Ford Five Hundred The new mid-sized luxury sedan, offering a powerful engine and all wheel drive.

Ford 500/ Montego

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Dec 21, 2012 | 12:33 PM
  #1  
skip1930's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Member
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 93
Default Ford 500/ Montego

See my thread under Ford Expedition C.O.P.'s #3 miss fire...

New guy here so here goes.

The wife bought a new 2007 Montego Premier AWD. This is a very nice car IMHO. "I luv's the car."
Vin: 1MEHM43187G600834.
Has almost 16,000 miles on it as of 20-December-2012. The only thing worn out on it is the oil pan drain bolt as the computer dictates.

No actually Ford R&R'ed the rear rotors and pads. Something was amiss there early on. Did not pay any attention to that and not pay for it either...maybe down the road again? Any clews?

Tires are rotated ever oil change by Ford. As long as I buy oil chanes at Ford, Witt Ford will replace the 17 inch Perelli P-6 tires, balance and valve stems for free. I have it in writing!!

The pisser is these ties loose pressure, think right through the aluminum rims. Porosity ?

Thanx. skip Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
Merry Christmas.

 

Last edited by skip1930; Dec 25, 2012 at 12:31 PM.
Old Dec 25, 2012 | 12:20 PM
  #2  
skip1930's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Member
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 93
Old Dec 26, 2012 | 09:48 AM
  #3  
bluewind's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 767
From: Iowa
Default

"The pisser is these ties loose pressure, think right through the aluminum rims. Porosity ?"

I f you get a dog you get the fleas too. Aluminum wheels are porous but the valve inserts are sometimes to blame. Buy a set and replace them next to a source of compressed air of course.
Our Contour has a similar issue. New inserts helped but did not completely solve it. When we need new tires I will ask the shop to take the old ones off, give me the rims sans pneus so I can rattle can spray the insides with clear acrylic.

By the way: when ambient temperatures drop so do tire pressures. Gases contract more than solids. Air contracts more than the rubber.


 
Old Dec 26, 2012 | 10:19 AM
  #4  
skip1930's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Member
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 93
Default

Yea good idea. Forgot about the valve cores. R&R is no big deal.
I agree that the inside of the rims ought to be sprayed with clear liquid polyester or a spray single componet resign epoxy and spun up till tac'ed up. That would be about five minutes of rotation.

skip.
 
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
mkeller720
PRIVATE For Sale / Trade Classifieds
2
Nov 10, 2015 09:44 AM
dskrobow
Ford Five Hundred
1
Oct 21, 2014 05:55 PM
kwizman
Ford Five Hundred
0
Feb 1, 2014 06:59 PM
ranger376
Ford Forum Help & Suggestion Center
0
Jan 21, 2009 12:49 PM
atikovi
PRIVATE For Sale / Trade Classifieds
1
Apr 4, 2007 12:30 AM




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:07 AM.