The 2002 Ford Explorer that made me hate plastic intake manifolds forever

My buddy's 2002 Explorer blew its intake manifold at 78k miles on the highway near Atlanta. The plastic part actually cracked and dumped all the coolant out in under 2 minutes. How does a company charge $35k for a vehicle and use plastic where engine heat is a guarantee?

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jana_miller314h ago

uh the Crown Vic actually had a metal intake, not plastic

baker.riley11h ago

78k miles is honestly better than I got out of the one in my old beater Crown Vic. I went through three of those things before I just started carrying a spare in the trunk.