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Topic: Typical cold weather antics?????
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Ralph Rebandt
Gearhead Posts: 472
From: Farmington Hills, MI
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 02-20-2003 09:13 AM
   
Last week I it was a decent day here in Michigan, about 25 degrees. I took the stang out to the post office. It wouldn't start. Jumped it for about a minute and was off. I parked it in the garage. Noticed a day later that there was antifreeze under the lower hose. I opened the radiator cap and saw that the fluid was low. Topped off antifreeze.Today it is Flordia like. 40 degrees. I had to jump the battery again. I let it warm up with the radiator cap off. As I revved the engine after it warmed for 15 minutes, the fluid in the radiator didn't move - it appears that there is no circulation? Any suggestions? Does the thermostat freeze and will loosen in the spring? Shouldn't the warm engine free it? How about the battery? Everything is new...battery and alternator. Thanks, Ralph
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johnmustang
Gearhead Posts: 4088
From: Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 02-20-2003 10:09 AM
Here are a few suggestions:(1)...Your stat could be stuck closed (2)...Water pump about to fail (3)...Air-lock in the cooling system (4)...Bottom rad hose is collapsing and pinching off the flow Make sure that you are getting up to temperature, I kind of think that you are getting some circulation or else you would blow water coolant everywhere and badly overheat your engine. You can never go wrong by changing your hoses and stat. Just my.02, good luck tracking down the problem. JOHN  ------------------
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Ralph Rebandt
Gearhead Posts: 472
From: Farmington Hills, MI
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 02-20-2003 10:21 AM
fellas, i have a new water pump, new hoses and new stat for your consideration as you reflect on my dilemna.Also, I turned off the car. It started quickly. Then I turned it off and tried again. Just the usual uuuuuuu...click - a new battery and starter also...
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johnmustang
Gearhead Posts: 4088
From: Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 02-20-2003 10:28 AM
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Originally posted by Ralph Rebandt:
fellas, i have a new water pump, new hoses and new stat for your consideration as you reflect on my dilemna.Also, I turned off the car. It started quickly. Then I turned it off and tried again. Just the usual uuuuuuu...click - a new battery and starter also...
Did you test the stat before installing it? I have had new stats fail right out of the box. Are all of your connections, grounds etc all tightened up O.K.? Sounds like you have a trickle leak in your electrical and it is draining your battery or your alternator is not charging properly. Take a battery out of another vehicle and try it, could just be that your battery is pooched. Once again just my .02 JOHN ------------------
65 2+2 FASTBACK
87 TAURUS WAGON
98 F150 XLT TRITON V8 4.6, 4 WHEEL DRIVE
Member:Vancouver Island Mustang Association
M&M #1710
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MY TRUCK
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Ralph Rebandt
Gearhead Posts: 472
From: Farmington Hills, MI
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 02-20-2003 01:01 PM
the stat was good and worked last summer. I'll check the connections, and swap the battery...Ralph
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