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10-12-2001, 09:18 PM | #1 |
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Damaged heads or blown head gasket
Anti freeze spews out the top of the radiator when the car reaches operating temperature, its missing like crazy, and a white like smoke comes out one of the tail pipes while the other one emits nothing. Well it is a 96, and I did change the thermostat(unfortunately didn't solve the problem). The weird thing is that the problem came about during regular commuting, not drag racin'or things of that nature. The car is nos equiped, but I haven't sprayed the funny stuff in 8 months or driven the car hard in at least half a year prior to this present problem. Like yall advised I checked the dipstick and didn't have any residue on it other than oil. Thanks for the insight!
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10-12-2001, 09:50 PM | #2 |
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what year is it? i dont know if you have had a mechanic look at it or , not it could be a bad thermostat , also i dont know if you have done this also ,pull your oil dipstick out ,if it has a milk like look then you do have a blown head gasket or worse if not then you have a stuck thermostat & fuel/ air mixture problem. ask pkrwud i am mainly a diesel mech , hope this help's. bye -marty
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10-13-2001, 01:16 PM | #3 |
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You have a bad headgasket, DO NOT DRIVE CAR. If the cylinder that has the crack in gasket fills with water you will destroy something when the cylinder hydro-locks. Remember water cant be compressed. Weakest link will break and it may be a rod, crank or cylinder wall.
White smoke = coolent leak into a cylinder Blue smoke = oil being burnt off Blackish smoke = rich fuel seeting or other fuel related problem. |
10-14-2001, 11:22 AM | #4 |
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Yes it does sound like a bad headgasket, but if your car is a 96-98 it might be the intake manifold. If that is the case Ford will fix it for free. Ares is right though, at any rate you definately should not be driving the car.
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10-15-2001, 08:50 AM | #5 |
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I would bet it is a head gasket. From the way you described it. It is a common problem on the 96-98. I have had several friends with those year cobras have this problem.
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