"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
02/26/2016 at 21:16 • Filed to: Mustang
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"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
02/26/2016 at 21:16 • Filed to: Mustang | 0
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45 minutes in the Oreilly’s parking lot using parts bought from Autozone (heh heh) and I got the new thermostat, upper and lower housings, and coolant temp sensor put in and topped the coolant back up after puking most of it over K-15 and the Oreilly’s parking stall. Here’s what failed:
In the first picture you can see where it split apart down the seams in the plastic. Second picture is my reaction to said splitting, and the third picture is where some of the plastic had turned to mush and fell off when I took out the housing. Furthermore, the not-factory hose clamps holding everything together indicated that this had failed once before, so it wasn’t even an 11 year old part! SMH, Ford. SMH.
DrJohannVegas
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/26/2016 at 21:19 |
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You sure it was a factory part? If non-factory hose clamps, it might have been an aftermarket replacement.
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/26/2016 at 21:23 |
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You did burp the system, right?
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
02/26/2016 at 21:37 |
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Yup. For the second time in 7 days, lol.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> DrJohannVegas
02/26/2016 at 21:37 |
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I actually didn’t think of this.
Urambo Tauro
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/26/2016 at 21:52 |
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At least you didn’t have to replace the entire intake manifold:
Needmoargarage
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/26/2016 at 23:37 |
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It doesn’t look OEM. Is the plastic white inside? It should have a raised FoMoCo emblem and easily visible part number as well. Also, it is extremely likely that whoever removed and replaced the upper radiator hose in the past damaged the housing, resulting in a premature failure.