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Re: Gotta 1998 ford winstar mini van today, Very clean 86,000 miles,,,,,, 

By: monkeytrots in POPE IV | Recommend this post (1)
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Good Point on the warped head, Micro - and that one can be sneaky, because warped heads cause blown head gaskets. Simply replacing the gasket doesn't get the job done - although one thinks it might. It might hold for a while (for the unscrupulous, not Nemo) but will give out again fairly quickly (a few thousand miles at most).

Unfortunately - overheating an engine badly enough to warp a head is almost always going to cause much more damage than just the head - rings, bearings, cylinder walls take a big whack also - even the water pump takes a shellacing. Water in the oil also causes extennsive damage- especially the anti-corrosives in the water .... and the antifreeze.




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Re: Gotta 1998 ford winstar mini van today, Very clean 86,000 miles,,,,,,
By: micro
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Sun, 03 Sep 17 6:59 PM
Msg. 32992 of 47202

Professor,

you forgot the other possibility that you have a warped head(s) from overheating.

More serious, but needing same outcome is the cracked ones. BOTH require replacing period.

BUT, there are salvage yards and that vehicle's engine well may likely be readily available.

I would get another head and take to a machine shop and have it ground. Replace the usual parts while at it with new and then you have a perfectly good as new head..

Go from there.

JMO,

micro....


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