Glad to see the Probe is finally coming along, it’s definitely one of my favorite cars in your garage

A stuck thermostat will definitely cause overheating, the coolant is not circulating. Glad it wasn't the radiator being clogged. The torn intake hose will cause a vacuum leak & piss off the computer's air/fuel mixture & the idle. Seems like all is tracking. Happy for the Probe! I wonder what an OBD scan would show regarding the check engine light? A 97 should have access. Hard to work on, yes. But that would make saving the car more notable because it's human nature to simply give up on those cars to extinction.

MOOORE ABOUT PROBE

As a MX-6 owner this makes me so happy! Also a little scared because I was hoping to do some minor work on my V6...

Nice video. I love the honesty in your mechanical skills. That’s hard to come by on KZfaq. You’ve got to name that one Grimace.

Take care of that car and it will take care of you. I love probes this is definitely my favorite car in your garage!

Just a logistical comment, It's called Boysenberry! Glad you got it going, the way the video evolved I thought you were going to give up. Glad you fixed the boots even if you used gaffers tape and not duct tape. :)

This channel deserves more subs. Love the multiple camera angles and setups. Very seamless especially for just being one person doing everything. Love the content!

Thanks again for the great vid! Love to see someone else with a Probe GT, even better to have it on KZfaq! :)

I'm always so happy to see another Ford Probe put back on the road again and your progress is definitely moving forward nicely

I bet Tyler from Hoovies garage would have a bonner with this P- GT. Good job and congratulations, keep us posted 👊

got my black one from some lawyer in 2000....made so many sweet mods thanks to my friends at Probetalk.....

Another great video, this channel definitely deserves more subs!

Nice job! Always loved gen II Ford Probe GTs.

Love your videos man, the editing is great lmao. Keep them videos coming!

Currently restoring a 93 GT. Your doing great.. these cars might be hard to work on but they love to keep going.

Excellent video! Thanks for the content. I enjoy your channel! Brings back old memories.

I had one of these back in the day. It had the best driver's seat I've ever had. I love the sound it makes.

Im Glad you got her running. Awesome content 👍👍

I'm thinking of getting one of these in the future, there such cool cars. Love the videos bro, you just got a new subscriber 👍

Super awesome progress on the Probie! Great that she's being returned to the road again instead of becoming soda cans. Great save!!!

Love that engine - I had one in my Mazda 626 GT. I now have a 2002 Volvo S80 2.4 - took me less than 1 hr to change water pump, cam belt & tensioner ( didn't even have to remove the engine mount or crank pulley ) :)

Can’t get over the dream catcher. Haha. I think this car will end up being a beauty.

I had a first gen 1989 Ford Probe, put about 275,000 km on it. Hope to see what all you can fix on it, you brought back many great memories.

I've own 2 Ford Probes. I had a 1991 LX and a 2004 SE. Loved both cars and been looking for another one.

Very satisfying video to watch. Thanks for saving another one.

It's such a cool looking car, I love the way it looks at night with the pop up headlights.

Getting close. Makes me smile.

Great job, keep us updated.

Seeing those icy blue gauges brought back so many memories. My first new car was a '93 Probe GT. Still miss that car! Awesome video.

There are tricks to working on these cars. Once you have them figured out they are pretty easy to work on, except for the rust. It is easier for me to access the timing belt and water pump by removing the alternator and power steering belt brackets then remove timing belt and w.p. through RF wheel well. Idle and stalling issues as you correctly guessed are usually caused by vacuum leaks. These cars are really sensitive to vacuum leaks and small ones that dont cause drivability issues can still cause check engine codes. Larger ones, as you saw, cause stalling and fluctuating idle. Pull out the dip stick with the engine on, then the oil cap and you will see what I mean.

I love these cars, I had 2 of them. The GT 5 speed was really fun, they maneuvered so great

great video, your cars bring back a flood of memories

Dang, that was HARD WON! Congrats on real progress!

