SonicsSHO Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I've been driving about 200 miles on my trip so far and all of a sudden I'm boiling coolant...no warning message or anything prior. It popped a temp warning and 5 sec later theres coolant everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve142857 Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Beside calling road assistance, you can always open the fans and put it at the warmest... That takes the hot air and blows it from under the hood into the cabin. You may want to open all windows! Then when you drive steadily with less acceleration possible at around 45mph, the engine doesn't force and the wind cools it down... Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicsSHO Posted July 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 The windows were fogged so we went from air conditioning to hot defrost, then back to AC again. Refilled the coolant and have been driving for the last 30 minutes with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedCandySHO Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Sounds like there was air trapped in the cooling system. Any recent work done on the car that involved the cooling system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicsSHO Posted July 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Not that I am aware of, had routine oil change tires rotated about a month ago.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcoBrick Bob Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Perhaps your coolant level was low... Possible your T-Stat stuck.... Not much else besides outside heat and blockage of the air getting to radiator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjhpadi Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Hope the problem has resolved itself, keep us updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulford8 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Any more probs Sonic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicsSHO Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 It did it again one more time into the trip, although not as bad the second time. I fully refilled the coolant tank with valvoline 50/50 and didn't experience any further issues so far. However, I spoke to a few friends of mine who are higher up in the ford r/d chain and they believe since this is the second cooling system issue I've had that there may be a bigger issue somewhere. Needless to say I'm not pleased. I'll do my best to keep everyone posted on any news I may get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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