[V8] ARGH! NAC

[Buchholz, Steven]

... a friend and coworker of mine had the transmission problem that is also fairly common to the Taurus/Sable models ... funny, he used to have the Sable and a T-bird SC ... now he's got an A6 2.7T and a Mini.  I must say that his A6 has not been the most trouble free though ... 

Steve B
San José, CA (USA)
> 
> Classic 3.8 failure.  Coolant mixes into the oil and takes out the crank. The
> other "feature" to the Taurus 3.8 head gasket failure is inflation and ruin
> of both the heater core and radiator.  Replacing the heater core on a Taurus
> is
> a PITA, just like an Audi V8.  Ford many unhappy 3.8 customers that they
> bought back cars and extended the warranty to 7/100.
> Craig Nicol
> You ever have one of those days...?
> 
> First I had the head gaskets done on my wife's Taurus (the evil 3.8l) along
> with a bunch of other tuneups, belts, pumps, gaskets and fluid swaps to make
> it
> happy... to the tune of nearly $2500.  Then, on the way home from the shop,
> it spins a bearing...
> 
> AUUUUGH!
> 
> Sorry, just needed to vent, and reassure everyone that fixing something often
> breaks something else on stuff besides our V8s...
> 
> Anyone got a 3.8l Ford laying around... I could just move all the new stuff
> over since it has about 30 miles on it :(