[Shotimes] leaking injector

[Jim and Debbie Leyden]

I have found that the thermostats that have the rubber seal around the valve
disk don't last long.  A little over a year ago I replaced the thermostat.
The thermostat I bought was a genuine Ford part that had a rubber gasket
around the valve disk.
During the summer I replaced the radiator.  Just for a fluke I dismantled
the old one.  I found what I thought was some kind of sealant that was
clogging several of the lower tubes.
A month ago I replaced the thermostat because the car wouldn't maintain
temperature.  When I pulled out the thermostat most of the rubber seal was
missing from the disk.  That is when I figured out what the pieces that were
clogging the radiator were.

Jim
'93 MTX



----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: <shotimes-admin@autox.team.net>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] leaking injector


> A bad thermostat can cause mileage to drop from around 28-30
> on the highway to 22-24?  I have heard this kind of drop
> from a lot of people.  Not a slight drop.
>
> It does appear that this is not a thermostat problem, but he
> should consider it anyway, I have put in thermostats and had
> them go bad right away, and others have lasted just a few
> months.  Many People have put in several before getting one
> that would last more than a year.
>
> Don Mallinson
>
> D Potter wrote:
> > Don,
> >
> > About a month back I replaced a leaky injector in my dad's stang after
> > identifying it via the cylinder balance test. His symptoms were poor gas
> > mileage, and hard start issues, and a *slight* loss of power. With a
stuck
> > open thermostat, the symptoms shoud be excessive temp guage fluctuations
on
> > the cool side, a *slight* loss of gas mileage and slightly bettter
throttle
> > response and power under non-WOT condittions.
> >
> > DP
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