Head gaskets
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From: Glenn dale md
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Hey everyone
I am feeling blue today. My excursion now has 254000 miles on it. It had 193000 when I originally did the head gaskets..
The gaskets are gone again. What happened you ask?
Well I don't know. One of those what came first the egg or the chicken.
I had a heater core connector break off near the fire wall. And then the truck overheated.
Could be that the connector broke due to a over pressurized cooling system from a small gasket leak or a old connector that finally gave and causing overheat and gasket failure.
never the less gonna take a few days and regroup.
but the good news is I got to 250000!!!. And there is no coolant in the oil. So maybe I could do the heads again and get another 50k?!!!
I am feeling blue today. My excursion now has 254000 miles on it. It had 193000 when I originally did the head gaskets..
The gaskets are gone again. What happened you ask?
Well I don't know. One of those what came first the egg or the chicken.
I had a heater core connector break off near the fire wall. And then the truck overheated.
Could be that the connector broke due to a over pressurized cooling system from a small gasket leak or a old connector that finally gave and causing overheat and gasket failure.
never the less gonna take a few days and regroup.
but the good news is I got to 250000!!!. And there is no coolant in the oil. So maybe I could do the heads again and get another 50k?!!!
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254000, I think it's time for a new long block. Mine had 220k on it, and suffered from a bad spark plug hole. So I decided give it a new engine. A tiny fraction of the cost of a new truck. Given that you can't get a new Ex and their values are beginning to spike it's well worth it. Consider that you've overheated that block twice now.
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It wasn't that difficult if you have some mechanical inclination.. label the parts and take pictures..
Also maybe you have a valve cover leak. Maybe start by retorqueing the valve cover bolts. Cleaning the block and rechecked for the leak. Also check your pvc hoses and connections.
how bad is the leak?? Maybe better to live with a leak then doing a head gasket job if ots a small leak.
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254000, I think it's time for a new long block. Mine had 220k on it, and suffered from a bad spark plug hole. So I decided give it a new engine. A tiny fraction of the cost of a new truck. Given that you can't get a new Ex and their values are beginning to spike it's well worth it. Consider that you've overheated that block twice now.
Yes I agree, on both points.. It is definitely time to do something about this 250000 plus motor.
I am exploring options..
And those options don't include giving up my ex. Which is still the best suv on the market.
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