Re: the 3.8 that could... Reply #15 – January 23, 2005, 10:39:31 PM yeah, im pretty sure it was the thermostatamazingly, i went out and started it, fired right up, let it run for about 5 minutes, it ran decent, suprised it wasnt acting up, but there is still no coolant in the car, so i dont know if the headgasket is shot or notill have to pull the thermostat and add coolant to find out Quote Selected
Re: the 3.8 that could... Reply #16 – January 23, 2005, 11:16:31 PM Quote from: Tbird232ciill have to pull the thermostat and add coolant to find outHave fun with those bolts... Quote Selected
Re: the 3.8 that could... Reply #17 – January 24, 2005, 01:58:48 AM if they break, oh well, if not, oh well, im not sweating it since i have a "back up car" Quote Selected
Re: the 3.8 that could... Reply #18 – February 10, 2005, 02:23:52 PM On My 88 I Had A Leak In The Back Of The Intake Manifold 3.8's Are Notorious For This Problem. Quote Selected
Re: the 3.8 that could... Reply #19 – August 07, 2005, 01:33:51 PM After reading all the posts I was wondering about the head gaskets and related problems. Everyone mention high pressure in the cooling system while the car has head gasket defect of cracked head, right? Isn't it pushing the coolant out to the overfill tank than? Quote Selected
Re: the 3.8 that could... Reply #20 – August 08, 2005, 12:21:12 AM One of my coolant hoses split driving down the road and the coolant spewed onto the hood pad and then onto the block. Quote Selected
Re: the 3.8 that could... Reply #21 – August 08, 2005, 12:43:10 AM you have to take in consideration that that hole for the coolant resivoir can only flow so much air/coolant out of it, and if you blow a gasket, its pumping full compression into the coolant systemsome 3.8L's last forever, some die instantly, my dads, and my friends both blew gaskets, mine hasnt Quote Selected
Re: the 3.8 that could... Reply #22 – August 08, 2005, 09:06:03 AM Plus, the overflow tank in our cars does not behave in the way that most other cars do. Ask any GM owner, "Where do you add coolant to the system?" and they always reply, "In the overflow tank." For us, the way Ford engines love to trap air pockets and whatnot, it's always best in the radiator itself. In almost 20 years of ownership of these cars, I have never EVER seen the overflow tank act as it should (as GM and other cars do). They're just frickin' strange that way. I have coolant in my overflow bottle from probably 5 years ago. The level has never moved up or down. Does it work? You got me. How does it really work? Only the Prestone Gremlins™ know. :) Quote Selected
Re: the 3.8 that could... Reply #23 – August 08, 2005, 10:01:20 AM yah, that threw me the first time that I saw my father-in-law add coolant to my wifes Monte Carslow, he just put it into the over flow untill the full line. Wigged me out. I have always added to the radiator, turned it on to get the bubbles out, re-added to fill back to full then capped it, but that has aways been with fords. Quote Selected
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