dott
LVC Member
i been workin on my o1 ls V6 for weeks now none stop....i did as much research as i can...my ls is overheating, it all started when the car was leaking coolant on the driver side onky. so i took it to a lincoln dealer and they said its the fan said ok but never got a new one. Second drove the car with broken fan 600 miles to another state and was fine most of the time but it did overheat at times when i was in the state doing stop and go so i took it to firestone and was told i had a crack reservoir cause they did a pressure test ok fine never got a new reservoir. finally took it to lincoln dealer again dis time i was told it was the pump and fan about 1600 repair just for parts...third got back home car sat in the driveway because it just got worse, finally did some research and found out alot of stuff like the fact u can put an electric fan in so i bought one...16 in fan blowin 1400 CFM...before putting in this fan i notice that the hydraulic fan was spinning it just wasnt spinning fast while doing research i found out that the pump has a solenoid and there is also an temp sensor that can go out as well never worried about it just wanted to get my electric fan in thinkin it was goin to solve my problem..so i put it in than i capped off the lines to the old fan but while i was puttin the new fan on i did turn the car on with no cap on the end of the line and oil went ever where so that has to mean that the pump works but anyways...blead the system and i think there is ALOT of air because the car can just drip coolant out the bleeder screw for hours anyways did a test run and the :q:q:q:qin car still overheats and i know it has air because when i turn the heater on it goes back down but it is still a lil above normal temp it got so bad that the car shut down on me in the middle of the road when i pressed on the gas to go it just quit! so started it back up and the temp went down and it was fine until i had to get where i was going which was down the street....i checked the stat and its fine and the leaking from the reservoir stopped....i have no clue what to do or what the problem can even be...maybe the fan is in wrong? cause its just a quick mount set up so maybe there is not enough space between the radiator and the fan?...i kno there is alot of people that know how to help and thats all i want