I had one of these in the 90's and I could spin the front tires 1st-3rd gear..just a chirp in 3rd. But I loved it

I owned a red 89 GT, a teal 93 GT, and a dark green 97 GT. Bought them all new, so never had to do that kind of maintenance to them. Loved all 3 of them.

that probe GT was my child hood dream car... I drive X5Ms and high end vettes today, but still, this is the car that started it all for me.

Amazing work. Love this thing. 💜

Brings back awesome memories of my 93 GT. That was the most fun car to drive I've ever owned! But when it got some miles on it, I quickly found out it was a beast to work on, LOL!

This would be a great car for your kids to drive to school. I had one and I loved it still looks good for its age

Former 94 probe gt owner here. I love u. Ha! Oh yeah, New subscriber!!

Finally subbed after enjoying all the vids I’ve watched so far. What’s so funny is the Ford Duratec V6 which came after this engine has the same problem as far as difficulty/expense related to changing a water pump. Good luck with the car though!

Glad you got it fixed. The M.A.P sensor that is in the duct and when air gets into that area the car runs bad. By you using duct tape you made it sealed system again hence it works like it should. Great job on it buddy. I love the color and the car. Enjoy it and make more videos 👍👍

This ford probe is what got me into your channel and I have to say I really love your content! I hope you continue buying and selling cheap cars! Please more videos on the Ford Probe!

This was my first car, but in red. Still have dreams about it.

This was my favorite car when this body style came out and I love the color. It deserves to be restored.

Love to see someone taking care of a probe. I would love to find a probe again but just dont have the icome to save one

Good to see her get fixed, they're a lot and I mean A LOT faster when they're in the right room range, fun fact they have an obscenely high redline, in fact they tend to still build power up to 10,500 RPM but Mazda tuned the ecu down because yeah we tend to be an irresponsible lot

Great to see a period piece dream catcher.

thank the lord you started making ford probe videos :D keep them coming :D i both a 1996 2.0 16v probe 2 weeks ago XD probably needs a timing belt and water pump replacement cuz it has been sitting in a garage since 2013 . 1500$ but zero scratches and 120k miles on the clock , hop i do not regret it XD

Back in '88 I was crazy about the new Probe. I walked up to them when they were parked, and I thought that I would buy one if I won the lotto. Having one of those cars fully restored with some of the 80s accessories like an Oakley decal for the windshield and louvers for the back window would make a for a great car to drive to Radwood.

Finally! It Is the best feeling, fix a car that was broken

Cool 😀 My sister had a dark Burgandy 1989 Ford Probe, automattic 4 cylinder. It looked cool, was fun to drive 😀

Great buy on a V6 sports car and with some serious paint correction it could look great too

Have fun buddy lol...I’ve owned my 96 gt probe for 18 years...it’s a constant work in progress. But! these cars are still awesome.

DOOD those Probe GT's are wicked fun. I still have one..and have had 3 others before this one. Mines got a short throw shifter..Full open exhaust..headers..test pipe..Borla exhaust..Cold air intake..and I drive the F out of it still U wont regret putting all those things I mentioned on it..Njoy man..Highly under rated cars! Drive in the happy 3k to 5k rpm range..that things a torque monster when the engines running well..also btw.. 2700 pounds..its LITE!

Thank you for saving that car

Those pop-up headlights though.... beautiful.

My dad had a ford probe gt but eventually something was wrong with the transmission & left it at the junkyard😔 hopefully I can find one for the low & build on it

damn, pop up headlights were so cool.

You're doing great!

Styling looks very similar to my 94 firebird, the popup headlights look near identical Also mines a v6 with a 5 speed manual, only issue is it being a rwd half of its under the windsheild cowl so the rear 2 spark plugs are a pain to get to.

Probe veteran here, I got 3 of these in various levels of trims. The V6 timing belt is not engine out but damn is it easy with the engine out. You need to sort the CEL I'm betting on downstream o2s. If it has a Diagnostic port under the hood, use a paperclip to jump TEN and GND and count the flashes, then report back. Im building a 93 GT for track, mine has a KLZE with bolt-ons and Megasquirt and might give your 944 Turbo a run for its money by the time Im done with it. These are very underrated cars and respond well to modification, but I'd keep yours for a daily.

