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Engine & Drivetrain
78k miles and need a new radiator
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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Price 2" data-source="post: 1017359" data-attributes="member: 70403"><p>Yep. They fail. Ask them to remove the coolant reservoir and look for the crack right on top of the rad right under the long extended part of the reservoir. Just a hunch. That's where my father's 07 cracked @ around 90k iirc. You can't see it with the reservoir in place. Of coarse it can crack elsewhere also. I would ask them if you have the lastest PCM update. I have heard it has updated cooling stagities. Basically to control the speed of the cooling fan. As in it comes on sooner I believe. Anyway, It's a common issues on gen2's and O6+ explorers. Personally, I believe it's related to that 20psi rad cap. But, I'm not a Ford engineer. Oh, and the thermostat housing will be the next thing to go. Not much you can do about that until it happens. Could take awhile. But it will happen within the next 30K I promise.</p><p></p><p>I used a spectra aftermarket rad. I heard those Ford rads are crazy expensive.</p><p></p><p>Yeah ,I got around 160K my gen 1 rad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Price 2, post: 1017359, member: 70403"] Yep. They fail. Ask them to remove the coolant reservoir and look for the crack right on top of the rad right under the long extended part of the reservoir. Just a hunch. That's where my father's 07 cracked @ around 90k iirc. You can't see it with the reservoir in place. Of coarse it can crack elsewhere also. I would ask them if you have the lastest PCM update. I have heard it has updated cooling stagities. Basically to control the speed of the cooling fan. As in it comes on sooner I believe. Anyway, It's a common issues on gen2's and O6+ explorers. Personally, I believe it's related to that 20psi rad cap. But, I'm not a Ford engineer. Oh, and the thermostat housing will be the next thing to go. Not much you can do about that until it happens. Could take awhile. But it will happen within the next 30K I promise. I used a spectra aftermarket rad. I heard those Ford rads are crazy expensive. Yeah ,I got around 160K my gen 1 rad. [/QUOTE]
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