borjawil
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- 1994
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- Ford
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94 4.0L 216k miles.
Was burning coolant, Then found coolant mixed with oil. Flushed coolant system. changed oil. Replaced driver side head gasket and all three intake gaskets. Put black rtv around coolant passages. replaced head bolts. After this no more coolant burning until now. Maybe 1k miles if that.
Burning coolant again. reused lower gasket but applied more rtv than last time. replace upper 2 gaskets. Not seeing coolant on dipstick, heat gauge goes to 1/4" from red mark. Burning coolant still i believe - white smoke/coolant smell.
Performed compression test- all pugs removed. driver side 120, pass side 130/140.
So my question is, how do I determine if its my lower intake gasket, cracked head, or head gasket? When tightening lower intake bolts to 15-18ft pounds I can easily keep turning the bolts further, as in, they don't feel like they are bottoming out (they are not stripped).
Was burning coolant, Then found coolant mixed with oil. Flushed coolant system. changed oil. Replaced driver side head gasket and all three intake gaskets. Put black rtv around coolant passages. replaced head bolts. After this no more coolant burning until now. Maybe 1k miles if that.
Burning coolant again. reused lower gasket but applied more rtv than last time. replace upper 2 gaskets. Not seeing coolant on dipstick, heat gauge goes to 1/4" from red mark. Burning coolant still i believe - white smoke/coolant smell.
Performed compression test- all pugs removed. driver side 120, pass side 130/140.
So my question is, how do I determine if its my lower intake gasket, cracked head, or head gasket? When tightening lower intake bolts to 15-18ft pounds I can easily keep turning the bolts further, as in, they don't feel like they are bottoming out (they are not stripped).