[Shotimes] Heater Core ?s.

[Paul L Fisher]

Heikki,

Before you go through all the trouble, make sure the heater core is shot. A 
common Taurus (not just SHO) malady is that the hoses to the core get loose 
and they are close enough to the firewall that they actually spray coolant 
into the heater box and make the same symptoms as a broken core.

In my case, I removed the hoses, cleaned the nibs that go through the 
firewall, bought some new worm clamps and cranked them down good. It still 
smelled for a while because of the extraneous coolant still in the box but the 
leak is gone.

You can flush some water through the box to help clear it out. I can't exactly 
remember where from though.

Paul L Fisher
'93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 166K Build date 11/18/1992
- K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back, Holley 
190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus 
Stainless Steel Y-pipe, Delrin sub-frame bushings, Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30 
oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.
'00 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0L V8 AWD Oxford White Clearcoat 34K Build date 
11/19/1999
- Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30 oil, K&N Fuel Injection Performance Kit

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Heikki Laine
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:21 AM
> To: SHOtimes
> Subject: [Shotimes] Heater Core ?s.
> 
> 
> The time has come for me to replace the heater core in my SHO ('93
> MTX).
> It started blowing huge amounts of steam into my car yesterday morning
> so I was forced to pull over and cut the hoses off the firewall and
> connect them to each other.  This steam situation was all taking place
> with the heat off, and only grew exponentially worse when I turned the
> heat on (I was just curious).  I am wondering if this is the same core
> as the non-SHO Taurii, and also if anyone has any suggestions or
> comments of experience.  Stay away from these brands, don't be stupid
> and do this while installing it, etc... CCing replies to my email
> would
> be appreciated.  Thanks again for the expertise.
> 
> -Heikki
> 
> 
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