I loved my '94 Probe GT, had quite a lot of fun in that car. And back in the '90s it was still "fast." heh

Just a heads up, the torn intake boot from the air filter housing to the throttle body is considered a visual fail if you get it smog tested in California.

I had a 93 I thought the same thing and actually that car is relatively easy to work on but you have to read the book and you have to do the moves as they are instructed in the book

Keep the plastic undertray off til it works, or leave it off for 5 min belts and just turn the steering wheel full right instead of taking the wheel off lol. Shift at 7k. Exhaust can make a little extra power. Complete system $400 ish Headers are $120 on ebay and only 3hp off the most expensive headers ever. Headers - Hi-flow cat- 2.5" pipe and bends - Magnaflow muffler performance Muffler. Glad you didn't quit on it!

I swear that’s a good deal I been hunting one of those for about that price range ! They are harder to find these days ! When I was 16 those were very fast to us ! Lol great buy / find I would drive it for sure !!!

I have 1996 2.0 ECP FP, thx to Your vid bout Your 2.5 You've got another viewer (sub!) BTW this car is great, made engine overhaul last year and it works like a charm... Good job revivng Yours!

Check the small hoses around the intake. Some are coolant and are prone to cracking. IAC like to clog as well

Was actually watching another video. Saw this. Clicked immediately.

I see a new Hello Road video, I give it a like! If anything, if the a/c works, put it on CL for $1500!

$400 in labor and they neglected to tighten the accessory belt and caused vacuum leaks by breaking your intake? Ouch... Glad to see the car get a second chance though!

My ford probe was 400us$and it does not run because of the crank shaft position sensor but hopefully we can get one from the scrapyard tomorrow

thought this was funny. I just did my first oil change on my 2004 suburban. no jack, special wrenches, nothing. Very very hard to squeeze under. you had the exact opposite experience lmao. Also named Ethan Btw. Good to see another 90's car on the road again!

They were nice looking cars. I don't know much about their performance level but I seriously doubt Ford really ever planned to replace the Mustang with the Probe. Looking forward to seeing it fully restored....

Man I miss my 98 gt. Had hotshot headers on it, that thing SCOOOTED. There's a lot of untapped power in the KL-06 but if you drop in a KLZE oh boy oh boy.

Ethan: you might be able to get a bit more oomph out of it by putting some injector cleaner in the tank. I put some in my mom's old van and it definitely helped.

The oil change was the only easy thing to do really on this car engine wise. The air filter was very tight to get in and out of the air box. It's best to unhook the clamp and hose off of the throttle body first. I'm glad you got it going. My '96 did not have that cover over the oil pan area etc. The flex pipe from the exhaust is so close to the oil filter that one time I burned the inside of my wrist because I touched it when doing the oil filter by accident. My skin turned white hot and then red. I still barely have the scar and it's crazy because it is the shape of Australia. LOL. Also your Probe should be OBDII. I'd be interested to see what the check engine light shows on a code reader. I'm sure you have one. Otherwise most of the auto parts stores will hook one up for you for free. It may have just thrown a code and not cleared yet when you maf sensor was getting bad air fuel readings before you taped up the hose.

I'm making Purple Rice. I like that colour.

Fords of that age all seemed to suffer from slow windows. Best method i found was to spray silicone lubricant into the window tracks ( the felt lined sealing strips, front and back of the door). These tended to dry out and if left too long can either cause the glass to come out of its mounting at the bottom or the motor to fail. Another issue with Fords of that time was the airbag light, invariable it is down to the seat belt pretensioner connector under the seats. The contacts oxidise and start throwing codes. Either clean with contact cleaner or just spray with WD40 and make and unmake the connection a couple of times. It comes up as an airbag light as it runs on the airbag control module. Looks good though , even if the clearcoat has gone on the paintwork.

90s Ford's never die.

