Austin Rueschhoff
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- 2003 Ford Explorer
A few months back I had my thermostat housing crack badly and spew coolant everywhere. I was afraid of a blown head gasket at the time but the mechanic said it was alright and replaced the thermostat housing. The new housing was leaking and I had to refill coolant fairly often. Eventually the thermostat was giving bad reads (temp gauge would float up and down) so the mechanic put a new thermostat housing in.
Coolant leaks were still happening and about a month later I started getting bad temp reads again. Coolant still leaking from housing and pooling up in "valley" behind thermostat housing. Mechanic again replaced housing.
So, now I am on my third thermostat housing in a couple month and this one is leaking badly too - from all the seams and seemingly anywhere it could leak.
Either one of two things is happening....I somehow keep getting crap parts, or, there is simply too much pressure in the cooling system for the thermostat housing to contain the coolant. Any thoughts??
This is an 03 Ford Explorer 4.0L
Coolant leaks were still happening and about a month later I started getting bad temp reads again. Coolant still leaking from housing and pooling up in "valley" behind thermostat housing. Mechanic again replaced housing.
So, now I am on my third thermostat housing in a couple month and this one is leaking badly too - from all the seams and seemingly anywhere it could leak.
Either one of two things is happening....I somehow keep getting crap parts, or, there is simply too much pressure in the cooling system for the thermostat housing to contain the coolant. Any thoughts??
This is an 03 Ford Explorer 4.0L