On Sep 18, 9:01 pm, Nate Nagel <njna...@roosters.net> wrote: If this is a V-6 it is almost certainly a head gasket. Well, yeah, if it's a '98 Taurus, there's a 99%% chance that it has a V6 engine in it. It either has the V6 or the SHO V8 and the poster probably would have mentioned it if it was the SHO 32 valve V8. Now, if you are referring to the 3.8 that is notorius for head gasket problems

On Sep 7, 10:08 am, Steve Austin <saus...@northnet.org> wrote: bob urz wrote: I  bought this 97 Taurus in good shape with a blown head gasket. put another 3.0L Vulcan in it. It starts and runs fine, BUT it runs over 3/4 the way + to the end line on the heat gauge. I flushed the transplant motor before installation. Put a new water pump on it. New thermostat with giggle valve

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:37:30 GMT, clay <a_design@citlink.net> wrote: This engine btw..is the same 3.0 used in all the Ford Taurus's. The only difference is that in the Taurus...its in sideways with a different water pump housing and intake/exhaust manifolds. If you use a Taurus engine, simply use your current waterpump housing and intake and exaust manifolds. My current

This engine btw..is the same 3.0 used in all the Ford Taurus's. The only difference is that in the Taurus...its in sideways with a different water pump housing and intake/exhaust manifolds. If you use a Taurus engine, simply use your current waterpump housing and intake and exaust manifolds. My current engine came out of a Taurus. Gunner Gunner, I found a

Is this a 3.8 V-6 by chance? If so, there might be an underlying problem: i.e..: head gaskets. There is no such thing as a: "Malfunction relay!" It might be a relay, if not the air bad crash sensor, but it is a relay named for the circuit it controls. RK "james" <fsample0@gmail.com> wrote in message news:f4ee00a8-5b49-4628-8af7-2e784b7c101d@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com... Hey, thanks