head gasket problem

[justin snow]

just recently bought a 2000 for explorer and i am leaking from the head gasket i belive is there any option for repair except tearing the whole truck apart some kind or sealer maybe.

 

[James909]

You could try a bottle of head gasket sealer which goes in the coolant. Although I have no experience with these sealers they don't seem to have a very high success rate. I would personally never use these sealers, I would just tear it down and replace the gaskets. The only time I would personally use a sealer like that is if the car was my dd and was running really bad. Then I might use the treatment just to try to make the car usable until I could fix it the right way. So imo just replace the head gaskets and only use the sealer if you need to get another few months of driving out of the truck before the repair.

 

[Gator Jeff]

You could try a bottle of head gasket sealer which goes in the coolant. Although I have no experience with these sealers they don't seem to have a very high success rate. I would personally never use these sealers, I would just tear it down and replace the gaskets. The only time I would personally use a sealer like that is if the car was my dd and was running really bad. Then I might use the treatment just to try to make the car usable until I could fix it the right way. So imo just replace the head gaskets and only use the sealer if you need to get another few months of driving out of the truck before the repair.

And remember to put in the COOLANT! Some idiot pretty much destroyed his Miata's engine because he put it in the oil. There's a whoops thread if you want a link to the carnage.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! Check the head gasket bolts. I once had a major coolant leak on my 88 when a head gasket bolt broke for no apparent reason. The head snapped off, and luckily I had enough of the bolt left to grab, and remove. I replaced the bolt, and that was all it needed. I didn't even have to use any sealant.