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Three simple things you can do as a start. First, this forum is one of the very best automotive forums on the Internet and you will be smart to read it regularly and ask a lot of questions. Many of the folks here have lived whatever problems you may incur and will very willingly share with you...

No visible leaks or an odor of an unseen leak. I bought another Motorcraft thermostat and will start there. Thanks all. Rob

The local Lincoln dealership has a new thermostat on the shelf for me. I'll pick that up tomorrow and start there. It's not the radiator. A radiator fails by springing a leak or becoming clogged. Neither of which is happening here. What is the diagnostic test other than a voltage...

Thanks all for your input. Joegr, my thought process with the fan was that the car didn't seem to overheat until I got off the highway and onto a slower moving back road. Going at the slower speed would mean less air moving across the radiator. I could be wrong, but I thought the fan...

For anyone doing Lincoln LS cooling system repairs or has mileage in excess of 100k, let me say this very clearly: 1. Use only OEM parts. I knew this and got burned right on cue. The frustration that comes with replacing failed parts just isn't worth it. 2. If you piece-meal cooling system...

You are absolutely correct 04Sport about using OEM parts especially for anything bolted to the engine. In my haste to get this daily driver back on the road quickly, I rolled the dice with an auto parts store product and lost. The sad part was that I knew better.

My engine is a 2003 3.9l V8 that has always run very well until now. I got the the P0011 code and took the car to a mechanic for repairs. His fancy Snap-On OBD tool said to replace the VVT Solenoid which he did but the code came back on and the engine still runs rough (especially when the...

The engine is a 2003 3.9l v8 and the "right side" of the radiator I referred to was the driver's side. Sorry for the confusion. I ended up draining the coolant, flushed the engine with water, installed a new thermostat, refilled the coolant, and bled the air out. Now it's running normal...

This car is now driving me crazy. The coolant doesn't seem to be flowing from the engine into the radiator (via lower radiator hose). I replaced the water pump. No change. I removed the thermostat just to see if I could get some flow. Same result. I know for a fact I have all of the air...

What is passive rear steering?

Now I know there was a fair amount of shared technology between the LS and the Jaguar S-Type but how about with the XJ8? I'm not looking to swap parts or anything, just curious. There is a really nice XJ8 sitting on the local car lot here in town and just got me wondering if Ford shared...

I humbly come before this forum seeking wisdom and help. Upon removing the leaking thermostat housing, the 9N499 coolant elbow pipe crumbled into pieces right before my eyes. As most of you know, that part is buried underneath the intake manifold. Who in their right mind would design a car...

Yeah, my car is a 2003. No markings anywhere on the failed piece so I guess the repair shop in Vermont went aftermarket. I got about 60k miles out of it. Now waiting on parts from Tasca and Ford Parts Giant.

It's been said on this forum many times that it is a sure guarantee that the thermostat housing on your LS will fail in some catastrophic way at some point in time. Mine has-twice. The first time was back when the car had about 100k on it. I got stuck in the middle of nowhere Vermont, far...

If you can find and afford OEM parts, that's always the best way to go but for my high mileage daily driver, I've used various after market suspension parts with good success. I have KYB shocks on the back with original coil springs. I've installed a number of different Mevotech Supreme parts...

Although I live in salt-laden New England, my car is mostly rust free because of frequent washings. It’s something one must do to keep a car for any length of time. Those chrome wheels were kept reasonably clean and the chrome still peeled. I’m not happy about it at all because it forced me...

I wouldn’t touch another set of those chrome rims for nothing. Ford had had a lot of trouble with peeling chrome on those wheels and several others as well. It had nothing to do with washing. I guess my weekly car washes weren’t enough. Now that I’ve had both the eight spoke chrome wheels...

I just put a set of those seven-spoke wheels on my 2003 LS last week. I found them through www.car-parts.com and picked them up at a local salvage yard. I paid $75 each installed. My OEM chrome rims were peeling so bad they wouldn’t even hold air for more than a few days.

Yeah, that's what I thought too. :D It's an LS, so nuthin's easy. You'll see. Put the car on ramps and try to get it out from the underside. It fought me the whole way out and back in from the top. It'll go in from the top for sure, you just have to practice some patience. Get yourself...

I installed an aftermarket radiator in my 2003 LS this past October. It was an OSC brand purchased from Summit Racing. I installed it from the top but that was indeed difficult. Once I got it in, everything bolted up just like the OEM radiator. So far, so good. Don't know if it would have...