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Well, almost 3 years since I last updated here. So far this 2001 Lincoln replacement bought with 39K miles has needed no further maintenance other than oil and coolant from 49K miles to the now current 65K miles. 4 years of ownership. Still drives the same. No leaks. I'm used to all the...

When I bought my 2001 Continental back in May 2018 it only came with a Valet key. So I did a lot of research to save some money and get it done right. Ended up buying a pair of brand new key FOBs on Ebay (labeled Mem 1 and Mem 2) for $38 delivered.....didn't want someone else's problems with...

When I bought my 2001 Continental back in May 2018 it only came with a Valet key. So I did a lot of research to save some money and get it done right. Ended up buying a pair of brand new key FOBs on Ebay (labeled Mem 1 and Mem 2) for $38 delivered.....didn't want someone else's problems with...

Sounds more like a bad low oil pressure sender. I've only run into a red oil light once in my life....and it was the sensor that had failed. If you put 6 quarts of new oil in, and the oil pump still pumps, you should have satisfactory oil pressure. None of that says anything about the...

Thanks Svet. I figured if it helps just one person when doing this next time around, it was worth the effort. I did a lot of things wrong the first time I did it on my 2002. And one of them was adding "universal" coolant that was supposedly "ok" for mixing in with anything...including "old...

Good write up. Just did this on my 2001 and everything went fast and easy, and no coolant spilled out of the funnel on the bypass tube....as I suffered all the pain 3 yrs ago when I did this for the first time on my previous Lincoln. The bypass plug my first time around took me a couple days...

Thanks Sincoln. I'll check those things out. Sure hope I don't need struts after only 49K miles. My other 2 Continentals went 82K (accident) and 232K (engine failure + rust) without a strut change

Had the car 13 months now. Put on nearly 10K miles....now at 49K. Ready to pass into middle age....lol. It's been pretty reliable. A few complaints. The engine runs a tad rougher than my last one, which was smooth as silk its entire life. Not a fan of the clunky column shifter. I miss my...

Nice update. Thanks Svet. I know have some suspension issues up front too...tie rod(s) or ball joints. So your cost to get those done will be of interest. I think I used another brand of fuel filter last time around....but I'll write down the M/C one you mentioned. Looking to do a trans...

The insurance company took the salvage car...probably valued around $650. If it didn't have $1500-$2000 in work coming due in the next 1-3 yrs I'd have probably kept it for a back up car (soon to need serpentine belt, alternator, ps high pressure hose leak, weeping valve cover gaskets, spark...

I must be lucky. I've had 3 continentals (1997 w/232K, 2002 w/82K, and now 2001 w/40K miles) and never have I experienced the start up rattles, even when I was doing Quick Lube Co. oil changes on my 1997 for $19 (ie cheap filters). I currently use the synthetic media Fram Ultra Guard XG2's -...

Num1bigguy, nice to see another Continental guy posting here. I too prefer the console front seat model. It's been a pain to get use to a column shift again after 17 years of only having console Lincoln Continentals. The console shifter feels so much smoother and less clunky. As far as...

Thanks Svets96. 3 yrs ago I realized I had been a collector car enthusiast for 25 yrs, yet knew almost nothing about the lubricants used other than the API SL/SM/SN certifcations and the grades of oil. More a reader of advertising back then than a student of physics and tribology. Didn't...

Quaker State oil (usually 10w-40) had a bad rep for sludging up engines in the 1970's and 1980's. Usually that was more bad owner maintenance than anything else. Those myths still circulate today. I ran 10w-40 QS conventionals almost exclusively from 1977-1992...never had any sludging. The...

engine oil viscosity graphs - Google Search: Some viscosity charts. The 3rd one in shows 5w-30, 10w-30, 15w-40, and 20w-50 at varying temperatures. At 75 deg F (25 deg C), the 20w-50 flows better than the 5w-30 at 0-5 deg C (30-40 deg F). And at around 175 deg F (75 deg C) you can barely...

Thanks Svets96. I've done a lot of research on this at Bitog and other car blogs... but might check again. The 10w grade is really only in play below 30 deg F. As soon as the oil heats up above around 60-80 deg F, the 5w-30 and 10w-30 grades are essentially indistinguishable....same for...

Yes. Which is not what I expected. A fully functional ignition "master" key just like the factory provided. I gave the guy my Valet key....the only key with the car when purchased. He picked out a Lincoln blank and made another ignition key that just happens to function as a master key. I...

The Mrs. just saved me $35 in keys today. While waiting in the car at the car wash she tried the new "duplicated" ignition key on the glove box...and it worked. For some reason I thought the Valet ignition key I took to get copied would produce only a duplicate Valet key...and couldn't...

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