New Expedition Owner
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Mikael Middy
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Sounds like just a bad luck/timing case... :\
sgtowing
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Welcome and sorry to hear about the bad luck
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1997SCEBFEX
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Welcome aboard.
Lots of threads on here ref the blown/ejecting plug(s). Many fixes avail too.
Pics when you have a chance of your Expy.
PanHandler.
Lots of threads on here ref the blown/ejecting plug(s). Many fixes avail too.
Pics when you have a chance of your Expy.
PanHandler.
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bedrck46
welcome Being you traded for it Do you have any recourse to take it back or any other option?
Didn't ask to trade back and didn't get the feel that the guy would have been interested in doing that. I paid a mechanic buddy $250 to put in an insert and put all new plugs in. Should be a little peace of mind for about 50k miles or so.
Canadian Expy
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Welcome to the site!
I blew a plug also , sucks but it happens.
I blew a plug also , sucks but it happens.
Mikes05expy
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Welcome
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daoud el-massri
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Dont worry u made the right chose welcome to expedition forum these things happen to the best of us dont let it get u down . Just look to the future u will love driveing the beast u will not beable to leave it alone if u have a second vehicle u choose this one over it u will see. Again Welcome
GAINMOB
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Welcome to the site
Holy Rollerz Christian Car Club (HRC3)
Holy Rollerz Christian Car Club (HRC3)
Well, I noticed the other morning that the heat in the front wasn't very good and the back heat was non existent. I did some research and poked around and noticed where someone had cut the heater hoses going to the back and then pieced them back together with a fitting and hose clamps. I noticed that the water pump appeared to be original so I assumed the impeller had been eaten up and that was the cause of the issue. I bought a new thermostat, water pump, etc and went to work. I pulled the old pump out and it looked fine s I started flushing everything with the water hose.
The hoses to the back wouldn't let me push any water through whatsoever. At that point I started pulling the back plastic out so I could get to the rear HVAC unit. I pulled the hoses off and couldn't push water or compressed air back through. There was a lot of rust that was back feeding so I assumed it was clogged with rust. I went back to the front and kept trying to blow through and noticed the quick connects. I pulled the hoses off and was able to flow water through both of the lines. I hooked them back up to the core and flushed it both ways.
Someone had shoved round head bolts into the hoses at the spot where they had cut them to block coolant from going to the rear. My assumption was either a leaking core or blend door stuck in heat mode and they couldn't get rear AC so they blocked it off. Neither was the case. It appears that they blocked the rear heat off for no reason.
I filled it up with water and flush and will do antifreeze tomorrow after draining the flush out. Heat seems to be working good now.
The hoses to the back wouldn't let me push any water through whatsoever. At that point I started pulling the back plastic out so I could get to the rear HVAC unit. I pulled the hoses off and couldn't push water or compressed air back through. There was a lot of rust that was back feeding so I assumed it was clogged with rust. I went back to the front and kept trying to blow through and noticed the quick connects. I pulled the hoses off and was able to flow water through both of the lines. I hooked them back up to the core and flushed it both ways.
Someone had shoved round head bolts into the hoses at the spot where they had cut them to block coolant from going to the rear. My assumption was either a leaking core or blend door stuck in heat mode and they couldn't get rear AC so they blocked it off. Neither was the case. It appears that they blocked the rear heat off for no reason.
I filled it up with water and flush and will do antifreeze tomorrow after draining the flush out. Heat seems to be working good now.
