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MarauderMark
12-06-2004, 04:34 PM
Thats how my wife says it..
Anyways heres my trouble..It started about 5 weeks ago.It has been a few months before then that i had the electric water pump installed .so about 5 weeks ago when drive normal back home from eating the car is spitting out smoke (thick) as my son tells me i look at the gauge it all the way on hot.i pull over turn it off wait about five mins and it went down to normal get back in drive it about a 1/4 mile and same thing again .i had to do this procedure 6 times in order to get it home.i have it towed to ford clinic (D :censor: s) they find nothing wrong and give it back.1 week later my wife has the same problem lets it cool down and drives it to them w/o it overheating and running fine.they inturn tell me i need head gaskets and that it is running like crap :mad: wasn't like that on the way to the place .So they install cobra head gaskets and head bolts saying that the boost was moving the heads which caused the head gaskets to blow so $2,300 later i take the car home and have it 4 days i run it at the track 1 time and blow a spark plug which they replace for free.this satuday night i drive it around the block and i'm not getting heat strange i thought i just parked it here 1/2 hour ago no problem all the sudden the temp gauge is all the way in the red i pull over shut it down for five min start it up and no problem .now last night i take the family to see xmas lights in the neighborhood i get about 1/2 mile from home again no heat so i knew what was going to happen so i shut it off but this time i wait and it still hot the overflow resivior looked like and overfilled balloon.so i start it and hurry home and now it gets hot w/o heat .can't even drive it again..WHAT IS THE PROBLEM???????thermostat?????w ater pump works when it wants to???? something clogging up the system???I really hate to get rid of this car but it is costing more than i can afford.PLEASE HELP ME!!!!

Bluerauder
12-06-2004, 04:56 PM
Thats how my wife says it..
Anyways heres my trouble..... it still hot the overflow resivior looked like and overfilled balloon.so i start it and hurry home and now it gets hot w/o heat .can't even drive it again..WHAT IS THE PROBLEM???????thermostat?????w ater pump works when it wants to???? something clogging up the system???I really hate to get rid of this car but it is costing more than i can afford.PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
MDMarauder had a similar problem not long ago. Here is the thread on that one Clicky Here (http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=13856&highlight=overheating) . The concensus at that time was that there was air trapped in the cooling system. Read the comments on the thread and see if it aligns with your experiences.

Hope you can get this sorted out with no more $ into the situation. :(

Charlie

merc
12-06-2004, 06:54 PM
Damm Mark, you got gremlins running in your plumbing or a dead mouse. I hate to hear you have so many problems with your pride and joy. I really wish that I had an answer for your woes, but I am clueless. I would take a hard look at your cooling system. You have two questionable modifications, electric water pump and I think Reinhart cylinder head cooling. The easiest approach is to remove air from the system first. To remove your mods and restore to stock could be costly and possibly unnecessary. :dunno:

telson
12-06-2004, 07:32 PM
See the following post
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=14364
for details on how I detected and removed air from my cooling system, then re-filled it, thereby resolving my no-heat issue.

It just takes a few minutes (and no cost) to see if the coolant level goes down (steps 1 and 2).

Haggis
12-06-2004, 07:35 PM
I feel for you brother I really do. My sugestion is to work backwards; 1) Did you have this problem before you installed the elec. water pump? NO, put the OEM pump back on. I have the OEM water pump and never had a problem with overheating. 2) Check for an air bubble in the cooling system. and 3) Check the thermostat before any damage is possible done.

I am sure glad you did not park next to my car on Saturday.