BryanG
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- Joined
- Nov 8, 2015
- Messages
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- Points
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- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Transmission
- Automatic
My son's 2000 4.0 with 120k miles had a major malfunction. He was almost to work when the check gauge light came on, temp spiked to high and the motor started to hop. He was less than a block from work and managed to limp it to the parkinglot. I was assuming either a stuck thermostat or fluid leak. Got there and the overflow resivour was empty so I popped the radiator cap and it was bone dry. (We did a complete radiator flush and service before winter and all was good). I grabbed the oil dipstick and sure enough creamy milk all the way up. It's now at the mechanic shop since this is way out of my ability to fix. They hope to know this week if it is a blown head or something more catastrophic like a cracked block. Looking at big repair price tag!! Truck is in such good shape but if it's the motor do you put $4k into a truck worth $3500? He is very upset and the wait is killing us all.