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pattypat Mar 23, 2008 10:52 PM

Head gasket Blown??? Help
 
ok so i got a 2000 ford ranger 3.0 manual trans
The problem is rough idle no power white smoke coming out of exhaust
disappearing coolant coolant resivor bubbling any help i think i may have a blown head gasket or maybe a cracked head any ideas also how hard is it to change a head gasket and what does a shop charge any help ??? thanks

Downey Mar 24, 2008 05:29 AM

a shop is guna charge you up wards of 500 bucks to do the work

mossyoak03 Mar 24, 2008 06:27 AM

sounds like a blown head gasket to me do you have water coming out of your tail pipe?

vansnxtweek Mar 24, 2008 07:07 AM

Heck the shop I checked with told me 1200...I hope you can find it for a less cost..that does sound like a head gasket though

mossyoak03 Mar 24, 2008 07:13 AM


Originally Posted by vansnxtweek (Post 910629)
Heck the shop I checked with told me 1200...I hope you can find it for a less cost..that does sound like a head gasket though

ya we get screwed in this state

vansnxtweek Mar 24, 2008 07:25 AM

^^ya tell me about it!!

AndyRanger1 Mar 24, 2008 07:29 AM

sounds like it!! i did that to mine,,, the cost it 800,, have fun sorry

Fredness Mar 24, 2008 09:49 AM

Not a difficult job to repair, the trick is finding out WHY it blew the head gaskets in the first place, so it doesn't happen again!

pattypat Mar 24, 2008 08:46 PM

thanks for info guys

kyledm18 Mar 24, 2008 09:34 PM

hah, mine did that with a bad t-stat..

Biz Mar 24, 2008 11:06 PM

yeah cost 750 at a mom and pops shop over in cali,good luck..sounds like a bad head gasket to me.But get it checked by more then 1 shop to make sure its the problem b4 u pay some cockface to do the work and its not even the problem


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