I took care of my car and checked the engine and the antifreeze before I leave my house. I got there and hopefully they can fix it. Just for referance in the future if your driving a car that begins to run hot all the time. I am very mad at Ford and I told them so in dearborn mi. If you have a low cylinder, put air in it and remove the radiator cap and listen for air escaping thru the cooling system.
As for the white smoke, im hoping thats maybe the problem of this hesitating and not a head gasket. Lets start with having the radiator flushed, sometimes there can be build up of scale and limits cooling. They said they fixed the problem, which was a leakage of engine coolant at the head gasket. As for your suggestion on dropping in a 4. A radiator cap that has a bad seal will not keep the cooling system under pressure, thus lowering the coolant's resistance to boiling. Test while the coolant is at room temperature. Has anybody experienced this before and what was the outcome.
I had the same symptoms as you. This will take a while. That is why anti-freeze concentration above 60% does not remove heat as well. Heater giving cold air, timing chain cover rusting, 1 or more gallons of water daily is leaked out thru gasket after driving. I got there and hopefully they can fix it. You can tell if the radiator water is hot versus the motor being hot, you can even isolate hot spots on your heads.
There are about 12 or 13 complaints of a similar nature for the same model and year 1996 Ford Mustang , but since this engine was installed on other models and years, who knows how many others have suffered from the same problem. How much would it cost for a shop to do it. I'll try filling up the system from the t-stat and see if that helps, then I'll look into the switching out the fan with the stock 4. My dad says im probly not gonna be able to do it. My vehicle was towed from frederick to laurel to my mechanic who informed me that the cracked engine was due to a engine coolant leakage. You've gone from just a blown headgasket to having possibly bent a rod or thrown a bearing. Also dont you need to re hone the heads.
How much would it cost for a shop to do it. Then check to make sure there is nothing blocking the air flowm throught the rariator. Do this across the top, middle, bottom, and then diagonally to insure its not warped or anything. If you own a car long enough, you are bound to have a. I would first get the fan working.
I took care of my car and checked the engine and the antifreeze before I leave my house. When the seal fails, coolant will leak out of the weep hole, located on the front side of the water pump. Vehicle was towed and found that one valve was leaking and head gasket was blown. Unfortunately, the thermostat can fail in either the opened or closed position. I had already taken it in to crystal Ford for a recall on June 8, 2000. Similarly, the plastic tanks and radiator filler neck have also been known to become brittle with age and crack.
This article applies to the Ford Mustang V6 2005-2014. I took care of my car and checked the engine and the antifreeze before I leave my house. The fan should kick on once the car gets to the high side of normal. I wrote letters to Ford customer service and the service rep for the area and both denied any assistance to fix my vehicle. The Ford dealership in crestview, Florida hub city Ford told us that the leak was from the timing chain cover and the manifold cover. Thats the highest point in the system burping the system on these cars has to be done from the fill plug on the crossover tube. Does anybody have an idea what this could be.
A radiator cap that has a bad seal will not keep the cooling system under pressure, thus lowering the coolant's resistance to boiling. Related problems are as follows. But now i dont know. After driving about 10 min the raditor starts to boil and steam comes out of raditor cap. Constant overheating and feared overheating damages to motor may occur or engine fire as a result of such severe motor overheating. I then started it up and let it idle and after 20 min it went up to the a but stayed there. Heater giving cold air, timing chain cover rusting, 1 or more gallons of water daily is leaked out thru gasket after driving.