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- April 12, 2002
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- City, State
- Northern Virginia
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '93 XL
Well my dad's Windstar bit the bullet today. No warning signs - no blue smoke, no white smoke, no clunking or knocking, just full blown 50/50 anitfreeze leaking through the cat converter. Yup, you hear me right, through the cat converter.
Here is the story: Doin 70 mph on I-64 in Norfolk this afternoon, it was close to 95 outside. AC was cranked up and the radio was blastin too. About 7 miles from work a sound similar to radio static started comin in. We though nothin of it, just radio static. Less than a minute later the engine surged up to 5000 RPM's and above and then stalled. Pops pulled over right away and popped the hood, steam and smoke was goin everywhere. He called AAA while I checked under the hood for low coolant or busted hoses. Well, the house that leads from the radiator to the engine block had a 2 inch long slit right in the top and there was evidence of sprayed coolant in the engine bay.
Waited around for AAA for a few hours, got it towed home and changed the oil and coolant hoses. Started pourin in new 50/50 (we thought we would save some $$$ and just see what we could do by replacing the obvious oils and coolants) and got about 7 quarts down in the radiator when we heard leaking, actually it was a torrent. I popped my head under the van and saw a steady pour of the new coolant we had just put it comin out of the cat converter. We were both like, "awww, s#@t."
So, something is seriously busted or cracked inside the engine block that is allowing coolant from the coolant system to leak in great amounts into the exhaust system. Got any ideas?
Here is the story: Doin 70 mph on I-64 in Norfolk this afternoon, it was close to 95 outside. AC was cranked up and the radio was blastin too. About 7 miles from work a sound similar to radio static started comin in. We though nothin of it, just radio static. Less than a minute later the engine surged up to 5000 RPM's and above and then stalled. Pops pulled over right away and popped the hood, steam and smoke was goin everywhere. He called AAA while I checked under the hood for low coolant or busted hoses. Well, the house that leads from the radiator to the engine block had a 2 inch long slit right in the top and there was evidence of sprayed coolant in the engine bay.
Waited around for AAA for a few hours, got it towed home and changed the oil and coolant hoses. Started pourin in new 50/50 (we thought we would save some $$$ and just see what we could do by replacing the obvious oils and coolants) and got about 7 quarts down in the radiator when we heard leaking, actually it was a torrent. I popped my head under the van and saw a steady pour of the new coolant we had just put it comin out of the cat converter. We were both like, "awww, s#@t."
So, something is seriously busted or cracked inside the engine block that is allowing coolant from the coolant system to leak in great amounts into the exhaust system. Got any ideas?