- Feb 11, 2018
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My 99 Mustang has 192,000 miles, runs great. Several years ago almost overheated it, hose blew, bandaged hose up, tried to limp home, keeping an eye on heat gauge. Would pull over and add a bit of water sometimes - 15 minute drive - hose had blown again right next to the bandaged part, turns out electric cooling fan had failed. Was told it could have overheated due to loss of coolant without gauge ever entering red zone due to lack of coolant.
Car still runs great, just drove an hour and half again - but oil leaked into coolant awhile back. Dealership flushed cooling system, eventually replaced the oil soaked radiator hoses. Was fine for quite a while, now dealership said oil was in coolant again. Made appointment for them to do the flush, they stated they don't want to work on it, that it needs a new engine. Told my another mechanic good bet is the intake manifold gasket, dealership feels not worth the money to try it. Engine has been pressure tested several times, had the radiator cap replaced, radiator is not that old -
Should I get another shop to look at the intake manifold possibility? 2nd shop says weird that it is running great for it to be something serious - I am in the San Diego county area - Lakeside, CA - This is the 3.8 6 engine, and auto -
Car still runs great, just drove an hour and half again - but oil leaked into coolant awhile back. Dealership flushed cooling system, eventually replaced the oil soaked radiator hoses. Was fine for quite a while, now dealership said oil was in coolant again. Made appointment for them to do the flush, they stated they don't want to work on it, that it needs a new engine. Told my another mechanic good bet is the intake manifold gasket, dealership feels not worth the money to try it. Engine has been pressure tested several times, had the radiator cap replaced, radiator is not that old -
Should I get another shop to look at the intake manifold possibility? 2nd shop says weird that it is running great for it to be something serious - I am in the San Diego county area - Lakeside, CA - This is the 3.8 6 engine, and auto -