[Shotimes] coolant hoses
Jonathon Beisler
JBEIS001@stvincentshealth.com
Thu, 17 Jul 2003 13:46:08 -0400
Ah, my life is so ironic. I kinda half read the stuff about hoses and CPS and water pumps because I replaced all of this a couple months ago, but wouldn't you know it, as I'm driving home last night, I start to smell coolant coming through the AC and then a second later the low coolant light comes on. I get home, coolant is splashing all over the driveway. To make a long story short, it was a simple hose attached to the TB with a split in it. Took me about an hour to get it off because of my access to the bottom part of the hose going into the head. I realize that Ford makes these things difficult to bring people back to the dealer for repairs, but come on!
Anyway, my question is this, and it might be dumb, but hey, it's me were talking about here. How many hoses are there that need to be replaced on this engine other than the upper and lower hoses? I know about the little U shaped one in the front (or side, back? bottom? sorry Jim, :P), and the ones to the TB. And of course, I know there are one's for the heater, but I haven't looked too closely. Does the Helms detail this? Thanks for the help. Anything to avoid standing over a hot engine on a hot humid day!
JB