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im glad to have a 99 3L block, with a total rebuild on it 
Russell
Oval Port 3L Nearly Done
MTX75 w/ Homebrew Zetec FD and Torsen Complete
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Man i should have bought a honda 
98 csvt t-red.. sho-shop intake, b&m, fidanza, spec1 clutch, Torsen, DMD,optimized Y& TB, Brullen, rear strut bar,h&r's,17" konig traffik's.
"I say what I mean and I do what i say"
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Cleveland Engine Plant #1 or #2 do not cast the blocks. The blocks come from the Windsor Aluminum Plant. For reference see this link
Also, Cleveland #1 is strictly an engine assembly plant right now for 3.0L engines for the Ford 500 and Mecury Montego. There's no casting.
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I've been following this and the post on FCO. I think we should set up a chart or something, to find the build dates of the engines that have failed, and engines that are ok so far. It seems like we might be able to narrow this down if we had production dates (approx. anyways) of good/bad engines.
Good idea??
Maybe its luck of the draw now, but if we put the pieces together, we may be able to try to figure out what months were bad, etc.
1999 Mystique LS V6
Alpine CDA-9807, Rear deck sub, Opt. TB, K&N RU-3530/MAF adaptor, custom heatshield, FSVT 17's, SCT 4-program chip, Eibach's/ST200's, Hella Fogs...
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Learned patience the hard way
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Originally posted by Russell-3L:
im glad to have a 99 3L block, with a total rebuild on it
Nothing really to be glad about. Unfortunately since the start date of the problem is unknown, all V6 duratecs are under suspiscion. As far as the full rebuild goes, that doesn't clean out any particulates that may be semi trapped yet in the interior passages.
Rick
Owner of 00 #1611 Silver (Totalled) 98.5 T-Red SVT #6180
Buckshot77@msn.com
Misc 3L parts for sale
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Originally posted by 99MystiqueATX:
I've been following this and the post on FCO. I think we should set up a chart or something, to find the build dates of the engines that have failed, and engines that are ok so far. It seems like we might be able to narrow this down if we had production dates (approx. anyways) of good/bad engines.
Good idea??
I think so. Lets gather our data and see if there's a pattern.
I personally bought a brand new shortblock from Bill Jenkins which has about 5000 miles on it and is still running strong in a hybrid setup. I beleive my build date on the block was April of 2003
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Argh! Now I gotta find out what the build date was of my 3L. It's a 2000 Taurus block. Had 11k miles when I bought it and have put about 19k miles on it since it's been in my SVT.
Mark
2000 Black CSVT
3.0L Hybrid - 206fwhp & 195fwtq
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be sure to include both the 2.5 and 3.0 Cougar owners (NECO) in the survey...
1999 Cougar V6 MTX
Borla stainless, dual exhuast
ST200 struts, rear strut tower brace
Roush springs, rear sway bar, bodykit
Steeda Tri/X, Powerslot rotors, Falken Ziex 512
Awaiting install: GMK CAI
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Has anybody that has had a "spun" bearing done an oil analysis. Surely if sand was the issue it would show up in the oil. I'm sure its some type silicate not your normal beach sand, and would be noticed.
'99 Silver svt
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3.0 parts, pre-98 trunk,
Check classifieds
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I did awhile ago on my 2.5L. I'll have to dig that up. I have it somewhere and look at it. Originally posted by livinsvt:
Has anybody that has had a "spun" bearing done an oil analysis. Surely if sand was the issue it would show up in the oil. I'm sure its some type silicate not your normal beach sand, and would be noticed.
Ryan
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