Screwed by Goodyear

[95GTNut]

What Goodyear has said is a possibility, albeit a remote one. In my experience, if coolant is entering a cylinder badly enough to cause a misfire, you should be able to see steam exit out of your tailpipes. Not to mention, you would be adding coolant at a pretty high rate to keep it at the full mark. I recently replaced an intake on a 1997 Lincoln Town car which has the same general style of intake as your car. The vehicle had a coolant leak by the upper radiator hose behind the alternator. To make a long story short, there was a 4 inch crack on the coolant passage as it was heading up to the thermostat. Thinking of the design of the intake, it would be very difficult for coolant to enter the engine through the intake as that passage is very well isolated from the intake port. By the way, the intake that I installed on the customer's car was an "updated" design, which incorporated an aluminum coolant passage instead of the stock plastic one, in effect reducing the possibility of the same problem happening again.

The best advice that I can give you from this point is to bring your car to a different shop for a second opinion. The shop you bring it to would charge a nominal diagnosis fee, and they would not have any reason to cover their previous repair, so the diagnosis would be unbiased. Try to find a shop that does "drivability" repairs, as they usually have the equipment and the technicians that are there to fix malfunctions instead of just performing maintenance. (No disrespect to Goodyear of course)

Good luck, just remember to keep in mind, that once this problem is taken care of, you'll get around 3,350 pounds and 225 horsepower of enjoyment out of your car.

Ron