95 mustang question?

My sister has a 95 mustang with a 3.8L v6 in it she told she is having a
antifreeze leak problem, and she took it to a local mechanic and they told
her the radiator is bad, and the timing chain cover is also bad, does that
sound a little fishy I have never heard of a timing chain cover leaking
antifreeze, could someone give me a little help on this ?

chris serbus wrote:
> My sister has a 95 mustang with a 3.8L v6 in it she told she is having a
> antifreeze leak problem, and she took it to a local mechanic and they told
> her the radiator is bad, and the timing chain cover is also bad, does that
> sound a little fishy I have never heard of a timing chain cover leaking
> antifreeze, could someone give me a little help on this ?
>
>
I've had this problem....same model and year car.
It's usually the water pump. I've had to change it twice!
The first time I changed it I got an after-market rebuilt one for around
$100 dollars (Ford wants around $400 for new).
That pump went bad about 1 year later! Then I changed it again, but
this time I've been lucky so far.....2.5 years on the 'rebuilt' pump.

I guess depending on where you get the parts from, it may be better to
stick to new Ford parts.

I still can't get over how expensive the new water pumps are from Ford!
I thought only import car parts were that expensive.


Good luck,
Oskar

ps. My engine has around 150k on it, no timing chaing problems. I
believe only over-head cam engines have to get timing chains changed
every 70k or so. I've only seen this with Hondas....

The 3.8 has been known to give timing cover problems, especially in regards
to coolant leaks. We've see Timing chains have become quite ren the odd one
where coolant is leaking into the motor as well as out of it. The problem
should be attended to quickly since, if any coolant is getting into the
crankcase it will damage the crank bearings.

BTW, on the 3.8, the coolant flows through the front cover to get to the
water pump.

Timing chains have become quite reliable on the newer crop of motors... with
stock valve train, and barring an unforeseen chain guide failures, (not to
mention adequate service intervals), a timing chain *should* last the life
of the motor.

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 18:14:31 GMT, pheonix1t
> wrote:

>chris serbus wrote:
>> My sister has a 95 mustang with a 3.8L v6 in it she told she is having a
>> antifreeze leak problem, and she took it to a local mechanic and they told
>> her the radiator is bad, and the timing chain cover is also bad, does that
>> sound a little fishy I have never heard of a timing chain cover leaking
>> antifreeze, could someone give me a little help on this ?
>>
>>
>I've had this problem....same model and year car.
>It's usually the water pump. I've had to change it twice!
>The first time I changed it I got an after-market rebuilt one for around
>$100 dollars (Ford wants around $400 for new).
>That pump went bad about 1 year later! Then I changed it again, but
>this time I've been lucky so far.....2.5 years on the 'rebuilt' pump.
>
>I guess depending on where you get the parts from, it may be better to
>stick to new Ford parts.
>
>I still can't get over how expensive the new water pumps are from Ford!
> I thought only import car parts were that expensive.
>
>
>Good luck,
>Oskar
>
>ps. My engine has around 150k on it, no timing chaing problems. I
>believe only over-head cam engines have to get timing chains changed
>every 70k or so. I've only seen this with Hondas....

On my 96 mustang coup, there was a recall for the timing chain gasket
being defective, causing leak...3.8

My daughter's ex '95 had a recall for the head gaskets also...right after they
blew!

bradtx

at 27 Dec 2004, B2723m ] wrote in
:

> My daughter's ex '95 had a recall for the head gaskets also...right
> after they blew!

Did she get it fixed on her dime? If so, did she send Ford the bill? As
they would have covered it...


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Paul esealp wrote:
>Did she get it fixed on her dime? If so, did she send Ford the bill? As
>they would have covered it...

They did.

bradtx

The radiator in my 95 GT went bad last year with about 86K miles on it. It
was starting to leak from one of the plastic-to-metal seams. Cost $292
including labor and anti-freeze to replace.


-Bill J.
95 GT

"chris serbus" > wrote in message
...
> My sister has a 95 mustang with a 3.8L v6 in it she told she is having a
> antifreeze leak problem, and she took it to a local mechanic and they told
> her the radiator is bad, and the timing chain cover is also bad, does that
> sound a little fishy I have never heard of a timing chain cover leaking
> antifreeze, could someone give me a little help on this ?
>
>
>

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 06:00:16 GMT, "Bill Jones" >
wrote:

>The radiator in my 95 GT went bad last year with about 86K miles on it. It
>was starting to leak from one of the plastic-to-metal seams. Cost $292
>including labor and anti-freeze to replace.
snip

My 96 with 3.8 had radiator starting to seep at tank.
New modine radiator (same as factory) Two radiator hoses, thermostat,
radiator cap, anti freeze/coolant total $160. Took my sweet time
swapping out.. took about 2 hours. Plus a little more time to bleed
all the air out of cooling system..
Had a "connection" for the new radiator, but new one without friends
would have been about $145 plus the other materials..
Not hard to swap out. Being careful using line wrenches for
transmission lines is about the only thing...