TheRacer02
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- Vehicle Year
- 1998
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Manual
So almost 3 years ago I purchased a 98 with a blown head gasket for $250....first weekend my wife and I swapped the head gasket. Found a decent crack in cylinder 1 at the time we didn't care(bought the truck to teach her how to drive stick....later fell in love with the truck and now my DD) ....finished the head gasket swap and threw some stop leak in the coolant. That was 3 years ago and I have been driving the truck daily in az heat with zero issues.
2 weeks ago I was doing an oil change and discovered my coolant res empty radiator was maybe 3/4 full. I wasn't surprised stop leak is wearing off and its leaking into cylinder 1 again.
What would you do?
Replace cylinder head with a reman and drive off happy
Or a full new long block?
Seeing long blocks avg 1700-3300
Reman heads 550 max?
2 weeks ago I was doing an oil change and discovered my coolant res empty radiator was maybe 3/4 full. I wasn't surprised stop leak is wearing off and its leaking into cylinder 1 again.
What would you do?
Replace cylinder head with a reman and drive off happy
Or a full new long block?
Seeing long blocks avg 1700-3300
Reman heads 550 max?