Another stupid question. I have posted my heater core problems before and I'm here again... I have a '97 4.6. My baby has eaten THREE heater cores in the last 18 months!! Number 1 I paid for, number 2 (three months later) was under warranty but my dealer said that my radiator had a leak and THAT caused my failure. They agreed to do the core under warranty and I had to pay for the radiator. Number three was just last March and I had to pay as I had gone past my 12k warranty.
On this last one I asked them WHY the core had ruptured and they couldn't (wouldn't??) tell me. I just want to know because it seems to me that broken heater cores could be a SYMPTOM of a different problem. Could it be that my dealer "screwed the pooch" on my core installs and will not admit it, or is there something else that causes this and they aren't seeing it. The cores usually go in the winter time or when temps here in central Tx are in the 40's-50's.
I also have spoken to Ford Customer Service and they have no clue either. (and they will not call me back)
On this last one I asked them WHY the core had ruptured and they couldn't (wouldn't??) tell me. I just want to know because it seems to me that broken heater cores could be a SYMPTOM of a different problem. Could it be that my dealer "screwed the pooch" on my core installs and will not admit it, or is there something else that causes this and they aren't seeing it. The cores usually go in the winter time or when temps here in central Tx are in the 40's-50's.
I also have spoken to Ford Customer Service and they have no clue either. (and they will not call me back)