myerzkid
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- 2004 XLT V6
I own an '04 Exp. 6 cyl, 4wd. Any and all help is greatly appreciated...
Ok here's the problem thus far from beginning to end...
2 weeks ago wife goes out to vehicle and starts it up... Lets it run for about 30 minutes. Takes it on a short drive and leaves it idling for an additional 30 minutes.
She notices that it is overheating. She opens the hood and there is coolant "all over" under the hood. Also there is no heat coming from the heater and the air coming from the vents smells like coolant.
She brings the vehicle back and notices that the temperature has leveled out and is holding in the normal range... Temperature dropped to -41 that night...
Later the same day I checked and the coolant smell was still there, the overflow bottle had a large chunk of ice in it and what i believe was steam coming out from somewhere near the thermostat. the steam comes from somewhere I can't see easily.
I've checked the hoses and the vehicle maintains a normal temp but the smell, steam and lack of heat remain...
Ok here's the problem thus far from beginning to end...
2 weeks ago wife goes out to vehicle and starts it up... Lets it run for about 30 minutes. Takes it on a short drive and leaves it idling for an additional 30 minutes.
She notices that it is overheating. She opens the hood and there is coolant "all over" under the hood. Also there is no heat coming from the heater and the air coming from the vents smells like coolant.
She brings the vehicle back and notices that the temperature has leveled out and is holding in the normal range... Temperature dropped to -41 that night...
Later the same day I checked and the coolant smell was still there, the overflow bottle had a large chunk of ice in it and what i believe was steam coming out from somewhere near the thermostat. the steam comes from somewhere I can't see easily.
I've checked the hoses and the vehicle maintains a normal temp but the smell, steam and lack of heat remain...