bigjerm
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- Joined
- Jul 3, 2009
- Messages
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- Location
- Huntington Beach,CA
- Vehicle Year
- 2001
- Make / Model
- ford
- Engine Size
- V6 4.0 SOHC
- Transmission
- Automatic
Over the last few months I've dumped a bunch of money into my truck(trans rebuilt, shocks, egr solenoid,egr sensor, plugs,wires,maf cleaned, throttle body serviced,tires)hoping that i would reach the end, but thinking about tapping out, as I'm worried the blown head is next, to go along with the new ball joints all around. I purchased this truck pretty blindly, and am finding out the hard way it was ran into the ground. I noticed a while back that the coolant in the reservoir is a little brownish, but in the radiator looks green, i've searched around and found that that is a bad sign of failing head gasket-true? Also, when i first changed the oil, the oil had serious mileage and was very sludgy and had some green sparkly specks in it, maybe a bit milky even, but the "neighborhood" mechanic tried to tell me it was just old. Now, the oil is pretty slick and normal looking, but I'm thinking it may be traveling up the dipstick. With the balljoint news, im about to count my losses and trade this sled in. Any info would be appreciated. thanks.