This is my wifes company car and I'm thinking of buying it for my daughter. The Ford dealership just replaced the waterpump and thermostat. Because my wife noticed the car gets hot on the freeway. I put a new radiator in it based on the dealer saying it had a blockage and her company wouldn't pay for that since we are buying it cheap.... It still seems to get hot on the freeway. Also the electric fans are running at idle like its hot? This car is in perfect shape otherwise. I'm thinking it's a cylinder head sensor or one blog I saw said it is the plastic thermostat housing. Any ford guys with answers would be great... Thx
2007-03-04 17:42:00 · 5 answers · asked by Ricoshay 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Oh by the way the dealer cliams to have checked for head gasket, Housing and sensor. But they couldn't get it hot?
2007-03-05 08:56:08 · update #1
How do I check the temperature when I think it's hot. because maybe it's nor really hot and the gage is working wrong?
2007-03-05 08:57:43 · update #2
are you sure the vehicle is actually over heating? rather the guage reading wrong.... Temperature sending unit? the car seems fairly new for things like that to be breaking
2007-03-04 17:48:00 · answer #1 · answered by Andy M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
after doing all this an it still reading hot,,,, it could be a bad gages, a bad sencer,,,,a head on the car stop up, in the motor they have what call ports, it what let the water flow threw the motor,,, had the cat had a head job done on it, they could put a wrong gastet on thre car,,,,botton hose could be sucking close, another thing to look at if the oil pump is weak ,will cause it to run hot, an ford the only one i know to run a little out of time, check the timeing
2007-03-04 23:40:03 · answer #2 · answered by ghostwalker077 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may sounds strange and all, but depending on the milage that the vehicle has, consider if the timing belt has stretched. this can lead to overheating situations at high way speeds and some inner city driving. Also you may want to have the engine block flushed and refilled making sure that you get all trapped air out of the system as well when you fill it back up. double check the thermostate to see if it is the right temp for the car as well. check for things causing restricted air flow to the radiator. verify if the engine is running lean or rich as well. that will also cause overheating. another thing to check while your at it is if the high speed fan is engageing .
2007-03-04 17:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fans are supposed to run whenever it gets hot. One thing people get wrong a lot is, when the replace the radiator hoses they don't put the big spring in the new return hose, and it collapses from pump suction at high speeds.
2007-03-05 00:31:09 · answer #4 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think your problem is probably the blue emblem on the grille that says ford. it would be better off saying crap. just my opinion. get a chevy
2007-03-04 17:53:36 · answer #5 · answered by justsomedude 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