The car is on its second engine. The one with cracked heads lasted only 15 months, making me reluctant to pay for another replacement engine. My mechanic thinks its time ti sell it fr scrap and lok for an older sed car with low miles (like from an older person who has given up driving). I wondered if anyone had luck trying to repair cracked heads on this type of engine. Thanks
You can purchased a used head on car-parts.com
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Yes, unfortunately it sounds like you have a blown head gasket. You can check your oil dipstick to see if there is any water in the oil and also check your coolant to see if there is any oil in the coolant. If so then you have a blown head gasket. The problem can only be resolved by having the heads machined and replacing the gaskets.
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Previous to 2000 Ford had a cylinder head gasket problem with some of the v6 engines failing at two cylinders at opposite corners of engine (don't know what engineyou have) They supposedly corrected that, but I'm not sure how well the correction worked. I doubt if the cylinder head is cracked but if some amount of compression is getting into cooling system it's possible that it may give you strange sensor readings. When testing, it's also possible that some air escaped and returned everything to "normal" ('till it builds up again).
At this point, I would get a second opinion on this. As well as a comprehensive computer scan, have someone do a radiator hydrocarbon test...that will reveal any compression in cooling system from gasket or any other source. (Don't mention that it was checked before, just say what originally happened so objective testing will be done.)
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check to see if cooling fans are working. if not replace fans or fan sensor. check oil. if there is coolant in the oil, you may have a cracked head or a defective head gasket.
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Acheep way to find out is had some power punch to the oil buy a quart for 6 bucks drain a quart of oil and put it in it the light does not xome on then it's fixed. if it still comes on check the pressuere sending unit it could be defective to.
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.0L Torque Specs Belhousing to engine bolts 28-38 ft/lbs Camshaft sprocket bolt 40-45 ft/lbs Camshaft thrust plate to engine block bolts 108-144 in/lbs Crankshaft pulley to vibration damper bolts 35-50 ft/lbs Cylinder head bolts -1979-1992 --Step 1 55-65 ft/lbs --Step 2 65-72 ft/lbs -1993-up --Step 1 25-35 ft/lbs --Step 2 45-55 ft/lbs --Step 3 75-85 ft/lbs Differential shaft lock bolt 15-30 ft/lbs Driveshaft U-joint to pinion flange bolts 70-95 ft/lbs Exhaust manifold bolts 26-32 ft/lbs Flywheel mounting bolts 75-85 ft/lbs Front engine mount nuts 72-98 ft/lbs Intake manifold to head bolts --Step 1 96 in/lbs --Step 2 16ft/lbs --Step 3 23-25 ft/lbs Intake manifold (upper intake to lower) 12-18 ft/lbs Oil filter insert to engine block adapter bolt 20-30 ft/lbs Oil pan mounting bolts -1979 --Step 1 (Large bolts) 11-13 ft/lbs --Step 1 (Short bolts) 7-9 ft/lbs --Step 2 (Large Bolts) 15-17 ft/lbs --Step 2 (Short Bolts) 10-12 ft/lbs -1980 to 1987 9-11 ft/lbs -1988 to 1993 6-9 ft/lbs -1994-up 110-144 in/lbs Oil pickup tube to main bearing cap nut 22-32 ft/lbs Oil pickup tube to oil pump bolts -1979 to 1987 10-15 ft/lbs -1988-up 12-18 ft/lbs Oil pump mounting bolts 22-32 ft/lbs Pinion bearing preload 8-14 in/lbs Pressure plate to flywheel bolts 12-24 ft/lbs Rocker arm fulcrm bolts 18-25 ft/lbs Spark plugs 7-14 ft/lbs Timing chain cover bolts 12-18 ft/lbs Vibration damper to crackshaft bolt 110-130 ft/lbs Wheel lug nuts 85-105 ft/lbs
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