So here it is Thanksgiving Day, and just when I was just starting to see the light on the project list and have my Dyna close to the top, the Fix Or Repair Daily ('01 Crown Vic) started peeing oil on the driveway! Coming out between the back of the oil pan and the tranny. I am betting main seal. Too big a job for me to tackle crawling around on the ground. But wouldn't you know it!
So Friday I carry the car over to the garage around the corner. I walk back home and check the fluid in the drip pan I have had under the car. Hmm. This stuff is more like coolant! The owner (Mike) calls me back later on telling me that it is NOT leaking oil, it is leaking coolant! The bad news is that it will be about $1,100 to fix it. The worse news is that there was a class action suit agreement by Ford to fix the cheap plastic intake manifolds and replace them with one redesigned with aluminum in the spot that is cracking. BUT, THE TIME PERIOD FOR REPAIR IS 7 YEARS FROM ORIGINAL PURCHASE DATE. Guess what!!
So today is Saturday and I have my Fixed And Repaired Daily back in the driveway with my wallet lightened up just over $1,100!! Mike says to go back to Ford and see what they will do. I have the part. Anyone wanna guess what they will say?
TQ
So Friday I carry the car over to the garage around the corner. I walk back home and check the fluid in the drip pan I have had under the car. Hmm. This stuff is more like coolant! The owner (Mike) calls me back later on telling me that it is NOT leaking oil, it is leaking coolant! The bad news is that it will be about $1,100 to fix it. The worse news is that there was a class action suit agreement by Ford to fix the cheap plastic intake manifolds and replace them with one redesigned with aluminum in the spot that is cracking. BUT, THE TIME PERIOD FOR REPAIR IS 7 YEARS FROM ORIGINAL PURCHASE DATE. Guess what!!
So today is Saturday and I have my Fixed And Repaired Daily back in the driveway with my wallet lightened up just over $1,100!! Mike says to go back to Ford and see what they will do. I have the part. Anyone wanna guess what they will say?
TQ