This seems to be a major problem with these cars around your mileage and even less. Several things could be the cause, the blend door, the water pump impellar has worn down, the core has blockage, or the bypass tube is aiding in the loss of coolant flowing into the core due to blockage, major or minor, in the core. I know the bypass tube has created a lot of headaches. Make sure you remove the cowling and check the actual hoses going into the core, they may be cold due to blockage and the hoses you can see and think run directly to the core actually don't. The water is just circulating thru the bypass and back out again. A pal of mine had it on a 2000 Taurus, the core was major-league blocked, when he flushed it out, crap ran out for a good while, 20 mins or so. Maybe this'll help, maybe not, something to look at
Sunday, September 27th, 2020 AT 11:57 AM
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