I remember when those were new. That car should have some pep to it. I don't think you can compare it to your 944 but it should zip.

ALWAYS check your new t-stat in some hot water before installing. Sometimes they are bad out of the box.

I actually like the Probe. In this colour especially.

If I were you I would have replaced the timing belt hydraulic tensioner too. They are known to fail and when so, the motor will eventually start making a loud ugly rattle noise that can be easily mistaken for bad lifters or tappets. Also, the two auxiliary belt idler pulleys are prone to fail and make grinding noises. The lower one is easy to replace from the bottom of the car, but the upper one is more difficult as there is little space, as you have found. As for your running issues after the timing belt replacement: the first boot (from front air intake to air filter) is not important, as any air sucked there is measured by the airflow meter and air fuel ratio is properly adjusted. You could even remove that hose and it won't affect running (except for slightly hotter air being sucked from engine bay). However, leaks in the longer boot (from AFM to butterfly) are quite critical, as they fool mixture (the AFM doesn't realize if air is being sucked after it), so focus on that hose. You can repare it with RTV sealant or replace it by a new one (not cheap) from rockauto, etc. Vacuum leaks in this engine are common and they DO affect running. You can build a DIY smoke tester (watch kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gp9zd71q0duagqc.html) and put some smoke on the engine when stopped. I found some leaks this way. Don't expect the air filter box to seal well, though, but that's not important (again, because it's before the AFM).

I love this thing! Maybe instead of duct tape, do a cold air intake? It would give some more air to that peppy lil V6. Can’t wait to see how this lil aerodynamic grape turns out!!!

Stressful to watch, glad end result was fine. Yes. Buy new Air intake curved boot and fresh gas and will be as fast as a 944 non turbo, if not faster. Great news these rare excellent driving cars are starting to be snatched up and preserved. Do the paperclip jumper trick to get the check engine light codes. Could be part of the next video. Takes 5 minutes. Thank you. Keep the videos coming. Ps. I’m planning to post more probe videos also, just impossible to find a 5 speed replacement trans for the V6. Been off the road too long, since 2015.

I would recommend a compression and leakdown test, since it overheated so bad. Just to be safe. It's an open deck aluminum block with aluminum heads, they don't like to be overheated. The stalling and power could be the valve covers causing a vacuum leak, I had that issue. Keep it idling and remove the dipstick slightly, mine dropped a ton of rpms when I did that when I had a massive vacuum leak. I would say get a vacuum tester and see how much vacuum it has at idle, mine sits at around 20-22, I'm not sure what "spec" is though. You can also find that torn boot on eBay quite easily, I actually have a pretty new one I purchased maybe 4 years ago that was a direct replacement. When you get to the intake manifold/valve covers, there's going to be a terrible bolt behind the intake manifold, that attaches a set of solenoids to the engine block/intake manifold. I would remove this bolt once you feel it, and throw it in your toolbox. It's unnecessary and makes removal of the intake down the road very difficult. It's gonna be the last bolt you remove more than likely, it's a real pain to get to. I tossed mine at the side of my house with force cause it cost me hours and hours trying to remove it. Anyway, good luck! Thanks for saving it and doing this video series!

You have done the right thing to give some TLC to that car.

You should run a paper test on the VIRS system. Its Mazda version of Vtech.

I have a 94 ford probe and it keeps dying mid drive like it can’t breath any suggestions to why it is doing this?

Check the VRIS system some vids r on youtube...That may help the low power issue..

You got that probe unbelievably cheap and I know it has its problems and stuff but if you really think of it it's and amazing car for 300 dollars and is worth money in the future

Can you connect an error reader on this year of car ?

Yeah there's a handful of things that should have been done while you had it tore down harmonic balancer an oil pump they are good car when properly worked on

the brakes are common for binding with the ford probe making it feel super slow

That thing is fkin gorgeous... Imagine it getting a new paint/detailing...

Love the body style of that probe just to bad its a pain in the ass to work on...

all that work to replace the water pump and it was probably just the $5 thermostat. LOL