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(Message started by: Glut4pun on Oct 12^th, 2005, 11:28pm)

Title: Coolant problems
Post by Glut4pun on Oct 12^th, 2005, 11:28pm

Hello everyone....Help please !!!!
Just bought my third Scorp....owned 96 model 2001 to 04 [still own, sat slowly dying on driveway], 98 facelift model 04 to last month [sadly now unneccessarily written off after v. small accident] and now 97 model 53k gen miles and well looked after ....with problems.
Nice car , but when no interior heater warmth ,found prev owner phone no and spoke to him. Car over heated on hols short while before he sold...had it repaired by Welsh garage [reputable by all accounts...though not Ford] ie. cyl head gasket, skim not needed. I have reversed flushed and some heat at low temps and highish revs....I can live with this for the moment although I guess a new matrix will be required at sometime. The problem is as to why it blew the gasket in the first place and I'm guessing it had something to do with the rad fans or lack of them....still. Only 1 fan [the n/s one] seems to work....or overwork ...it's forever coming on ,then having a small rest , coming back on. I have read the fault finder [and v.good it is] and fuses 39+44 are ok so I'm guessing the problem is grounding out.??????? but what does that mean and what is the solution? Also,when the 1 fan doesn't cope too well when stationary and the engine overheats, a vibration and humm seem to come from the large black plastic box to the left of the maff [looking at the car just before being run over by it.] There must be a better way to depict that. Any help would be appreciated...I drive 120 miles a day [owned it 3 days to date] and another head gasket must be looming if I don't solve this soon. Thanks to you all in advance and apologies for my inarticulate wittering

Title: Re: Coolant problems
Post by Simmo on Oct 13^th, 2005, 9:21am

You don't say what model you have. There has been a lot of debate recently about such problems with the Cosworth engine and the concensus seems to be that the 'particular' thermostat on this model could be a cause.

Title: Re: Coolant problems
Post by Glut4pun on Oct 13^th, 2005, 8:39pm

Hi, apols for oversight. The car is a 97 2.3 ultima auto and I have changed the stat...replaced the drivers side fan, [the inop one, and still is], and also changed the green relay....the one that lives behind the o/s headlight, whether this has anything to do with the fans or not....All still to no avail....the temp guage is still on the high side...the one fan on overtime...and the engine compartment sounding like its got severe gastric problems when turned off after a run. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers John .

Title: Re: Coolant problems
Post by Simmo on Oct 15^th, 2005, 7:15am

Could there be any clues in this recent post?.http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Problems;action=display;num=1127389286. Could the 'gastric' problems be simply air in the system?. Previous advice has been to run the car with the rad cap off in order to allow air to escape.

Title: Re: Coolant problems
Post by Simmo on Oct 15^th, 2005, 7:19am

The other source of information is here.http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/coolfans.htm.HTH