its not to that point yet. i've noticed that I'm slowly losing coolant tho, and i can see where the gasket is broken and coolant is coming out. i have an 05 p71 vic so those plastic manifolds tend to go out around this time haha
i love the car tho! its big and easy to work on. a very mechanical car and its a body on frame. its like driving a couch haha
Man, even if it is plastic and cracks, you've got parts aplenty with that car. There's a ton of parts out there for you.
for sure! i've got the new part, but im plannning to also flush/change the coolant. i haven't looked it up yet but do you think i should do that before or after changing the manifold?
Flush after, is my thoughts. You can't be sure of the pressure ahead of time, so flush after and you're flushing a new system.
I think the Crown Vics had a coolant input below the top-off threshold so you may need one of those pumps to flush it properly - but you can probably do the whole 'hose squeeze' thing and get most of the air out of the system.
It's a Crown Vic... Everything you could ever want to know is definitely online. They made like a million of those fuckers.
If I was on a limited budget and needed a car, the Crown Vic would be one of my first choices. They're awesome and you can drop the complete front end and replace it in a matter of hours and toss on a new fender all at the same time - and all those parts can be had at the nearest junk yard for like $100 bucks.
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