sportracnitemare
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- March 2, 2013
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- City, State
- central Florida
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2007 Sport Trac
2007 Sport Trac 4.0/V6 XLT 142,222 miles
Three days ago left stranded on the side of the road. Smoke pouring out from under the hood! Truck shut itself down and every light on the dash went haywire. We have had this truck for a while. Constant check engine light on which I was told by the mechanic that he checked it and NOTHING is wrong. He resets the light, it comes back on in days. Fuel cap light constantly on, and was told it could be a sensor but that there is no way to determine the exact sensor, but they can't find anything wrong anyway. It may just be a faulty light.
It started making a weird noise when you would accelerate, kinda like its revving up, but RPM's are unchanged. Then you look over and the temp gauge which had been normal the whole time rises fast and pegs to the H, and within seconds, the noise stops and the temp drops again to normal. Tranny was slipping, went and put fluid in it. Then they noticed the fitting where the tranny cooler line went into radiator was leaking and they sent me to another shop who had the correct O-ring who would install for me for nothing. And on my way there during U-turn is when the nightmare happened.
Had it towed back to the house and opened her up today. Replaced Thermostat and housing which was blown apart on the back side. It spewed coolant all into the valley on the top of the motor. While doing this I noticed the radiator is leaking around the seal of the top where the aluminum meets the plastic (worst design ever btw). Also noticed the oil pan is leaking! So after replacing the thermostat went to go change the pan gasket and there is plastic in the bottom, and a thin strip of beat up metal. Thinking its the timing chain assembly. Truck smells burnt up bad, and wont turn over either, which is how we came up with timing chain is shot. Anyone ever had any of these issues? And do you think that its the timing chain, could those pieces in the oil pan be part of the tensioning system for it?
Three days ago left stranded on the side of the road. Smoke pouring out from under the hood! Truck shut itself down and every light on the dash went haywire. We have had this truck for a while. Constant check engine light on which I was told by the mechanic that he checked it and NOTHING is wrong. He resets the light, it comes back on in days. Fuel cap light constantly on, and was told it could be a sensor but that there is no way to determine the exact sensor, but they can't find anything wrong anyway. It may just be a faulty light.
It started making a weird noise when you would accelerate, kinda like its revving up, but RPM's are unchanged. Then you look over and the temp gauge which had been normal the whole time rises fast and pegs to the H, and within seconds, the noise stops and the temp drops again to normal. Tranny was slipping, went and put fluid in it. Then they noticed the fitting where the tranny cooler line went into radiator was leaking and they sent me to another shop who had the correct O-ring who would install for me for nothing. And on my way there during U-turn is when the nightmare happened.
Had it towed back to the house and opened her up today. Replaced Thermostat and housing which was blown apart on the back side. It spewed coolant all into the valley on the top of the motor. While doing this I noticed the radiator is leaking around the seal of the top where the aluminum meets the plastic (worst design ever btw). Also noticed the oil pan is leaking! So after replacing the thermostat went to go change the pan gasket and there is plastic in the bottom, and a thin strip of beat up metal. Thinking its the timing chain assembly. Truck smells burnt up bad, and wont turn over either, which is how we came up with timing chain is shot. Anyone ever had any of these issues? And do you think that its the timing chain, could those pieces in the oil pan be part of the tensioning system for it?
