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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Cars / November 20072001 Ford Taurus life expectancy question
I have a 2001 Ford Taurus that belonged to my son. Got it form him used to get back and forth from schoolI Got it with 80K miles for $5000. He passed away in 2004 at 19 years old and only was in school for 3 months. I have kept the car because it has sentimental value and have personally run it up to 110K miles since inheriting. It has had various problems but none major until recently when front transmission seals have quit. I was able to pour a quart in here and there but now it leaks too badly. Had it looked at and the cheapest way to resolve it is to let my neighbor in the used parts business get me a tranny. Found a low mileage one for $600.00. Installed it would be about $ 1100-1200. I really can't afford to get into a payment situation right now with another vehicle and will most likely give this taurus to my other son. Am I putting good money into a losing situation. What can I expect mileage wise out of this car. If it's good for another 50K miles I suppose it's worth it. What other major problems can I expect with this type of mileage. Timing chains come to mind. Again, I know that emotions is playing into this decision but so is finances. Thanks in advance for any opinions. Steve On Nov 24, 5:10 pm, st...@comcast.net wrote: > I have a 2001 Ford Taurus that belonged to my son. Got it form him > used to get back and forth from schoolI Got it with 80K miles for [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Steve In my opinion, the ford taurus is the best [i.e. mechanically sound] car ford has ever built. The 3 litre v6 vulcan or duratech [or is it vtech] will easily be good to 400k plus. I know mechanics that have never worked on this engine. I'm suprised the trany is a prob after 80K. 10 years ago you could not find a taxi that was a ford. Now where I'm from 60% plus are taurus. {yeah I know they aren't expensive which helps}. One of fords all time best selling cars. And no I don't work for ford. Just an opinion > On Nov 24, 5:10 pm, st...@comcast.net wrote: >> I have a 2001 Ford Taurus that belonged to my son. Got it form him [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > for ford. > Just an opinion Uhhm, 10 years ago there were plenty of ford crown victoria cop cars around... certainly not a taurus... the C-V took a dip for awhille around 2000 here, and now its becoming popular again as a taxi.. i've even see a few ex cop cars going to taxi's now. you put 30k on it and dont know the milage? http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm > I have a 2001 Ford Taurus that belonged to my son. Got it form him > used to get back and forth from schoolI Got it with 80K miles for [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Steve Did you take it to an independent transmission shop and get there opinion and quote? It may be more economical to fix it if the core trannie is still intact. What seals are you talking about? where the 1/2 shafts go in or where the coolant lines go in? Or is it puking out the vent? Bob steve@comcast.net wrote: (2001 Ford Taurus 110k Mi) The front transmission seals leak badly. I can get a used tranny for about $1200 installed. Am I putting good money into a losing situation? I can't afford another car. If it's good for another 50K miles I suppose it's worth it. What other major problems can I expect with this car? Timing chains come to mind. _________________________________________________ Go back to the transmission shop that diagnosed the problem as failed front seals instead of all other possible leak causes. Ask why they are sure it is the seals. If you are satisfied with the answer, ask why can't the seals just be replaced. Don't worry about possible future major problems. Predicting car breakdowns is like gambling at poker, and with your money situation, you're "all in." You've got to stick with what you have, drive conservatively, and hope for the best. Your Taurus might surprise you with another 110k miles of service. Good luck. Rodan. First of all thank you all for the replies. I am not sure what the actual diagnosis of the problem was but the Transmission Repair shop was recommended to me by my neighbor who has upmost respect for the owner. He sells him transmissions several times a year (my neighbor has used auto body parts business). He would not intentionally steer me wrong or make a penny off me for the parts. The Trans Shop told me that to replace the seals would not be a good ideas as the car has been driven with low fluid on various occassions.I was told that future problems weren't guaranteed with seal fix. Basically they said they didn't advise it with so many miles on the transmission. Their quote was for 1800-2200 to take it out and rebuild it with new parts where needed. To install the replacement transmission my neighbor located for me they want about 500.00. That sounds a bit high considering they will have my old transmission for spare parts ? I have put sealers into transmission which some think could cause problems