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antifreeze and no heat #1068811 10/04/04 03:10 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 155 South Milwaukee, WI 9 99REDSE OP CEG\'er
OP 99REDSE CEG\'er 9 Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 155 South Milwaukee, WI	okay first off.. the car was in a slight wreck a bit ago... waiting to fix it.. the front core support is slighly on the radiator... was fine, but now, for a week or so i see water\greeze anitfeeze dripping from front of engine... i can see it on the the lower part of frame, in front... the car temp goes to normal quick, but nothing further... at times the cars fans are constaly running... so this morning... its chilly out, a 10 min drive, i had the heat on full blast, and no heat... at the end of the drive i could feel it get warm, then cool, it got pretty hot for a min then back to cool...??? 1999 T-Red Contour SE Sport S&B Filter Custom 2.25 exhaust with magnaflow parts. Focus 16" Rims

Re: antifreeze and no heat #1068812 10/04/04 05:04 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 155 South Milwaukee, WI 9 99REDSE OP CEG\'er
OP 99REDSE CEG\'er 9 Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 155 South Milwaukee, WI	oh no... sounds like WP! 1 question... when my car is getting fixed. the guy is taking off the front bumper and radiator... is the WP easy to reach if these are off? 1999 T-Red Contour SE Sport S&B Filter Custom 2.25 exhaust with magnaflow parts. Focus 16" Rims

Re: antifreeze and no heat #1068813 10/04/04 05:34 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,910 Enfield, CT B BrApple_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
BrApple_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er B Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,910 Enfield, CT	you do not need to remove either to get to the water pump, just the battery but if I read your post right there is other damage from an aciedent around the radiator? if so then that would make sense to take the radiator and bumper off/out - 95 Mystique LS - Zetec/5spd - 99 Contour SeVT Sport - Duratec/5spd Official NE-CEG Contour/Mustang Family

Re: antifreeze and no heat #1068814 10/04/04 07:21 PM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,693 Thousand Oaks, California, USA B Big Jim_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
Big Jim_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,693 Thousand Oaks, California, USA	Your lack of heat from the heater could be from a bad water pump due to the impeller that fell apart. It could also be from the coolant being too low to circulate into the heater. Jim Johnson 98 SVT 03 Escape Limited

Re: antifreeze and no heat #1068815 10/05/04 01:21 AM
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,788 St. Louis, MO P projectSHO89_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er
projectSHO89_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er P Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,788 St. Louis, MO	He probably didn't replace the antifreeze that leaked out. Can't get heat from air (or engine cooling, either) on this car. Steve 98 Contour SE Sport 2.5 Duratec ATX The wifey's car 89 Taurus SHO - 246K miles 94 SHO ATX - 190K 1997 F-150 5.4L ATX - The Workhorse 150K. ANY THREAD WITH "OMG" or "WTF" ETC IN THE TITLE WILL BE IGNORED!

Re: antifreeze and no heat #1068816 10/05/04 08:42 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 155 South Milwaukee, WI 9 99REDSE OP CEG\'er
OP 99REDSE CEG\'er 9 Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 155 South Milwaukee, WI	exactly.... THERE WAS NO ANTIFEEZE IN THE CONTAINER! it was bone dry!, the car never overheated thou, but the fan was always running etc... got some prestone, filled her up.. and wham! hot air! wooohooo... and looked the leak... coming from rad... WP area looks dry... 1999 T-Red Contour SE Sport S&B Filter Custom 2.25 exhaust with magnaflow parts. Focus 16" Rims

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