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RTV will stick to clean metal. It just takes patience to let the case drain out and using rags/paper towels to reach in through the drain hole to get the last drop of oil out to get the area dry long enough to work.

I was in the same boat a few years ago, drained the fluid completely, cleaned the area around the plug with brake cleaner and sealed it up with RTV on the plug and outside the case. It looks ugly but has been holding for six years now with no leaks. I just hope I never have to open it up...

It has been about two years since I did this, but I was careful to try to bend only in one direction on a relatively straight portion of the pipe, and just enough for minimal clearance to lift up the valve cover a little bit, not enough to fully remove the valve cover. The pipe is very hard to...

This is an old thread, but worth revisiting because the info is useful. I could not undo the lower EGR tube connection, and the upper seemed to be seized as well. I was afraid bending the EGR tube far enough to remove the valve cover would risk breakage and compound my problems. My approach...

It's probably the heater control valve. The most common point for plastic fittings to leak is along the line where the mold formed the part. This happens a lot on the thermostat housing and the 4.6 intake manifold coolant passage.

I noticed that sticker too, it seemed odd that it wasn't removed before the pictures were taken, but it looks like the National Rifle Association seal. Regardless of the content of the sticker, just make sure it isn't hiding a hole in the bumper!

The intake manifold "gasket" on the 4.0 is actually six oval shaped rubber gaskets which correspond to each individual cylinder. Unlike the 4.6 V8, coolant is not being routed through the intake manifold, so there is no way a 4.0 manifold gasket/intake manifold defect would allow water to mix...

For me, that is far too much risk in that amount of miles on the vehicle without knowing the mechanical history of it. As mentioned before, the transmission or timing chain repairs alone can be more than the price of the vehicle. I would only consider it if I knew that those items were...

Sometimes the explanation is in your first instinct - is the alarm siren confirmed to be working, and does the alarm remote stop the flashing lights?

Exhaust pipe flange. You will also need the gasket that goes between the two rusted out flanges.

Check the pads for even wear on both front wheels, if they are not about the same on both sides, a caliper is sticking. The inner pads tend to wear just a little bit faster than the outer pad, so you must take off the wheels to see, I had one inner pad worn down to the backing plate in less...

The procedure is in the owner's guide, under the section about the keyless remotes (page 120-121 in the 6th edition)... it involves turning the key and pushing the remote buttons in a certain sequence. If you don't have the owners guide you can view it online at...

Check the tightness of the brake caliper mounting bolts asap. The bolts are often reinstalled without loctite when a caliper is removed and begin to work themselves loose a few weeks after installation.

Check that the bolts which hold the front fixed portion of the tilt steering column onto the frame are all tight. I had one (of three or four?) bolts which was about a half of a turn too loose, causing a rattle right under the gauges when going over every bump in the road.

The answer is in the ice - the coolant probably is not mixed in the right ratio with water. The ice clogged up the cooling system and caused the overheating until it got melted down from engine heat. Then it happens again when it refroze. The smaller diameter hoses (heater hose) will probably...

That looks like an upside down picture of the transmission pan drain plug. There is a small torx or allen screw inside the plug used for refilling, check out the instructional threads about "5r55w fluid fill" in the transmissions forum for more details. You should clean up the area first and...

If the question is strictly limited to the motor itself, I would say the 4.6. I have not heard of timing chain issues on that engine, unlike the 4.0. On the negative side, some older 4.6 engines may still have the plastic intake manifold that cracks with age and leaks coolant (this is why...

Toe spec is .10 degrees +/-.25, camber -0.5 degrees +/-0.8, caster 5.1 degrees on left +/- 1, 5.3 degrees on right +/- 1. Then there are total/split specs of 0.2, 0.0 and -0.2 degrees respectively. There are ways to do it yourself with strings, straight edges, plumb bobs and rulers, but it's...

Although I haven't experienced the problem, I would encourage those who have to file a safety complaint with the NHTSA (US only) http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/index.cfm It sounds like it would be a legitimate safety issue if the part breaks and leaves the car in gear. Enough complaints...

A 2-jaw puller worked well for me. Unscrew the nut so it is just beyond flush with the bottom tip of the threaded portion of the ball joint and attach the jaws to the knuckle and center the screw on the tip of the ball joint (that's why the nut should be a little beyond flush). This way you...