Cougar Overheating

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TLM2007
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Hello, I have a 1994 Mercury Cougar 149,000 miles, V6 engine. The car began overheating yesterday. ( The fan didn't appear to be running. We took it off and took it to the parts store. They tested it and said it was bad. We put a new fan on and still did not work. Called back to the parts store and they said it must be the relay switch. I called the Mercury dealership and they pulled up the part no and said it came back to a ignition control module. They said to make sure that was what was wrong because it could not be returned. How would I know if this was bad? Is there anything else to consider? The A/C hasn't been cold all summer, but we hadn't noticed it overheating prior to yesterday, the car is not drove very often).
Oct 9, 2007 at 2:36 PM
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Hi,I have a 1988 Mercury Cougar 5.0 L/302,Fuel Injected(MFI),AT,AC and 120,000 miles or so.. well I bought this car last year,private dealer,drove great for about 1-1 1/2 months then the problem started.It began over-heating,even right after I would fill radiator.Did not matter if I was on freeway or just around town driving.Well one day I was on the freeway and it started over-heating and the engine died.I was able to get off freeway and got some help,and they found a hole in a hose out of the radiator.The next day I had the hose replaced but this has not helped.Someone had thought maybe the heater core,so I had that replaced and nothing.They tryed it with and w/o the heater core and no difference.Before this problem would happen,my windows would fog up if defrost was on and even if I had the temp.up in car,would turn cold.This problem isn't form long distance driving,it will happen driving even 5-10 miles sometimes less.I bought this car for the fact my other car runs and looks worse.If someone could help me please would be greatly appreciated.Thankyou..
Oct 28, 2007 at 3:01 PM