RoadWarrior222
01-07-2008, 11:50 PM
Don't laugh.....
Ford Tempo
hah, caught you already...
So the loaner beater the terrible Tempo turns up last night billowing clouds of steam.... graaarrrr... couple of warm days I was gonna spend on the minivan and this one rolls up dying again...
So I find it is seeming to come from the 1/4 line coming off the heatercore inlet hose. Leaky connection I figure...
This morning, I pull off the spring clip, wiggle it, and YOINK, gah rusty nipple syndrome, the fugger has come off with the hose...
So I just need a new heater core hose assembly, easy...
... apart from what teh F is that 1/4 inch line for anyway....
Hit up the the MOTOR domestics manual... no joy
Hit up autozone repair info... nada
Hit up the Ford FSM for the exact year and model... nuzzing... I'm picking through every parts diagram with a magnifying glass... NOTHING!!
Gah, go back, use my eyes... no it's not a manifold heater, too far from the TB to be a TB heater, doh, umm, the PCV hose goes right through the fitting, WTF a PCV heater??? an hour of google later... N to the O to the THING.
Whatever, phone a couple of parts guys...
"It's got this 1/4 line tapped into it...."
yeah, nothing.
Oh, oho, aha... something about a retrofit for a Monterey/Explorer sounds similar, stops icing... okay... TSBs dig out the frigging TSBs why not...
Retrofit Kit for oil leakage/spray when driven at -23C -10F or colder on the highway for extended periods... apparently the PCV ices up from condensation at -23C and then blocks forcing fumes through the airbox... which ices up everything else.... hmmm nice....
ring ring ring ford dealer parts dept, "What's this FZYP-$$$$-Alphasoup-alphasoup retrofit kit? and can I get the heater hose for it?"
FDMan: nope.
What's the kit worth
FDMan: $200 plus your firstborn.
No thanks...
So this wasted all day along with an hour or so wandering the Home Depot plumbing aisles figuring out if I could fit something together in 100% steel or 100% brass (Actually I could but it would be a $30 pile of bits that I'd only really use half of, I couldn't be arsed)
So screw it, 6ft of 3/4 ID hose for $5 and it's getting ripped out tomorrow, Tempo will have to put up with chilly PCV fumes. (Note to self, no trips up to Yellowknife until Mayish)
RW222
Ford Tempo
hah, caught you already...
So the loaner beater the terrible Tempo turns up last night billowing clouds of steam.... graaarrrr... couple of warm days I was gonna spend on the minivan and this one rolls up dying again...
So I find it is seeming to come from the 1/4 line coming off the heatercore inlet hose. Leaky connection I figure...
This morning, I pull off the spring clip, wiggle it, and YOINK, gah rusty nipple syndrome, the fugger has come off with the hose...
So I just need a new heater core hose assembly, easy...
... apart from what teh F is that 1/4 inch line for anyway....
Hit up the the MOTOR domestics manual... no joy
Hit up autozone repair info... nada
Hit up the Ford FSM for the exact year and model... nuzzing... I'm picking through every parts diagram with a magnifying glass... NOTHING!!
Gah, go back, use my eyes... no it's not a manifold heater, too far from the TB to be a TB heater, doh, umm, the PCV hose goes right through the fitting, WTF a PCV heater??? an hour of google later... N to the O to the THING.
Whatever, phone a couple of parts guys...
"It's got this 1/4 line tapped into it...."
yeah, nothing.
Oh, oho, aha... something about a retrofit for a Monterey/Explorer sounds similar, stops icing... okay... TSBs dig out the frigging TSBs why not...
Retrofit Kit for oil leakage/spray when driven at -23C -10F or colder on the highway for extended periods... apparently the PCV ices up from condensation at -23C and then blocks forcing fumes through the airbox... which ices up everything else.... hmmm nice....
ring ring ring ford dealer parts dept, "What's this FZYP-$$$$-Alphasoup-alphasoup retrofit kit? and can I get the heater hose for it?"
FDMan: nope.
What's the kit worth
FDMan: $200 plus your firstborn.
No thanks...
So this wasted all day along with an hour or so wandering the Home Depot plumbing aisles figuring out if I could fit something together in 100% steel or 100% brass (Actually I could but it would be a $30 pile of bits that I'd only really use half of, I couldn't be arsed)
So screw it, 6ft of 3/4 ID hose for $5 and it's getting ripped out tomorrow, Tempo will have to put up with chilly PCV fumes. (Note to self, no trips up to Yellowknife until Mayish)
RW222