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  • #1

    I think I killed my Festiva....

    No not minigun. I was driving the beater tonight when I looked at the temp gauge, it was pegged in the red, I pulled off the road and as I did it died. That little 3/8 bypass hose thats next to the thermostat busted. She was hot.

    I called my step dad, ( he was only about a mile away ) and we replaced the hose and went to start it, it would spin and had spark but would not fire, He had a tow strap so we dragged it to his place for the night.

    Tomorrow Ill take the trailer over just in case, Im afraid I lost a head gasket though.... looks like a 1.8 swap may be sooner then I hoped for
    money pit

    No spitters were I work, you swallow it all. The Company feels if you already have it in your mouth why waste it.
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  • #2
    Been there and did that!
    Warped the head "like a banana".
    Hope you have better luck.
    '93 Blue 5spd 230K(down for clutch and overall maintanence)
    '93 White B6 swap thanks to Skeeters Keeper
    '92 Aqua parts Car
    '93 Turquoise 5spd 137K
    '90 White LX Thanks to FB71

    "Your God of repentance will not save you.
    Your holy ghost will not save you.
    Your God plutonium will not save you.
    In fact...
    ...You will not be saved!"

    Prince of Darkness -1987

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    • #3
      Wow that stinks. Seems like I remember that happening to someone else on here. That is a very much overlooked piece during a tune up and maintenance . I wonder how many are out there just barely hanging on. I have one on the '90 Plus that feels like a gummy worm. It is a shaped hose with a 90 degree bend so if you put a piece of straight hose in it will kink for sure. Anyone know of a source for the formed hose?

      Could you just shave the head and do a new gasket?
      '89L 110k mi. BP/G swapped
      '90LX 68k mi. wrecked 12/14 RIP
      '90 F250 4X4 108K mi.
      '13 Kia Rio 5 LX 70k mi.
      '18 Kia Soul 40k mi. Daily
      '64 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk
      '66 International Harvester pickup

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      • #4
        We busted one on the way to fm3.
        -Greg
        Euro-bprt...WORLDS FASTEST FESTIVA !!! 11.78@115.9
        BP, G trans, Megasquirt/ 550cc inj. t3/t3 (tbird) Garrett, REAR TURBO!!!! AND AC!!!!
        Redneck Engineer
        FOTY - '09
        5x Festiva Madness Attendee...FM 3,4,5,6,8
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpCZ7...9Pwqw-oe8s2OYQ
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        • #5
          Originally posted by David88 View Post
          Wow that stinks. Seems like I remember that happening to someone else on here. That is a very much overlooked piece during a tune up and maintenance . I wonder how many are out there just barely hanging on. I have one on the '90 Plus that feels like a gummy worm. It is a shaped hose with a 90 degree bend so if you put a piece of straight hose in it will kink for sure. Anyone know of a source for the formed hose?

          Could you just shave the head and do a new gasket?
          Gates 18206. It will require cutting to length.

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          • #6
            I'll take it off your hands so you don't have to fool with it Mike. You need to save your time and effort for Minigun!!
            1986 Comp Prep SVO Mustang(1 of 83) Four cylinder turbo! (Think first Fox body "R" model!)
            1995 F-150 Extra Cab and it was free!
            1991 Festiva L, Surf Blue with A/C
            1995 Jeep Cherokee 2wd 5 speed 4.0 and it was free!
            1993 Aqua Festiva and it was cheap!
            1994 Brake Swap and it was cheap!
            1969 Ford F100 Big Block Ranger and it was free! (coming 2/12)

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            • #7
              did a couple tests today, heres the average...

              cylinder 1 120 PSI
              cylinder 2 90 psi
              cylinder 3 90 psi
              cylinder 4 100 psi

              Ill pull the head and see how bad it is.
              money pit

              No spitters were I work, you swallow it all. The Company feels if you already have it in your mouth why waste it.

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              • #8
                you prolly only took it out .003-.005" easy to fix.
                Trees aren't kind to me...

                currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
                94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.

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