grandpaford
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My 93 explorer is currently on the skids. It overheated driving home from work one day, died at the traffic light. I added water to the radiator; let it sit a few minutes, and it started back up. I made it home slowly. It sat in the driveway for a week and then I started it again, and water from the radiator overflowed out of the...well, coolant overflow component.
I brought a mechanic by the house on the referral of a coworker. (The mechanic is his buddy).
I was hoping it might be a stuck thermostat. I cranked the engine then he told me to turn it off immediately, that my heads are blown. I asked how he could tell right away, and he said something about the pistons are pushing the coolant back out of the engine as a result of blown heads, that's why it was coming back out the overflow and radiator. He said he would need to rebuild the engine and replace the heads. He didn't hook up a code reader; which makes me think I might be being taken for the proverbial ride, as it were.
Any thoughts? How do you know if the head is blown?
To continue. I found another thread that said bubbling coolant is the symptom for blown heads. I had liquid actually overflowing out of the coolant overfill tank. It was kind of brown, but I'm uncertain if that is from radiator rust, or oil. I'm wondering if this means the same thing?
I just went out and turned her over. Definitely bubbling in the coolant overfill tank right away. It looks like that brown color is oil too.
On that note, is anyone interested in buying my grandpa's last Ford? 93 4door explorer. I'm in Austin, Texas.
I brought a mechanic by the house on the referral of a coworker. (The mechanic is his buddy).
I was hoping it might be a stuck thermostat. I cranked the engine then he told me to turn it off immediately, that my heads are blown. I asked how he could tell right away, and he said something about the pistons are pushing the coolant back out of the engine as a result of blown heads, that's why it was coming back out the overflow and radiator. He said he would need to rebuild the engine and replace the heads. He didn't hook up a code reader; which makes me think I might be being taken for the proverbial ride, as it were.
Any thoughts? How do you know if the head is blown?
To continue. I found another thread that said bubbling coolant is the symptom for blown heads. I had liquid actually overflowing out of the coolant overfill tank. It was kind of brown, but I'm uncertain if that is from radiator rust, or oil. I'm wondering if this means the same thing?
I just went out and turned her over. Definitely bubbling in the coolant overfill tank right away. It looks like that brown color is oil too.
On that note, is anyone interested in buying my grandpa's last Ford? 93 4door explorer. I'm in Austin, Texas.