1996 Mercury Grand Marquis problems

The contact owns a 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that there was steam emitting from the engine compartment. A mechanic advised the contact that there was a crack in the plastic intake manifold. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The current and failure mileages were approximately 85,000. Engine and engine cooling · reported at 85,000 miles

My car (1996 Mercury Grand Marquis) developed a crack in the intake manifold leading to complete loss of coolant and overheating while traveling through wyoming. It was then towed to a small town repair shop, where this problem was brought to my attention, and that many cars had a recall for this. Unfortunately, for civilian cars there is no recall which led to a repair cost of $1132.00. Engine and engine cooling · reported at 127,992 miles

My car was not running correctly one day, so I took it to my mechanic and he found anti-freeze in the cylinders. He said that the anti-freeze blew through passage on intake manifold into the pistons, and I had to replaced the entire motor and the intake which cost me $3400.00 Enable to fix. I can not understand why they used a plastic part on the motor. Engine and engine cooling · reported at 82,160 miles