2 Pistons shot, and a 3rd one on its way out, also found out my radiator has mud in it and there is no coolant in it? WTF? Obviously a heat issue
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Ouch...sorry to hear, but time for a rebuild. Spec it out the way you want and make it better.
Carnage pics are always appreciated
Carnage pics are always appreciated
When you say radiator, do you mean coolant reservoir attached to the radiator? The OEM Gold coolant breaks down over time and does leave residue that sort of looks like mud in the reservoir.
If you truly had a coolant temp problem, your coolant temp guage would have crept up to the red, and I believe you get a coolant hot light.
AeroForce Interceptor also monitors Engine Coolant Temp (ECT) and Cylinder Head Temp (CHT). Early GT500's (as well as GTs) have crappy low and high speed cooling fan circuits, and you can actually see melted plastic and charred pins under the relays in the under hood main fuse and relay panel. When the low speed fan circuit quits working, the high speed circuit will protect you for a while... until it fails also. Since I experienced these failures, I constantly monitor ECT.
If you truly had a coolant temp problem, your coolant temp guage would have crept up to the red, and I believe you get a coolant hot light.
AeroForce Interceptor also monitors Engine Coolant Temp (ECT) and Cylinder Head Temp (CHT). Early GT500's (as well as GTs) have crappy low and high speed cooling fan circuits, and you can actually see melted plastic and charred pins under the relays in the under hood main fuse and relay panel. When the low speed fan circuit quits working, the high speed circuit will protect you for a while... until it fails also. Since I experienced these failures, I constantly monitor ECT.
From the guy working on my car now
There was coolant in radiator. The drain is plugged up so my concern was proper flow of coolant if bottom part is plugged up
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There was coolant in radiator. The drain is plugged up so my concern was proper flow of coolant if bottom part is plugged up
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So there was some I think what he meant was it was inefficiently cooling the car
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That sucks, sorry to see that. Serves as a good reminder to do our P.M. though. Good luck with your repairs.
Sorry to hear. 99% of the time engine rebuilds are a result of a failure and arent planned (ask me how i know). But like HK said, a blank canvas is a blessing in disguise especially for the 5.4L engines. It will take awhile and probably be a massive headache along the way but the end result is always worth it if you have a good builder and quality parts.
Also there was a tsb out awhile back from ford stating that the new yellow coolant replaces the oem (i believe orange) that came in certain 5.4’s. If you are going through the coolant system anyway it might be worth while looking into switching to something better.
I run gold in my diesel still only because i dont want to do the lengthy flush process. But i run a coolant filter, top off with ford coolant additive and still drain and replace every 3 years. Not the best stuff
Also there was a tsb out awhile back from ford stating that the new yellow coolant replaces the oem (i believe orange) that came in certain 5.4’s. If you are going through the coolant system anyway it might be worth while looking into switching to something better.
I run gold in my diesel still only because i dont want to do the lengthy flush process. But i run a coolant filter, top off with ford coolant additive and still drain and replace every 3 years. Not the best stuff
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Unfortunately this is my 2nd time
Found chunks of carbon in the exhaust
Can you elaborate on this? Was the exhaust plugged?
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