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Old 25-07-2005, 11:35 PM   #1
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I have an EbII fairmont that i have just put in a tickford 4.0 in it it's done low ks about 50 the rocker cover is green not red why is that it came out of an nc sports i think. The motor has been runing fine but this past week the temp moves to half like it always dose then back to cold once it gose back to cold it then climbs back up i put in a new thermostat and temp sensor and still is doing it anyone know why cheers dragon

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Old 25-07-2005, 11:40 PM   #2
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Green Ticky cover should mean its NC2 Sportsman motor ;)

my old EA did this, it drove me nuts. I drilled a very small close to 1mm hole in the side of the thermostat and it disappeared.

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Old 26-07-2005, 12:01 AM   #3
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yes as said the NC Sportman had a green rocker cover instead of the usual red one. as for why ford decided to do that..........
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yes as said the NC Sportman had a green rocker cover instead of the usual red one. as for why ford decided to do that..........
Green was LPG apparently. All the LPG motors got the green ticky cover. Maybe ford had a few too many of them and used them on Fairlanes?
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Old 26-07-2005, 12:22 AM   #5
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yeah green was NC sportsman only, not LPG :P they put green rocker covers on dedicated gas AU engines....
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Old 26-07-2005, 12:33 AM   #6
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yeah green was NC sportsman only, not LPG :P they put green rocker covers on dedicated gas AU engines....
oooh sorry "mr la de da! : " lol
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Old 26-07-2005, 06:08 PM   #7
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Thanks for welcoming me. This problem is really starting to me to the point of selling the car mind you it gose hard but no one can help me i tried to bleed the system but still is doing it. so when u say drill a hole in the side do you mean the flange part or where the spring part is.
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Old 26-07-2005, 06:54 PM   #8
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The idea of drilling the hole is to allow some coolant flow even with the thermostat closed. You'd drill somewhere on the flange, most say 3mm is the best size. Also if the thermostat is non-genuine, I can say from experience they don't last long. The Ford one is about $25 and worth every dollar.
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i must say that the thermostats are the only part thats actually reasonably priced at ford
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