easter9053

I will do a coolant flush today and new thermostat. My heater is not making enough heat and I really think if I flushed the old coolant and put in new coolant and new thermostat, that would help solve my problem. I looked under the passenger side carpet and it already looked liked the heater core had leaked water into the car and had been replaced, so the heater core probably is not the problem. The coolant looks clean. I wonder if I could just get away with replacing the thermostat. I bought the car at 142.000 miles. Any suggestions?

2 kwik

go to NAPA and get their rad flusher it's in a plastic blue bottle and get a MR Gasket 180 stat..no other stat just this one...there 8.95 from auto zone

decipha

that rad flush **** is bad for intake gaskets... the way i flush cars is with a hose, pull the return line off your radiator and let it hang underneath the car as to prevent water from gushing everywhere... pull off the radiator cap and put the gardening hose in there... turn the water on and start the car... you should see all that gunk coming out just keep flushing it thru until all the old coolant is out and the water is clear... i've been doing coolant flushes like this for years and have always had great results

hope this helps some

2 kwik

it's not bad for gaskets it doesn't eat at them....just using water doesn't loosen up scale to get rid of it...now using a pressurize cleaning system will

HACKGT350

if your heats not working it sounds like you are low on coolany(leak) or there is something wrong with your heat controls

2 kwik

or your heater control valve isn't working

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phalcone

it also depends on what kind of heat you are used to , or are looking for .... i have owned a few fox mustangs ... my brother has also.... not one of them made any real hot run you out of the car heat . all you can do is make sure that you have the proper coolant level ... make sure the core isn't clogged , & controls are working.... also make sure the fan clutch is working properly ... if you have a frozen clutch on the fan its like having a direct drive fan , & that will keep it cool also.....putting a 180 therm is gonna make the heat cooler i can tell you that..

2 kwik

the 180 will make a minimal different

HACKGT350

i have a 160 in my stang with an electric fan and that heat is hot if you leave it on too long it burns your legs like you were standing in front of a wood stove and dicide to move and your clothes touch you and it hurts that what mine is like well was my heater core took a dump on me now i have no heat

2 kwik

160 is not goodmy friend as it can stay in closed loop hurting perfornace