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QUESTION: 1996 Ford 4.6L Intake Manifold
I have a 1996 Ford Mustang GT with the 4.6L V8. My car's engine had the
famous junky intake manifold that leaked coolant. About 2 years ago I bought an aftermarket intake with the improved design and installed it myself. The intake fit perfectly and worked perfectly...with NO leaks anywhere. I was VERY satisfied. But 2 weeks ago, my Mustang developed severe hesitation under hard acceleration. The car basically acted like it was running out of gas and kept misfiring. My "Check Engine" light finally came on and my code reader indicated a misfire in the #8 cylinder. This morning, when I pulled the #8 spark plug boot off, I saw that the plug was SOAKING WET with coolant! The hole for the spark plug was so full that coolant ran out of it when I inserted the spark plug wrench! So, I am assuming that there has been a massive failure somewhere. I checked the torque on all of the intake bolts...they were perfectly within specifications (20 foot-pounds). BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED? Could the manifold be OK and the block be cracked? Or is this a case of yet another intake failure? I have NEVER allowed my engine to overheat. Temp has ALWAYS read on the cool side of the normal range. I did NOT use Permatex on the intake manifold, per the instructions...should I re-think that? Or should I assume that the intake is cracked or warped? Either way, it looks like I will have to pull the intake and see. I am SO sick and tired of this 4.6L engine leaking coolant every time I turn around!!! |
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QUESTION: 1996 Ford 4.6L Intake Manifold
Check to see if there is a heater hose connection above the #8 plug. On the trucks there is a hose clamp that leaks and fills the plug hole up with coolant and shorts the coil out. |
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QUESTION: 1996 Ford 4.6L Intake Manifold
the coolant could have been left in that plug hole from the intake leak and
after time the wire and then the plug failed if u r losing coolant then it might overheat wrote: > Check to see if there is a heater hose connection above the #8 plug. On > the trucks there is a hose clamp that leaks and fills the plug hole up > with coolant and shorts the coil out. |
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