1998 Ford E-Series Van

Club Wagon Standard Passenger Van

4.6L

Automatic

1FMRE1166WHA45192

Clear

Gasoline

My van is a 1998 Ford E-150 Club Wagon Chateau with a 4.6L V8 engine and approx 230k miles. I am the second owner and have had it since 2001. It has served my family very well over the 16yrs that I've used it. However, it needs major repairs and my family situation doesn't require a car such as this, so I am trying to sell it. The van is fully devalued and requires major repairs. Overall, it has an exhaust leak from the exhaust manifold on the passenger side. But it also has an internal coolant leak, which almost certainly requires the head gasket(s) to be changed. After receiving this diagnosis from my mechanic, I came to realize that it had been doing these things for quite some time, but the van still had run okay. In fact, it was doing these things during our vacation to OBX, but the van made it back and forth to our home 350+ miles away. The van does run and drive. With the exhaust leak it will not pass VA state inspection, otherwise I would still run it: as a spare car for when the kids are home from college, or when one of my others is in the shop, and the like. However, with the exhaust leak being at the manifold I figured that repair would be costly. Combine that with the internal coolant leak, and I've decided to sell it off. After being in my family for 16yrs and teaching 4 kids to learn how to drive on it, the van does have its fair share of dents and scrapes. Like I said, it is fully devalued. However, there is no rust on it, and the undercarraige is all clean. The interior isn't the cleanest, but there are no strange odors. The odometer quit working about 2yrs ago at 221k miles. Since the van doesn't see much usage, I would estimate another 8000 has accumulated since then. It currently has two trouble codes: P0133 (Bank 1 Oxygen sensor slow response) and P1131 (Lack of Upstream Heated Oxygen Sensor Switch Sensor Indicates Lean Bank 1). The passenger side is Bank 1. A quick internet search says these codes can be caused by an exhaust leak (for the P0133) and a faulty oxygen sensor or vacuum leak (for the P1131). This makes perfect sense with the exhaust leak coming from the passenger side exhaust manifold. I have included a close up picture of the exhaust manifold, and you can see the nut have backed off the stud which bolts up the manifold to the head. The trouble codes also may indicate that the internal coolant leak is coming from Bank 1. The internal coolant leak is a bad head gasket, however the oil is clean: the coolant leak does not contaminate the engine oil. It currently has 4 junk tires on it, but I have 4 brand new ones that will be included in the sale, should the winning bid be over $400. The van is located near Front Royal, VA 22630. On Feb-21-17 at 05:04:06 PST, seller added the following information: 02/21/17: I added some pictures of the outside. I also have the way-back bench seat, which makes for a total seating of 11. I also have a new passenger side front fender to give with the van. The 4th junk tire has a slow leak, so I will put on the spare so you can drive the van home. I have a complete diary of all the maintenance that I have done on the van. It has brand new shocks, good brakes, doesn't leak a drop of any fluid. (exception being the internal coolant leak previously discussed.) With some care and planning, I think the van could be driven home to a distance of a few hundred miles. Thanks. On Feb-24-17 at 15:32:40 PST, seller added the following information: 02/24/17: Someone asked a question regarding the vehicle title. Here are the details: I have clear title to the vehicle, to mean a physical copy of the title paper itself. There is space for me to sign it over to the buyer. With our two signatures affixed, I believe it also might serve as a very temporary registration. However, be advised I will remove the VA license plates since I must turn them in to DMV. Most states will give a super-temporary set of paper tags (usually good for 14 days) to allow you to drive it home. My suggestion to any buyer would be to obtain these tags, that way when you come pick up the van you can drive it home without any worry of that type. On Feb-24-17 at 18:41:24 PST, seller added the following information: Someone had asked about the emissions control information: So I took a picture of the sticker under the hood that has this info. Hopefully, this answers the question.