5.4 coolant leak by the intake manifold
12-14-2015, 02:32 PM
#11
Does anyone knows if the coolant tube behind the water pump(the pipe that passes underneath the intake) uses one or two o-rings? The guy at ford dealer said that he thinks is two of them. I just want to order the o-ring and have it available if it leaks in the future. Thanks.
12-14-2015, 06:42 PM
#12
Senior Member
Get two.
03-21-2016, 09:26 PM
#15
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Chop off the HC tube were it widens. Replace with a section of heater hose from the WP stem to the hardline.
Kept going through O-rings, so I finally switched over to the mod. That was back in 06, - hasn't leaked since.
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03-21-2016, 09:32 PM
#18
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03-22-2016, 01:23 AM
#19
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There is a simple mod for that, -it works well. It was published in the Haynes/Chilton books for awhile from Ford Motor.
Chop off the HC tube were it widens. Replace with a section of heater hose from the WP stem to the hardline.
Kept going through O-rings, so I finally switched over to the mod. That was back in 06, - hasn't leaked since.
Chop off the HC tube were it widens. Replace with a section of heater hose from the WP stem to the hardline.
Kept going through O-rings, so I finally switched over to the mod. That was back in 06, - hasn't leaked since.
03-22-2016, 02:39 AM
#20
Senior Member
After all these years, someone finally asked lol. Nope, not back then, I wasn't equipped...am now 
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I used regular cheap clamps. Couldn't use expansion clamp because there wasn't enough space down there.
When Ford revealed that fix, - it went on all their re-mans. That's what the article in the hanes/chilton manual provided along with a pic. Man that was almost 15 years back...a time when I thought Chilton/Haynes provided good info lol. Anyway, not sure if Ford flared, but in the pic they had a nice crimp vs a cheap clamp.
.I used regular cheap clamps. Couldn't use expansion clamp because there wasn't enough space down there.
When Ford revealed that fix, - it went on all their re-mans. That's what the article in the hanes/chilton manual provided along with a pic. Man that was almost 15 years back...a time when I thought Chilton/Haynes provided good info lol. Anyway, not sure if Ford flared, but in the pic they had a nice crimp vs a cheap clamp.
Last edited by Jbrew; 03-22-2016 at 02:41 AM.