Recently, my sister gave me her old car listed above (SOHC) to repair it for her. The symptoms? White smoke, lack of acceleration and coolant all over the engine. I agreed even though I am not into Fords (especially the ones they make overseas). I ended up replacing the primitive melted fuse box, the radiator (which was clearly acting like a sprinkler cooling off the over heated engine, albeit, externally!), the bypass coolant line to the intake manifold and the idle bypass valve. I managed to refurbish the .99 cents four spark plugs after finding their holes drenched with coolant and also did few other repairs here and there. Now unto the engine: Is it good or bad? I drained the oil through the drainage plug and (as I expected) collected the heavy coolant and water mix in the first bucket and the muddy brown coffee-like syrup in the second. But when I flushed the crankcase with fresh oil, I collected about 4 ounces of chocolate milk. What do I do now? I know I am going to take it a part step by step replacing what needs to be replaced. But can it be cleaned out before I begin taking the engine a part? I plan to stop where the problem stops (if it is a head gasket, then that's all I plan to do for now, but if it is more like cracked cylinder head or block, then I will proceed). Please advise, especially concerning the contaminated engine and how to clean out this coolant and oil mix (just add fresh oil until all runs clear? or do I have to take it all apart and clean everything inside?)
Mar 10, 2020 at 12:37 AM
