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Re: '97 Mercury Sable coolant leak coming from under...
After you run the car for a while do you see that the oil on your dip stick looks milky? if so the leak is getting into the oil. If so this may be a blown head gasket.
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First off you are going to need a engine or a full rebuild if the temp gauge redlined.. The cause could be numerous things but if it was steaming from the back of the motor then it's either heater core hose busted or blown freeze plug.
Generally speaking, you can run the engine with or without the heater connected and it should make no difference in cooling the engine. I wonder if the engine is actually running above 220 degrees. Do you know where the steam or smoke is coming from ? It could be a leak rather than actual overheating.
The Engine Temp. sensor is bad. it is under the intake manifold. if there is a miss also check under the coils over the spark plugs. If there is Coolant in the spark plug holes .then the intake gasket is leaking. The intake manifold needs to come off to change the coolant sensor. When off look for corrosion on the cylinder head at the coolant port. If there is corrsion then the cylinder head must be replaced.
check top radiator hose goes to thermostat housing sound like its leaking if your engine leaking from left driver side on top of engine it has to be top radiator thermostat hose leaking.wait until engine cool down replace top radiator hose see if coolant leaking still occur if so you could have radiator leak.
Check the thermostat. The temperature sender is to the right of the thermostat and if the thermostat doesn't open the hot coolant from the block won't be flowing to the sender/gauge showing it is overheating. The thermostat is at the end of the top radiator hose where it enters the engine. Check the wires to the sender to make sure they are connected. Flush the coolant and heater core at the firewall connections as it may become clogged.
The clicking noise is the motor for the "blend door". The heater core and the air conditioning side share the same ducting. When you move the knob a small motor moves the door letting the respective hot or cool flow happen. The heater core is probably blocked. The engineers at Ford have the coolant hoses bypassing the core with a WYE at the firewall. The coolant takes the path of least resistance and stops FLUSHING the heater core and it eventually clogs.
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