Jbauer

ive been noticing low coolant for a while now. the manifold itself was cracked when i bought the car over a year ago. but today, finally, i noticed when i changed the plugs there was coolant in the spark plug wells. Really, i'm shocked how the car is running flawlessly. no hesitation or anything..i just ran a 13.6..and could of ran faster that night if i had a helmet with me i cant believe i'm not misifirng because the plugs were soaking wet.

Anyway, i dont know how long i've left this un noticed. I'm out of a job and it's going to be a couple of months before i have enough money to fix this, am i still ok to drive the car? will driving with some water/coolant in the spark plug wells cause damage to my engine?

Thanks for help

hot sauce

what year model do you have? there was a recall on the 96/97/98 mustang gt for sure i dont know if it will effect the 99-04 mustang gt my 97 had cracked and i had the work done for free in 2002

Jbauer

00.. it's affected by the recall, however i can't get it fixed for free as its..well..2009

devongarver

Shiit no I wouldn't drive it,...get the aluminum crossovr for 200$...thats the cheapest idea I can offer for ya bud...

AtlanticBlue_98GT

I don't think you'd have to replace anything except the spark plugs and possibly plug wires. When this happened to me, I had to replace the plugs+wires because it wasn't firing all cylinders ( coolant was sitting in the plugs hole ).

1ATony

We carry the new manifolds for your Mustang that have the aluminum crossover to fix that issue.

Here's a link to them on our website.

4.6 Mustang Intake

lizzyfan

No plug wires on 99+

devongarver

Here is a better deal, sorry 1ATony, but he is out of work and needs to save every penny, I'm just tryin to help him out. And here is a good how to if needed..let us know how u come out.

hot sauce

o well i didnt know recalls had a time limit.

devongarver

Yes, March 16th 2006 was the hard date. If your vehicle hadn't failed by that time, you're sheet outta luck. If it failed and you had it repaired, ford would pay you 735$, big whoop. So ya, you're on your own.