(I have bitten the "proud" bullet, I can't believe I didn't catch this sooner) but anyway,
I can say this, I got the car last October, did not drive a whole lot during winter, so basically for six months it could have been - it was - low on coolant. I think I might have driven 5K miles? The temp outside has been cool, so I think that helped.
Just talked to the Ford guy working on the car, he says everything on the cooling system looks good, no bubbles, - keeping in mind this is the same place to sell the car withouit the overflow bottle to begin with. They did say distributor might be messed up, gear and stator, or something? I am thinking the dist. alters timing, so a new one might cure the pinging if it is realted to timing?
I installed new thermostat last weekend (- stock 195*).
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