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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Explorer / February 2004

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91 high temp

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Randy Johnson - 19 Nov 2003 04:23 GMT
Hi there -

My '91 has developed a nasty heating up problem.

When i accelerate, the temp guage goes from the "o" in normal way up
sometimes to the "l" or higher.  When you coast it drops back down again.
At a stop light to goes right back to the the "o".  Hit the gas and within a
minute - it shoots right back up again.  It also does this in park, if you
rev the engine up to 2800 and hold it there.

I changed the thermostat tonight and had no improvement.  Last summer I
replaced the radiator, fan clutch and water pump - mainly due the the age of
the items.  Two years ago, the temperature sender died and we replaced it.
We have not used the truck very much in the last year, if that makes a
difference.  We finally replaced the u-joints in the rear drive shaft to get
rid of the nasty 35 - 45 virbrations.  We now have 186,000 miles.

What kind of ideas are out there?

Thanks in advance,

Randy
Tom - 20 Nov 2003 21:32 GMT
We had a similar problem on 93 Explorer.  Took a few months to figure
it out.  Turned out to be a pinhole leak in the heater core that was
allowing air to get into the cooling system.  I had the same
fluctuations on the temp gauge that you described.  I think I posted
it here as a question but did not get any answers.

Anyhow, replacement of the heater core fixed the problem.

Hope this helps,

Tom

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Bill Funk - 21 Nov 2003 20:51 GMT
>We had a similar problem on 93 Explorer.  Took a few months to figure
>it out.  Turned out to be a pinhole leak in the heater core that was
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Didn't you get the smell of coolant that would normally go with such a
leak?

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Randy Johnson - 25 Feb 2004 01:24 GMT
Hi there -

   I have able to remove the problem by drilling two small holes in the
thermostat.  It does take longer to warm up, but it now behaves like it is
supposed to.

 Randy

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