NickyCapo
Active LVC Member
Quick recap:
Mid May, 2017, car over heated. Popped the hood and saw some overspray. Upon inspecting the vehicle, the tube assembly had a small crack in it and was bubbling coolant. So on May 20th, 2017 I had installed Xw4z8a520af Tube Assembly, OEM from Ford.
All was good until last Thursday. Car randomly over heated. Later that night, I checked under the hood. I proceeded to open the engine fill cap and before I could turn it a half turn, coolant started coming out the top of it (small crack in cap, this basically crumbled when I fully took it off when replacing housing). I figured it was time to replace the plastic thermostat housing. I bought the Jag metal thermostat housing kit (URO Parts NCE2247ADKIT-PRM Aluminum T-Stat Housing Kit), and new thermostat (Motorcraft RT1154).
When that was installed, we bleed the system twice. After it cooled down, started her up and took her for a quick spin. No overheating. The very next day, it overheated on the way to work (AC was on, as it always is in the summer for me). I immediately cranked the heat on full blast and it went down to just over halfway. On my way home that same night, It did not over heat. No AC or heat was on for this trip. That night, I decided to to bleed it again. I found some air. During one of the last processes of revving at 2k for 3-5 minutes OR until hot, I was getting extremely hot air within 1 minute. I still revved for 3 minutes. The last step of letting it idle for 2 minutes, it started to over heat again at about 1 minute in. I shut her off and here I am today. The fan seems like its spinning correctly..I think. Haven't noticed an degas cracks or leaks (I've had the car for 16 months, never replaced it). I'm not thinking DCCV is messed up because heat and air both will work, until its overheating, then the AC doesn't blow as cold (that was observed at idle, not while driving). Ran the self tests on the climate control and it came back all 8's. Forscan just throws code P1285. I'm not sure if theres anything else I can do in Forscan to try to focus in on the issue. I don't want to go around replacing everything, much rather zero in on whats going on. Any help would be much appreciated. I thought I was good to go with the tube assembly 3 months ago...oops.
Mid May, 2017, car over heated. Popped the hood and saw some overspray. Upon inspecting the vehicle, the tube assembly had a small crack in it and was bubbling coolant. So on May 20th, 2017 I had installed Xw4z8a520af Tube Assembly, OEM from Ford.
All was good until last Thursday. Car randomly over heated. Later that night, I checked under the hood. I proceeded to open the engine fill cap and before I could turn it a half turn, coolant started coming out the top of it (small crack in cap, this basically crumbled when I fully took it off when replacing housing). I figured it was time to replace the plastic thermostat housing. I bought the Jag metal thermostat housing kit (URO Parts NCE2247ADKIT-PRM Aluminum T-Stat Housing Kit), and new thermostat (Motorcraft RT1154).
When that was installed, we bleed the system twice. After it cooled down, started her up and took her for a quick spin. No overheating. The very next day, it overheated on the way to work (AC was on, as it always is in the summer for me). I immediately cranked the heat on full blast and it went down to just over halfway. On my way home that same night, It did not over heat. No AC or heat was on for this trip. That night, I decided to to bleed it again. I found some air. During one of the last processes of revving at 2k for 3-5 minutes OR until hot, I was getting extremely hot air within 1 minute. I still revved for 3 minutes. The last step of letting it idle for 2 minutes, it started to over heat again at about 1 minute in. I shut her off and here I am today. The fan seems like its spinning correctly..I think. Haven't noticed an degas cracks or leaks (I've had the car for 16 months, never replaced it). I'm not thinking DCCV is messed up because heat and air both will work, until its overheating, then the AC doesn't blow as cold (that was observed at idle, not while driving). Ran the self tests on the climate control and it came back all 8's. Forscan just throws code P1285. I'm not sure if theres anything else I can do in Forscan to try to focus in on the issue. I don't want to go around replacing everything, much rather zero in on whats going on. Any help would be much appreciated. I thought I was good to go with the tube assembly 3 months ago...oops.
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