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    97 mustang head gasket problem maybe?

    V6 94-95 are known to have this problem. Looking at mustang message boards '96 to '98 are prone to it as well. From my own experience with a V6 '95 model, a blown head gasket means thick "milky" engine oil, misfire in one or several cylinders, overheating engine. If this condition lasts for...
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    Blown Head Gasket and Cylinder Head Problem

    wmburns, Aeroman - thanks! Your advice really helped me with it. Thermostat. When changing the head gaskets, I thought it would be a good idea to have a look at the thermostat. I removed the bolts and detached the pipe and... found no thermostat inside :shock: The previous owner may have...
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    Blown Head Gasket and Cylinder Head Problem

    Thank you guys all for your replies. If anybody is interested, here is the latest: It took me a while to find some time to continue the work. I took both heads to a machine shop. The passenger side could have been re-manufactured but I didn't like the price. They quoted something like $ 100...
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    Blown Head Gasket and Cylinder Head Problem

    Thanks for replying, wmburns. Well, to give a little of background,Ii bought the car 5 years ago. Three years later, it blew the gasket for the first time (at least when I had it). I took it to a garage and got it repaired without going into details what the guy was doing and how. Now I realize...
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    Blown Head Gasket and Cylinder Head Problem

    I took off my cylinder heads this morning to replace a suspected blown gasket on the passenger side. These are my finding after removal: 1. No issues on the driver's side, i.e. the head gasket is in good shape with no signs of leakages, the cylinders and the spark plugs look clean. 2...