Madstang
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Mustang S550 5L V8 GT RHD: Oil Cooler leakage problem:
Can anyone help on a definitive answer for fixing the oil cooler leakage problem - oil into water and vise versa (V8 disaster),and oil onto exhaust (fire) ?
There are conflicting dates concerning which vehicles are affected - Ford Parts Info suggest June (and August) 2016 - 2 coolers exist for RHD (is the later one a fix for this ?). There is a Tech. Service Bulletin raised 14th June 2019 which says builds on/before Feb 2017 affected. I have heard of a failure on a May 2017 build.
Rumour has it the problem stems from the packaging conversion to RHD, where the exhaust downpipes run very close to the cooler, overheating it . Just replacing the cooler won't solve this (maybe needs a heatshield) - or is it just a batch of faulty coolers ?
Any info would be welcome ...
Can anyone help on a definitive answer for fixing the oil cooler leakage problem - oil into water and vise versa (V8 disaster),and oil onto exhaust (fire) ?
There are conflicting dates concerning which vehicles are affected - Ford Parts Info suggest June (and August) 2016 - 2 coolers exist for RHD (is the later one a fix for this ?). There is a Tech. Service Bulletin raised 14th June 2019 which says builds on/before Feb 2017 affected. I have heard of a failure on a May 2017 build.
Rumour has it the problem stems from the packaging conversion to RHD, where the exhaust downpipes run very close to the cooler, overheating it . Just replacing the cooler won't solve this (maybe needs a heatshield) - or is it just a batch of faulty coolers ?
Any info would be welcome ...
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