later. I know that the transmission feels perfect when the fluid levels are ok - smooth shifts, no hesitations as of yesterday. I'm thinking the low mileage replacement transmission if installed properly might make more sense. Like I said I didn't get a price for the seal repair but maybe I should from another shop ? >steve@comcast.net wrote: (2001 Ford Taurus 110k Mi) > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >Rodan. > First of all thank you all for the replies. I am not sure what the > actual diagnosis of the problem was but the Transmission Repair shop [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > properly might make more sense. Like I said I didn't get a price for > the seal repair but maybe I should from another shop ? I would ask this shop, because you trust them, how much it would be to just replace the seals? it might be cheap enough to take the risk that the transmission is going to need a rebuild pretty soon. If they think that you're better off going with a rebuild, I have a feeling they're right. Unless you sell the car now, whatever advice they offer is probably good. I think, though, I would go for a rebuild rather than a used transmission. But that's just me. Jeff >> First of all thank you all for the replies. I am not sure what the >> actual diagnosis of the problem was but the Transmission Repair shop [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >Jeff I had the front seal go south on my 1990 Aerostar years ago while on a trip. The dealership where I had it towed did not want to reoplace just the seal. I told them they had a seal in stock and I had enough money to pay them to put a seal in. They did not have the parts to rebuild the tranny and I didn't have the money to pay them to do it or the time to wait for that job to be done. I said put in the seal, or sell me the seal and I'll find someone to put it in. They put it in. Four years and 100,000km more or less miles later I sold the truck with the same seal still in the same tranny.  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > >s...@netreach.net wrote: > >> First of all thank you all for the replies. I am not sure what the [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > -- > Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com Problem is, he majority of folks don't get that lucky. Labor is a large part of a trans repair, especially on a FWD. More often than mot, just replacing a converter to pump seal is false exonomy. If the trans fails a short time later, you've lost a good chunk of change. > Problem is, he majority of folks don't get that lucky. Labor is a >large part of a trans repair, especially on a FWD. More often than >mot, just replacing a converter to pump seal is false exonomy. If the >trans fails a short time later, you've lost a good chunk of change. On my 88 New Yorker I had a tranny shop swap trannies for me for under $500. (I got lucky on that one and picked up an almost new tranny (less than 30,000 km) for $300). I could have had a seal replaced on the original and still made it for $500. The diff was out on mine, and filings had gotten into the governor,so it wasn't worth fixing Lots of cars are worth gambling $500 on, but DEFINITELY NOT worth a $2500 rebuild. You spend the $500 to put in a seal, and if you win you win. If it doesn't work out you still scrap the car. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Sorry for the repost. I just set up a new trial version of Free Agent and had my persona wrong so I reposted under the first post's email name to avoid confusion. First of all thank you all for the replies. I am not sure what the actual diagnosis of the problem was but the Transmission Repair shop was recommended to me by my neighbor who has upmost respect for the owner. He sells him transmissions several times a year (my neighbor has used auto body parts business). He would not intentionally steer me wrong or make a penny off me for the parts. The Trans Shop told me that to replace the seals would not be a good ideas as the car has been driven with low fluid on various occassions.I was told that future problems weren't guaranteed with seal fix. Basically they said they didn't advise it with so many miles on the transmission. Their quote was for 1800-2200 to take it out and rebuild it with new parts where needed. To install the replacement transmission my neighbor located for me they want about 500.00. That sounds a bit high considering they will have my old transmission for spare parts ? I have put sealers into transmission which some think could cause problems later. I know that the transmission feels perfect when the fluid levels are ok - smooth shifts, no hesitations as of yesterday. I'm thinking the low mileage replacement transmission if installed properly might make more sense. Like I said I didn't get a price for the seal repair but maybe I should from another shop ? >I have a 2001 Ford Taurus that belonged to my son. Got it form him >used to get back and forth from schoolI Got it with 80K miles for [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Steve |
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