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After a head gasket replacement, my truck's got a bad shudder at low RPMs. It seems to do okay once it's moving, but it's damned rough when just taking off. It's fluids are holding nicely, and it starts right up and doesn't stall, just sounds like crap and shakes the truck if it's in gear and...

Blown head gasket, and it looks like one of my heads isn't true anymore, so I'm going to have it milled. I want to boost my compression a bit, but don't want to go too far. How much should I have them mill off? -Dirk R

So I'm doing the head gaskets. Does anyone know if there are water passages in the intake manifold on the 3.0? If so, could that cause the 'wet spark plug' issues I was seeing? If so, will it be evident that the intake manifold's the problem during disassembly? OR, if I've gone as far as...

So, looks like the overheat blew a head gasket. No water in the oil or vise verse, but there's water on my plugs. I could repair it, do a PnP and roller rockers while the heads are off . . . maybe exhaust and an intake spacer. Or should I find a Crown Vic or 5.0 Mustang of the same year and...

1992 3.0 with an automatic. It overheated. The water was empty. Bone dry. Just bought the truck, so no idea if it was already like that. Ran great util just now. Hadn't had time yet to give it the once over. Rookie mistake. The truck overheated, and wouldn't start for about two hours, then it...