overheating

  1. M

    Overheating 94 mark 8

    My 94 Mark 8 seems to be over heating a lot lately, changed thermostat, Water pump, flushed system, changed VCRM with rebuild, and tried to burp many times. At a loss, this car was a hand down from my deceased father, he loved the car, and I like to enjoy it as well. I don't have oil in the...
  2. J

    95 town car coolant flush, now overheating

    My brother bought a 95 town car. It wasn’t in the greatest shape so he asked me to give it. Tune up. After performing a coolant flush the car keeps overheating but I can drive it up to 30 minutes before this happens. I did not use any chemicals for the flush. I simply drained, ran the water hose...
  3. V

    2006 Town Car owner

    Greetings! I have a 2006 Town Car Signature, ex-livery vehicle, approaching 480,000 miles. The engine and transmission have been rebuilt once each, about 100,000 miles ago. I replaced the radiator only a month ago; it was the original. Not bad. I had the paint restored and coated in a ceramic...
  4. J

    2000 Lincoln LS 3.9 130K miles overheating problem

    Okay, some backstory: I just replaced the windshield wiper motor on the car, which involved taking out the degas tank in order to pull the mechanism out, and when doing this, I cut the bottom hose from the reservoir in order to pull it out. after getting everything back in, i used a hose...
  5. K

    1980 Mark VI caught on fire when it idled too long

    I have not driven this car very much in the last few years. In the past if it idled for too long I would notice some smoke under the hood from what I thought was a leaky valve cover burning off a little oil. I ran the car for about 10 minutes before I could take my foot off the gas and keep it...
  6. W

    09 Lincoln Town Car overheating, new thermostat, still overheating & AC issues

    110K, OE thermostat, waterpump, radiator. 80 degree day-Left car idling for ~15-20 minutes, came out to water puking, steam rising, top hose hard as a rock. Cooled car down & while refilling (engine running) noticed the AC compressor was cycling too much. Drove ~90 miles at interstate speeds...
  7. P

    LS 8 Water pump disintigrated

    Here's the water pump I took off my '01 LS 8 yesterday. It was less than three years old; my dad replaced the original when he was trying to solve the mysterious overheating problem, which turned out to be the degas bottle. He gave me the car this year, and the overheating issue returned...
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