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bigmeeky
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Thermostat housing Scorpio 2.3 (P97)
« on: Dec 1st, 2007, 4:01pm » |
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Hey folks,
first post here, had the car a few weeks and it looses water llike mad, had a first chance to have a good look at it today and it would appear that the thermostat housing has a crack ruinning along it so best i get a new one eh.
Havent read this as being a usual problem so just one of those things I guess, anyone got one they want to shift pleaasseeee
ta
Rob McM
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Jonnycab
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Re: Thermostat housing Scorpio 2.3 (P97)
« Reply #2 on: Dec 2nd, 2007, 2:45am » |
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As Scorpio man says, it is a common problem on the 2.3, & is usually associated with a blown head gasket or cracked cylinder head....but not always, as I have found.
Sometimes the cheapo plastic 2.3 manifold that Ford (in their infinate wisdom fitted & obviously didn't test properly) can just split under pressure & heat.
It can be repaired though, as long as the split isn't too big & is in a straight line along the top of the T-stat housing 
Read this.....http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Problems;action= display;num=1194877635;start=0#0
Hope it helps
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bigmeeky
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Re: Thermostat housing Scorpio 2.3 (P97)
« Reply #3 on: Dec 4th, 2007, 12:31pm » |
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Cheers guys, in my ignorance I thought this only a small part but now I realise that this is not the case. New one on the way £222 gulp, having said that this still makes this still a below average priced car (it cost me £700) for the age and is still a lot of motor for the bucks. It just flew through an MOT with no probs. Im hoping that once the inlet manifold is replaced this will last me a good few years.
Thanks for the help chaps
Rob McM
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Tompion
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Re: Thermostat housing Scorpio 2.3 (P97)
« Reply #4 on: Dec 4th, 2007, 7:09pm » |
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Shouldn't that be in my ignorance I thought no one would be stupid enough to make the manifold/thermostat housing in plastic let alone in one piece?
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