable Owner Guide : For the 3.0 litre " Vulcan " V6 engine and the 3.0 litre " Duratec " V6 engine : ( " regular " unleaded gasoline , 87 octane )
According to the 2001 Mercury Sable Owner Guide : For the " Vulcan " and " Duratec " 3.0 litre V6 engines : They came from the factory with a 50 / 50 mix of distilled water and GREEN colored antifreeze ( meeting Ford specification ESE-M97B44-A )
Green.
I was looking at one of the Ford websites and it shows that for a 2001 Mercury Sable 24 valve ( the " Duratec " ) and for the 12 valve ( the " Vulcan " ) they both use ( 1 ) coil pack that has six towers on it ( both engines use the Motorcraft DG-485 ignition coil pack )
The 1997 Geo Tracker uses Beck Arnley 252-1501C Blue 50/50 Premix coolant. The Geo Tracker has a coolant capacity of 5.5 quarts.