lxk199

So I picked up a 95 SHO with an auto tranny (ick, I know) for a song and a dance, and it needed a little work, so I did a new serpentine belt, tranny filter/fluid/gasket replacement, new rear brakes/rotors, etc/ Now, for some reason, it is losing coolant and it's leaking onto the front catalytic converter, which sucks cause it's steaming like a son of a bitch...does anyone know anything about these? Where could it be leaking from? Ah, crap I'm so ready to get this damn thing going on the road!!!

1988RedT2

I don't know much about them. I know my wife had one before she met me. She loved the car, BUT.... the auto tranny wasn't capable of handling the power and it crapped out early. She dumped the car before she had to buy a new tranny. I always heard that the 5-speed cars were fairly reliable.



Maybe have the cooling system pressure tested?

spaceman Spiff

the yamaha v6 in those things are beasts, the auto tranny isnt nearly as good as the manual tho, pretty darn quick tho.

boxrs4sale

check the timing chain gasket. its a bitch. took forever to replace in my old mustang. had to rip apart half the engine.

Rob x-7

god help you when you try to work on that thing yourself



talk about 10 pounds of **** in a 5 pound front wheel drive bag!

spaceman Spiff

timing chaing gasket?? wtf... there is a gasket??

Rob x-7

timing CHAINS usually hide behind covers with gaskets because they are lubed with the car's oiling system



timing belts are a different story

boxrs4sale

LMAO



the timing chaing cover gasket. thats what i meant to say.

BrandonDrecksage

find out where it is leaking from..is it coming from the head? any coolant hoses have holes?

lxk199

found it! There's a freeze plug that's in between the heads, under the fuel rail and behind the water pump. It was leaking like a sieve because it wasn't even actually in there, it was just laying on the motor. We put it back in and tightened it down hard and all seems to be OK. It's holding water and the temp/ gauge doesn't go above 1/3 now. Thanks for all the replies, b ut it was a keen eye and ear (not mine) that found it...the credit for that goes to my father-in-law!