Temperature/Heater issue
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Since you're already gonna do the t-stat on your new to you, used truck, how about giving it a flush, new hoses, and a fresh charge of distilled water* and a-freeze.
*Was told distilled water minimizes possible mineral build up in the cooling system.
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Someplace near there it should list the displacement, e.g. 351 cid.
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I know its been a while, but between work,Christmas,ice storm,having
a bad cold,too cold outside,etc,etc, I finally found time to get back on
this. After I drained and flushed it, I took the heater hoses off at the engine and tried to run water through the heater.
Nothing flowed at first but after running water both ways it finally flushed out with a very good water flow both
ways. Next I took off the thermostat housing and no thermostat. I was able to get a Stant from the local parts store. After I got everything put back together and buckled up,filled with coolant/water I started to check for leaks
and after giving it time to heat up I tried the heater and defroster. Both worked as good as new. And the temp gauge was registering. A great big
THANKS to everyone for their help,ideas and suggestions and also for
pointing out the difference in the thermostats!
a bad cold,too cold outside,etc,etc, I finally found time to get back on
this. After I drained and flushed it, I took the heater hoses off at the engine and tried to run water through the heater.
Nothing flowed at first but after running water both ways it finally flushed out with a very good water flow both
ways. Next I took off the thermostat housing and no thermostat. I was able to get a Stant from the local parts store. After I got everything put back together and buckled up,filled with coolant/water I started to check for leaks
and after giving it time to heat up I tried the heater and defroster. Both worked as good as new. And the temp gauge was registering. A great big
THANKS to everyone for their help,ideas and suggestions and also for
pointing out the difference in the thermostats!
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BTW Jim I *moved* that thread with your cut-up heater core (and changed the title a bit) to the FAQs subforum, shouldn't be so hard to find anymore.
Just use the "Search This Forum" thing on the top-RH navbar thing).N.B. I really need to go clean up & fix up some of the broken stuff in those subforums...
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...r-problem.html
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FordPUman,
Thanks for following up, letting us know what you found and how you resolved it.
Chris, thanks for all the work you do to edit and organize these forums!
And the rep's of course. I'd hit you back if I could....
Thanks for following up, letting us know what you found and how you resolved it.
Chris, thanks for all the work you do to edit and organize these forums!
And the rep's of course. I'd hit you back if I could....
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