oldmanina2003
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- January 13, 2014
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- City, State
- Middletown, OH
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2003 Explorer Limited
So my daughter-in-law calls me and said her temp gauge hit the red then droppped back to normal during the recent sub zero spell. She drove about 20miles on the xway then exited. It immediatly went back into the red and she drove another couple of miles before pulling over into a gas station. that is where I picked her up to take her on home. I drove the car to my house (better know as dads garage) about a mile down the road. the car had burped out most of the coolant in the reservoir so I toppeed it off. Started it up and brought it up to temp. No heat coming out of climate control. After several minutes I get aother big burp out of the reservoir. Blown head gasket? Did a compression test and found #3 cylinder (back passenger cylinder) had only 140 PSI while all others had 175 to 185 lbs. Also usd a hydrocarbon tester and it tested positive.Thinking about a top end rebuild. How hard is this to do in the vehicle? I understand the rear timing chain removal is a bear. Any stickies to help me out here or am i on my own.