Alright here is the situation i have a 96 mustang gt 5spd with 95xxx miles on it i am leaking coolant form the upper front left cent area of my engine i really do not think that it is a head gasket due to there is no moisture down in that area but when you look at the motor there is coolant sitting it the front left injector socket around the left coolant temperature sensor and you can see where it is either melting or eating the paint of my strut tower brace in the front. so any ideas thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated thanks
Coolant Leak Please Help
- Thread starter dilley
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it does have the plastic intake and i have done that and i see no spraying so intake gasket?
If it's on the injector and strut tower brace it's got to be spraying from somewhere. If it was the gasket you'd see it all around the spark plug holes also, either that or in the valley.
When mine went I noticed because it started misfiring, when I checked it out there was fluid all around the spark plugs and in the valley and when I ran it up to around 5k rpm you could see it spraying out. Mine was a big crack though.
When mine went I noticed because it started misfiring, when I checked it out there was fluid all around the spark plugs and in the valley and when I ran it up to around 5k rpm you could see it spraying out. Mine was a big crack though.
streethorse
15 Year Member
Probably wont spray out, when my 99 had a cracked intake it was just a tiny
drop that would slowly come out of a tiny crack. Mine was on the right side near the T stat.
fast97gt
Active Member
INTAKE my jeese, 250 from autozone and a couple hours, and its fixxed. also its the upgraded one with the aluminum cross-over
also it has all the parts needed to to the swap
also it has all the parts needed to to the swap
fast97gt
Active Member
+1 on gdawg. i actually think that its the only problem with these motors, cause you can rip the s**t out of them and theyll last a long time, only as long as you maintane them. mine has 190,000 on the clock, and with basic bolt ons it runs 8.90s to 9 flats in the 1/8
98COBRA281
10 Year Member
yeah it is the cracked plastic intake and would this work?
New - Livernois Motorsports - 1996-1998 4.6L PI Intake Adapter Kit
New - Livernois Motorsports - 1996-1998 4.6L PI Intake Adapter Kit
fast97gt
Active Member
holy hell 500 dollars. dude you can get a pi replacement for 250 from autozone, then 100 for the addaptors. just go back stock with the aluminum crossover also from autozone 250 and it has everything, gaskets, t-stat, alternator bracket, bolts and everything
The Livernois kit shaves the intake down so it fits under the hood. The plates raise the intake about a 1/4 inch so you may have hood clearance issues if you buy the plates and a standard intake.
A lot of people have had good results with the PI intake and RTVing the water ports to prevent leaks. Search for PI intake swap for instructions or check the top of this section for links.
fast97gt
Active Member
autozone has the dooreman pi intake for 239 i just looked it up for 2000 GT. so take heed the advise and dont get rapped
