Coolant light?

Tally_4.6 · Oct 14, 2006

Every now and then my coolant light will come on, maybe twice a month depending. When it does come on it is only for about 3-6 seconds the goes away, when i check it usually it is a little low so i add a little water. When i bought the car the old radiator had a slight leak in it so he replaced it with a new one. Would a coolant flush help this problem or is it the thermostat?? Any other suggestions would be great. And the temp guage doesn't get higher either.

thanks

03ghoststang · Oct 14, 2006

could be the coolant level sensor taking a s**t...... i would check that first

the98stang · Oct 15, 2006

I wouldnt worry about it if the car temp is OK and the overflow tank is full

Tally_4.6 · Oct 16, 2006

Well now it is coming on more frequently, and the fluid is getting lower. I think i might have found the problem. Where the thermostat is there is some coolant and come corrosion around and it kinda trails down the block and a little down the side of the intake manifold. I'm pretty sure the temp. guage hasn't been going up or the motor overheating. I think it might be a gasket or an o-ring of some sort, some please chime in and tell me its not anything serious.

thanks...i'll try and get a pic later.

Twista · Oct 16, 2006

what kind of intake manifold do you have/

plastic crossover or the aluminum.

Mine leaked @ the thermostat housing becasue my crack was right there on my plastic intake.

Tally_4.6 · Oct 16, 2006

Twista said:
what kind of intake manifold do you have/

plastic crossover or the aluminum.

Mine leaked @ the thermostat housing becasue my crack was right there on my plastic intake.

Stock intake.

Twista · Oct 17, 2006

Tally_4.6 said:
Stock intake.

Most likly its cracked. You need to replace that ******!
I had to get mine replaced w/o fords help or moeny :/

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=602088

http://www.mustangforums.com/m_579361/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=4.6+intake+manifold+crack&fr=yfp-t-500&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8

COramprat · Oct 17, 2006

The intake is notorious for cracking there. Mine did. If you replace it make sure you get one with the aluminum crossover. You can check the top of this section for a link to info on the Ford Settlement on these intakes but you are probably out of luck on Ford taking car of it.

Search intake swap for info on doing it yourself and possibly going with a PI intake for increased performance.

Tally_4.6 · Oct 17, 2006

I doubt that warranty stuff would apply to my car right?? **** this sucks, are there any other side effects of this cracked intake?

Twista · Oct 18, 2006

Tally_4.6 said:
I doubt that warranty stuff would apply to my car right?? **** this sucks, are there any other side effects of this cracked intake?

no it wont apply to your car.

search ebay for:

4.6 intake manifold

You can get one for like $200 i think.. or cheaper.

madmatt · Oct 18, 2006

Check on some classifieds sections of all the car forums, people sell these for around 125-150 bucks all the time.

Tally_4.6 · Oct 19, 2006

Twista said:
no it wont apply to your car.

search ebay for:

4.6 intake manifold

You can get one for like $200 i think.. or cheaper.

I got a number from my Auto shop teacher that knows a guy from ford, i'm gonna call him and see what he says. If i do end up replacing it i'll prolly just buy a new one in the Summit/Jegs catalog for 200 bucks from Ford Racing.

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=FMS%2DM%2D9424%2DP46&N=700+400070+4294908331+4294840044+4294924677+115&autoview=sku

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&catalogIdentifier=Jegs_Direct&categoryId=27341&parentCategoryId=11935

The Summit one says '01-'03 and the Jegs one says '99-'04...whats the difference?

Mike97gt · Oct 19, 2006

Tally_4.6 said:
I got a number from my Auto shop teacher that knows a guy from ford, i'm gonna call him and see what he says. If i do end up replacing it i'll prolly just buy a new one in the Summit/Jegs catalog for 200 bucks from Ford Racing.

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=FMS%2DM%2D9424%2DP46&N=700+400070+4294908331+4294840044+4294924677+115&autoview=sku

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&catalogIdentifier=Jegs_Direct&categoryId=27341&parentCategoryId=11935

The Summit one says '01-'03 and the Jegs one says '99-'04...whats the difference?

or you can buy mine for 70 plus shipping.

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