Recent content by deo1929

Check out this link to the Fusion Forum. There's an adhesive attached shark fin available for it. Maybe you can get one that's like it for your MZ6 http://www.fordfusionforum.com/index.php?/topic/2869-new-sharkfin-mark-ii-available/

Everything that I've found indicates that the long block (block & head assembly) is identical. The only changes are to the engine management system that Mazda and Ford use and accessories attached to the engine. After the first day of hearing the waterfall, it has been stone silent for the...

The engines are assembled in 5 plants around the world, 2 of which are in Mexico and Michigan. But that doesn't say where the foundries are for block and head castings. Most likely, they are brought in from a vendor. And it's true that manufacturing processes do change and affect the quality...

New engine...no change I picked up my car with it's brand new 2.5L crate engine installed. Ran great. Sat overnight. Started it up, backed out of the driveway, put it in 1st gear and took off. As soon as the tach hit 2000 RPM, the waterfall was heard, though not as bad as before. If I had...

Well...there is a TSB on early 2010 Fusions of which mine is one where the ground strap was causing a no start/intermittent start issue. Who knows what effect that could have over a couple of months, especially if there was porosity or a thin part of the casting that could have made it...

If it's galvanic corrosion, that would happen if the coolant protection was inadequate, wouldn't it? What could cause such corrosion? A dissimilar material somewhere in the engine assembly? Could it be from being exposed to air between casting and manufacturing? With low miles, it would make...

Hmmm. It seems that the Fusions in colder climates are more inclined to the problem than those in warmer climates. Check out the link in my first post if you haven't yet. There are 12 pages now of the problem and the steps taken--some successful, others not--to resolve the problem. Ford is...

The sound we on the Fusion forum are calling "sloshing" or "waterfall effect" happens mostly on a cold start. Upon initial acceleration, you hear the sound of coolant flowing through the heater core. Then it can reoccur if the car idles for 30-60 seconds and the engine brought up to 2000 RPM...

I know this is a Mazda6 forum, but I have the Mazda6 2.5L engine in my 2010 Ford Fusion. It has a just turned 6000 miles and is sitting in the local Ford dealership waiting for a new replacement engine. The problem started with the sound of coolant flowing through the heater core (air entering...