There's no such thing as heater coolant. You can change your anti-freeze. You might read up and familarize yourself on the basics of a vehicles cooling system, then try autorepairguy.com for step by step instructions.
Check coolant level
Sounds like you have a loose or damaged hose to your heater or perhaps the heater radiator is damaged.
I had this problem before on a ranger you have to pull the dash board out and it will be right there.
same way as any other block heater... ========================================================== Your Ford Ranger block heater is just like the heating element in an electric kettle . As long as the electric block heater is plugged in to an electric outlet that has power to it , the block heater keeps on heating the engine coolant if everything is working correctly
The 1998 Ford Ranger Owner Guide shows Ford Extended Life Engine Coolant ( Dexcool )
The Heater Core will be located behind the dash. Hope that Helps.
The coolant capacity of the Ford Ranger is dependent on model year and engine type. The latest model year of the Ford Ranger was 2011. The 2011 Ranger with the 4. 0L V6 and the automatic transmission had a coolant service fill of 13. 2 quarts.
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Coolant 'sensor' for EEC purposes is near front coil on heater core hose going to thermostat housing. It's a two wire connector.
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Which engine do you have?
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