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OEM valve? If yes, believe I'd smoke the vac lines again, may have caused a crack or something.

I would offer two possibilities. As you suspected, one very real possibility could be that the plastic valve cover is cracked, or the sealant has failed, creating an oil leak that drips into the spark plug wells. Another, (and more common possibility) is that oil was spilled during a past oil change and pooled in the spark plug well.

Good information. Don't know about others, but if I drive off with my cell's Bluetooth turned off, I get a warning message that no phones are paired. Can't tell you how many times this has happened over the years.

I'd suspect that your EVAP system purge valve is stuck open.

You didn't mention whether you checked the BMD (battery Management System.) It's attached to the negative battery cable. It measures the battery's voltage, current, and temperature & tells the alternator how to charge the battery at the proper rate,

Personally I would never use anything but OEM. Period. I talked with my independent mechanic about this a month ago. What he does, cost, loaner, etc. He said he drops the sub frame to change the water pump. While the engine is out he also changes the timing chain, tensioners & chain guides (comes as a kit), plugs, coil packs, serpentine belt and tensioner, camshaft position sensors & camshaft actuators. Think there was one or two more items, but can't remember. Basically anything he can easily get to while the engine was out and is known to fail. I mentioned the transmission OSS, etc & he said he does not touch anything on the transmission; unless its a problem. Change all fluids of course: oil, transmission, steering, brake and coolant. Change air cleaner. Clean throttle body, MAF & EGR. Though inspection of all suspension and steering components. Most of the engines this mechanic works on are over 150k so you could afford to be conservative due to your milage.) But ...! ALL PARTS ARE MOTORCRAFT. .

See if this video helps.

At the time I heard them, I was in a car with a good friend and we thought the PBC was a good group. And then the Beatles came on ..... Only heard PBC once, that particular night. Must not have been popular back in the Midwest. (Esp with the Beatles becoming huge in the American market.) Psychedelic wasn't all that big back in the midwest. Huge when I finally got to California in early 66.

"Were you listing to Boss Radio (Rock and Roll) in the 60's?" WLS out of Chicago & WSM out of Nashville. Dick Biondi was a crazy DJ on WLS back in the 60's. Screaming, always screaming. Huge audience. Used to call himself the "wild I-tralian." First DJ in the country to introduce the Beatles. Several others as well. Remember he held a contest, which did the audience think would be the bigger hit, the "Beatles" Please, Please Me, or a song (forget which) by the "Peanut Butter Conspiracy." (Care to guess who won?) That was the first time Americans ever heard the Beatles. Anyway, I remember that night (for certain other reasons.) That was right after a basketball sectional game, back in 63. (H.S. Basketball - Indiana.) He got fired after he cracked the joke "guess what new game they're playing in Washington? Its called Jack-in-the-box." (Jackie Kennedy just announced that she was pregnant.) They cut to commercial and when they came back, he was gone. That was the night the music died. (At least on AM radio ... Dick Biondi was as big a celebrity as we had in the Midwest. And we'd pretty much forgotten Buddy Holly by then.) .

IThat's a bad sign. The water pump is leaking and he should NOT DRIVE THE CAR. It will cause damage. Get it serviced immediately. I'm going to have my 09 MKX changed at around ~150—175k for preventive maintenance. At that time, will also have everything else that fails replaced as well, ie, timing chain and guides, cam phasers (not a common failure on naturally aspirated 350's, but why chance it), spark plugs, coil boots, PVC, etc. On the fence over also changing the injectors and coils. Motorcraft parts only, of course.

On my car, the shark fin serves two functions (that I'm aware of), one section serves the Siris Radio reception and the other is for GPS. My car has a separate antenna for AM/FM. In driving later year's Edge models (loaners) I dis notice much poorer reception (rural in my area. Only able to listen to three (local) stations. Others were extremely poor. Even on my MKX, reception is still iffy. But then again, I never listen to AM anyway. Mostly Sirus Radio (probably 95%), CD's and DVD's, talking books recorded to the hard drive, or connected jump drives. In later models, I believe that it also connects to cell towers for modem service through the internet. (I've also read that it provides Bluetooth service as well.)

Yo, @FixOrRepairDaily100, you're responding to a post thats 10 years old. (Thats fifty years in forum years.)

"the radio should work as well as the AM radio in a 1969 Ford Mustang" Back in 1968. AM radio was still widely listened to. Today's it's considered as a last (distant) choice. Back in 69 your car used a 42" whip, sticking out of the front fender. Great place for reception. But it killed the looks of the car. So they relegated to antenna to a "that oughta be good nuf".

"Second - transmission flush quoted at $249. Third - Brake fluid flush $225 Fourth - serpentine belt $260" For reference, local Ford dealer near me charges $399.95 for transmission service (basically fluid exchange) & $299.95 for brake fluid exchange. (Which is the reason that I found a private mechanic to service my car with. Only uses OEM parts and checks everything before returning the car to me.) BTW, which engine do you have (that needs a new serpentine belt.) .

No. That much coolant in the oil will always turn it into a light brown milkshake. It's probably not the water pump. Most likely cause on a car that old is a hose has failed. Specifically, the first place I'd look is the lower radiator hose. Shouldn't be too hard to find. Refill the coolant, start the car so that the cooling system is pressurized and look under the engine for a dribble.