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Yes...more pictures! And a few questions... What does these mean? and I'm trying to picture this... I have all red LSE rears on my 2004 but not sure of the difference between Japanese, Euro, and American.

Will do…regardless…it appears to be functioning properly and I’m very pleased that I figured out the fan issue. One other thing I discovered while replacing the water pump was that the screws mounting it to the block were not tight at all. The hack that installed it (your truly), has a...

I got the new water pump (with metal impeller) installed. I did see spots where coolant had made its way out. The existing gasket, although it was only 3-4 years old. When I was bleeding the system (Front slanted down, of course) I noticed that the fan wasn’t going on…even when I switched...

Which O-ring? The 9N499 neck into the crossover?

Only connected them with coolant.

Well, I’m back at this…driving around town and even a long trip - 100 miles each way - everything is great. Yesterday, I have do a one day round trip up to Sacramento. Driving home from LAX on the 405 is a nightmare…sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. All of a sudden the ETC fail safe light...

Open the cap and look inside.

Couldn’t you also mark the inside of the bottle? Of course you could only check it when the car is cold…

I just put new seals in my crossover and the 9N499 neck. They were OEM Motorcraft from Rockauto and one from my local dealership. The Rockauto seals had dates of 2011 on the package. We appear to be getting to the end of OEM parts and those parts have been sitting for a while. Hopefully...

All back together and only took two rounds of bleeding with the nose down… Pretty sure the culprit was the 9N499 to crossover O ring. What came to mind was a play on a Queen song…Flat Bottom Girl. I did clean and polish the crossover to block connections. Temp is staying under 200 on the...

Exactly...I have replaced the 9N499/block O ring twice! My initial thinking is to replace all of the O-rings/ seals in the cross over and 9N499 and put in one of the Jag water pumps with the metal impellers. In terms of O-rings, there are 5: (taken from GenII LS8 Cooling System Overhaul) *...

Thanks…that helps a lot. I have replaced the 9N499 O ring where it connects to the block a couple of times. So there is a history there. Was it the passenger side? Seems like a leak there could drip onto the belt and get flung up underneath. I just went out and took another close look and...

‘04 V8 with the entire coolant system replaced in the past 3-5 years with Motorcraft. While driving, the temp stays <205 and <200 on the freeway. I had to pick my sister up at the airport a week or so ago and the temp went up to 225 sitting in traffic. Once moving again the temp dropped...

I only used a tiny bit. There was hardly any left in a squirt bottle and I put some distilled water in the bottle…just enough to spit some foam out. I cleaned it off good with distilled water. The first 3-4 times I started it up it squeaked like crazy.z

That or just Jack the engine up an inch or so…

After getting >14 v and dealing with my thermostat cap, I put the splash guards back on. Upon startup I get the "Check charging system" message..."you've got to be kidding me." I checked the voltage at the battery and only getting 11.8v. UGH!!! I pull off the passenger splash guard, wiggle...

I just tightened it as tight as I could by hand and it seems to be ok for now...I was griping to my wife last night that the manual tells you what to do, not how to do it.

I removed the belt, washed it with some diluted degreaser and rinsed with distilled water. For whatever reason, it was easier to put on than get off. Now, maybe I'm overly pedantic on the details in the manual for bleeding the cooling system but this has always puzzled me: Install the...

Will do, it is getting more and more difficult to find parts...as you know. My local dealership used to carry many of the parts but over the past year or two everything has dried up. I also saw this quote of yours...how do you all keep coolant off of the belt? Just shove a towel under the...