[taucor0315]

I have heard that Ford's & Lincoln's RWD Trucks equipped with the 3.5 or 3.7 L Cyclone V6s , have the water pumps on the outside of the engine block? From what I have understood in order to put the Cyclone in the Fusion, they needed to put the pump in the block, because of clearance issues? Sure wish it wan outside the Block on the Taurus too. It just would have helped me sleep better at night, even though there are stories that Taurus, Edge,& Flex owners put well north of 200K miles on their V6 Cyclones , without any WP failures.

 

[Big Jaw]

Just got a 84k miles 2013 Taurus
Scared about this issue
I am going to learn how to identify the issue before going to a big failure
Any hints besides leaking on the driveway?

 

[Jeff K]

Check coolant level regularly, and check oil often and look under the oil fill cap often for signs of "the milkshake" from coolant and oil mixing.

 

[Big Jaw]

Check coolant level regularly, and check oil often and look under the oil fill cap often for signs of "the milkshake" from coolant and oil mixing.

I dis check. Seems like no bad sign on the oil fill cap, however coolant level went down a little bit and it is not bright/translucent. Should I flush all collant and replace or just fill-up?

Still on the warranty (until 100k miles).

 

[Deep Impact Blue]

2013 with 167,000 miles. Coolant pump leak from weep hole noticed on the garage floor. Did my homework on YouTube and discovered that the pump is internal and driven by the primary timing chain. Very little room to work on the replacement with the engine in the car, so up on the lift it went. Dropped the engine on its subframe and sat it on the floor on a pallet. Timing chain cover and timing chains have to come off, along with all the other things that the timing chain rides on etc. New primary timing chain installed just to be safe. $2400. Would I have bought a Taurus if I knew the coolant pump was internal. Probably not. Too late now. Gonna drive it into the ground.

 

[Deep Impact Blue]

That hole in the middle between the cylinder banks is where the water pump mounts. Driven by the primary timing chain, which has been removed in this picture to get at the water pump. I don't know how this all would be done with the engine in the car.

 

[brn]

That hole in the middle between the cylinder banks is where the water pump mounts. Driven by the primary timing chain, which has been removed in this picture to get at the water pump. I don't know how this all would be done with the engine in the car.

Like this:

I'm concerned that it cost you $2400. Mine was replaced under an extended warranty, but my understanding is that they've gotten this to a point that it's about a $1400 job. The guy in the video claims some outrageous number of hours, but mine was done the same day I dropped it off.