jwmerrill Posted May 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 But hey... Jim, if you have to go to the VMS engine rebuild Don't be too dissapointed! Haha.Good Luck Jim.-Joe←hehe, I've kinda been looking for an excuse... we shall see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legbend Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 I'd definitely look into the problem... if it's somebody's fault other than yours, then I'd be pointing fingers. An engine is expensive to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAzOR Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 I'm ashamed to say I don't know where the temp sending unit is located on that engine BUT on the Mustang 5.0's I had, if you lost enough coolant fast enough, the temp sender , mounted high on the enginge, lost contact with the coolant and began reading "air" temp in the cooling system. This results in low, low reads until the acutal air temps gets really hot, which means the engine could've cooked. I learned that if I had a solid low coolant light that I should not trust the engine temp reading. That sucks, I hope your engine turns out OK, from my experience, these engine are solid as long as they don't overheat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdizzle Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 any word jim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwmerrill Posted May 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 any word jim?←The head/gasket is suspect at this point. Car still wouldn't start and there is coolant mixed with the oil. The stealership is going to pull the head tomorrow morning and let me know what they find. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GShyneDM Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 The head/gasket is suspect at this point. Car still wouldn't start and there is coolant mixed with the oil. The stealership is going to pull the head tomorrow morning and let me know what they find. Jim←darn... keep us posted as you get the news...perhaps your coolant hose is an entirely separate matter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvoson Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Jim, sorry to hear the bad news Good luck with it, let'e hope it works out in your favor (whichever way you want that to be). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniman342 Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Good luck with this. Hopefully it doesn't turn out as bad as you think it will be.Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickThatClutch Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Wow. Bummer.This is the 3rd incidence I've heard of first hand of a Samco splitting like that. I'm not sure what it is but I doubt it something as simple as a box cutter taking a slice out of it.Good luck with your repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxx Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 dang dude, that REALLY sucks... happened to my dad's old Nissan hard body... got a new car... somehow it will be better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwmerrill Posted May 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 Ok here's an update.You know when the dealership asks if you can come down so the tech can explain what happened that it can't be good!! Bottom line... I needs a new motor!! I'm going in tomorrow morning for the full explaination. jwm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdizzle Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 Ok here's an update.You know when the dealership asks if you can come down so the tech can explain what happened that it can't be good!! Bottom line... I needs a new motor!! I'm going in tomorrow morning for the full explaination. jwm← :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxx Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 time to try that V8 drop in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
550 Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 i dont think I woudl want to drop a v8 in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GShyneDM Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 Ok here's an update.You know when the dealership asks if you can come down so the tech can explain what happened that it can't be good!! Bottom line... I needs a new motor!! I'm going in tomorrow morning for the full explaination. jwm←Darn... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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