MuscleJunkie
Elite Explorer
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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '00 Ford Explorer LTD AWD
Yes please. Would love to read some actual experiences (with photos) about these headers.
Im getting my explorer back tomorrow ill try and post some pictures and my experience.
The shop was backed up and one of the 3 employees was leaving and they were getting a new guy in so they just got to my explorer last friday.
bad news is my timing cover is leaking coolant(every ~300 miles or so the reservoir tank is empty) and its totally not worth fixing($900 quote, spent $1k for truck with clean title in hand) so I guess i'll just keep dumping coolant in.
I would have fixed the timing cover before doing headers haha that's a lot of coolant to be losing in 300 miles. I would try that stop leak crap. The name of the good one is evading me at the moment. Small blue bottle, everyone says it actually works really well. If you're scraping the truck and don't care about it I'd dump that stuff in there.
I wanted to fix it, but at $900 it hardly makes sense financially on an engine with 217k miles(not to mention I had other unexpected expenses come up so I literally could not afford it). I may try the stop leak stuff but gunking up the engine doesn't seem like a good idea to me if I want this thing to last.
Im content to keep adding coolant, but maybe i'll try some of that stop leak stuff.
The shop said they had to cut some of the header bolts off because of how stuck they were. I can tell the bill will already be $500 at least based on the labor involved so far(thank god only $65 an hour). These damn headers better be worth it, in any case I wont have a cracked and leaking drivers side header anymore.
I feel the same way but this stuff apparently doesn't ever get all gunky. I've never used it myself but heard nothing but good things about it. Because believe me I agree, I would never put that kinda crap in my engine. I would just fix the issue. But in your case it probably makes sense. Although that leak is so severe it may not even work.
Here's the stuff I'm talking about. K-Seal. that was driving me nuts that I couldn't remember the name. Lots on guys with land rovers use it when they crack the cylinder walls in those pieces of ****. Apparently it fixes that so you may have a chance of it fixing your leak too.
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...kJgShcOM9ZLhv-ZJga0ItdpgxUF4IcEB_KhoC9XDw_wcB
[MENTION=288085]juggar[/MENTION]
You stated anything that could go wrong with the install did. Anything that had to do with the quality of the headers, or other nonassociated issues?
On either side do the headers come over the top of the frame? im trying to see pics to see if they will fit on my highly modified frame.
just to give an idea, here is what im working with. Need to see if they will fit inside the engine cage area.
Heres the pictures, I'm sure ill need to wrap some more foil stuff around the spark plugs and wires.
The inner flap of plastic on both wheel wells is gone, one was gone when I got the truck and the other is gone now but thats a non issue, they also are getting me a new oil dipstick.
Later, whens its not raining I'm going to go out and really go over everything and make sure its all in order. Im still getting that "ticking noise" from the drivers side but it sounds very different now, not really a tick anymore. not sure what that is but it is what it is at this point.