thermostat housing/elbow

[slvrgoblin]

I started noticing "steam" coming out of my hood, (this is after I had been driving around for a while so the engine was around its normal operating temp) I have been searching for the cause and I have finally found it, coolant is seeping out of the thermostat housing where the metal elbow connects and runs to the coolant resivoir. I have tried running liquid glass through it, I have used liquid gasket and nothing will stop this leek. Is there anything I can do to fix this without replacing my entire intake manifold(money is extremly tight) ??? Thanks alot for any input!!

 

[streethorse]

Sounds like you either have a cracked intake manifold or you just need a new
thermastat and gasket. What year is your car? You know about the intake
manifolds with the plastic crossover, they all crack sooner or later. I think it was 03
when ford switched to the aluminum crossover, which dont crack.
One thing I suggest is never put any kind of stopleak in your coolant at all, unless
of emergency. If you did allready, drain that s___t out.

 

[forum155pl]

+1 on nothing in the motor but coolant, gas and oil

 

[slvrgoblin]

Yea guys its a 99 and I know about the recall, I am trying to sell the car and was trying to keep from buying the manifold its got 69,000 miles on it so if its not cracked I'm sure its getting close. And I just flushed the leak stuff through so its out. But thanks for the help guys I'l be going to the shop first thing tomorrow!!

 

[TrueBlue03]

funny how my car just had nearly the same problem last week...

i a had tiny coolant leak near the intake manifold and randomly my thermostat went out, caused the engine to heat up and blow the gasket out completely and sprayed collant everywhere in the engine bay and i lost power steering and brakes, ALL while doing 70mph on the freeway in the night. almost destroyed my car.

i needed a new thermostat and gasket. solved the problem.
but be careful man. it could blow out at any minute if you dont fix that.....and you'll end up like me broke down in pitch black in the middle of a freeway exit ramp packed with cars exiting the freeway at 80mph.

 

[slvrgoblin]

Thanks for the heads up!!! That had to suck!!!! I'll be getting this fixed in the morning..given that it's not my entire manifold

 

[slvrgoblin]

No luck today guys but I'm headed out to Prospeed in the morning...man I hate these manifolds !!!!