Sort of a nothing thread, but it's a failure I don't come across regularly and it caught me a bit off guard.
Good customer of mine had their Lincoln MKS towed in with an overheat condition last week. 3.7 Duratec. The car ran fine, the engine sounded great, and upon inspection I found no sign of a coolant leak despite the reservoir being bone dry. On a whim I pulled the dipstick, knowing the stigma around water pump failures on this engine. Sure enough, the oil was several quarts overfull and looked like chocolate milk...
Sadly, it looks like this one may be destined for the crusher. Used engines are $2.5k, and that's before you spend the money to "freshen" it before installation. All in, it's $7k+ worth of work. Really unfortunate when the rest of the car is in relatively good shape.
Good customer of mine had their Lincoln MKS towed in with an overheat condition last week. 3.7 Duratec. The car ran fine, the engine sounded great, and upon inspection I found no sign of a coolant leak despite the reservoir being bone dry. On a whim I pulled the dipstick, knowing the stigma around water pump failures on this engine. Sure enough, the oil was several quarts overfull and looked like chocolate milk...
Sadly, it looks like this one may be destined for the crusher. Used engines are $2.5k, and that's before you spend the money to "freshen" it before installation. All in, it's $7k+ worth of work. Really unfortunate when the rest of the car is in relatively good shape.