Rlindgrenii
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- Ford bronco II
1985 bronco ii 2.8L v6 -
Odo: *58000 could be 158, surely not 258.
Carfax showed no mileages at all, so who knows.
Bought the bronco about 2 weeks ago and drove It back to my place which was about 40 miles. Reached 65 eventually, and topped out about there. Didn’t overheat, didn’t stall, ran okay.
Had some snow so really got to look under the hood and adjust my idle ect just the other day. After some tweeks It fires up after a week and i drove It to the car wash, let It sit and idle while i washed, then drove back no issues.
Note i made sure It was full of coolant. And had maybe an inch or two in the overflow.
Today i planned on testing It on a small hill outside of town to watch the mountain sunset. I jumped the bronco and let It idle with nothing attached. Went inside for 5-10 minutes or so and got caught up talking to my girl friend. I walked out to move my truck to take the bronco to get gas, and to my surprise the bronco looked ON FIRE. I immediately panicked and yanked the keys and popped the hood only to realize It was steam. My coolant resivour was full and violently boiling. I pulled my mister that was handy and put a light mist out up high to help It cool down. It boiled for a solid 5 minutes before It began to settle. I let It sit and cool and went to the store. Waited a while and came back to It. Felt my hoses and my TO heater core was almost too hot to touch. My return was cold. Upper and lower hoses were also very hot.
My initial thought is my heater core is clogged. So i bypassed the Core by removing the hose INTO the core and putting It where my return hose went to. I yanked the hose out that was the RETURN hose. Cold and BONE DRY. I feel i have solved this.
I fire up the bronco again and let It idle. Before ieven could check the temp, coolant began boiling over again. All hoses hot.
All i can think of at this point is thermostat or water pump. I ordered a water pump and plan on grabbing a thermostat as well.
Will also do a full flush and burp the system.
If anyone has any input on this I’d appreciate It.
Odo: *58000 could be 158, surely not 258.
Carfax showed no mileages at all, so who knows.
Bought the bronco about 2 weeks ago and drove It back to my place which was about 40 miles. Reached 65 eventually, and topped out about there. Didn’t overheat, didn’t stall, ran okay.
Had some snow so really got to look under the hood and adjust my idle ect just the other day. After some tweeks It fires up after a week and i drove It to the car wash, let It sit and idle while i washed, then drove back no issues.
Note i made sure It was full of coolant. And had maybe an inch or two in the overflow.
Today i planned on testing It on a small hill outside of town to watch the mountain sunset. I jumped the bronco and let It idle with nothing attached. Went inside for 5-10 minutes or so and got caught up talking to my girl friend. I walked out to move my truck to take the bronco to get gas, and to my surprise the bronco looked ON FIRE. I immediately panicked and yanked the keys and popped the hood only to realize It was steam. My coolant resivour was full and violently boiling. I pulled my mister that was handy and put a light mist out up high to help It cool down. It boiled for a solid 5 minutes before It began to settle. I let It sit and cool and went to the store. Waited a while and came back to It. Felt my hoses and my TO heater core was almost too hot to touch. My return was cold. Upper and lower hoses were also very hot.
My initial thought is my heater core is clogged. So i bypassed the Core by removing the hose INTO the core and putting It where my return hose went to. I yanked the hose out that was the RETURN hose. Cold and BONE DRY. I feel i have solved this.
I fire up the bronco again and let It idle. Before ieven could check the temp, coolant began boiling over again. All hoses hot.
All i can think of at this point is thermostat or water pump. I ordered a water pump and plan on grabbing a thermostat as well.
Will also do a full flush and burp the system.
If anyone has any input on this I’d appreciate It.