Good news / Not so good news
Got the call from the Ford Dealership.
It was not the tranny -- the noise I was hearing was the cooling fan for the radiator. It was down over two gallons of coolant! Leak. That accounts for the symptoms a lot better as it would work OK when the engine was cold but would start to manifest after 20 minutes of driving. What threw me off was that the coolant temperature gage was fine -- no symptoms of overtemp...
The replacement is about $2,300 - Ford made some design changes so not just the radiator needs to be replaced -- it's all the hoses and some assorted gubbins that need upgrading as well.
Going to be in Rapid City for a full week so my return on or before the 29th is just not going to happen. Still stopping at Yellowstone and the Tetons and then onto I-90 for an extended sprint back home. Best laid plans etc. etc. etc.
Posted by DaveH at July 24, 2012 9:03 AM