I have 154,500 miles on my car. Car runs great. After about 100,000 miles, I started to flush the gold radiator fluid every three years at a Ford stealership. So today, I went to the stealership for my flush. I made sure to remind them that the car has to be burped and which they said they did. Car was fine when I took it in but they said that there was a blockage or bad thermostat when they finished. They looked it over and said it was a bad thermostat. They could get an aftermarket one by end of day but they would have to keep the car over the weekend since they are closing.
Several years ago, I bought a Motorad 7265-180 Failsafe Thermostat on Amazon. So I had them put this in the car.
They ran it for 30 minutes and said it was fine.
However, on the highway on the way home, the car started to overheat and get close to the red. I didn't want to take a chance of it getting in the red, so I pulled over and shut the car down. Called a tow truck.
Anyone have problems with these thermostats before? I'm going to order a Motorcraft one and limp the car to another stealership.
By the way, I saw another Marauder drive buy. A black one on the highway. I-580 heading west. Time was about 3:30.