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Alright recently replaced head and intake gaskets trucks back together timing isn't completely right but truck starts and runs but before I put radiator back in upon first startup truck would smoke really bad from the intake and hose that connects oil and airfilter when I replaced head the left front and back cylinders had coolant laying on top could it possibly be the coolant burning off completely or could it be because coolant system wasn't hooked up I just started it fir a second to make sure everything was back together correctly any help would be greatly appreciated.
Yes, after sitting there will be water condensed on most parts inside the engine, and they get HOT fast after startup, and thats the white "smoke", water vapor
You can run the engine without coolant(but WITH OIL!!!) for up to 1 minute if you want
Well I think the white smokes the least of my worries now I got radiator back in and started filling it up and now it's running out exhaust while I fill it checked oil and it's full of coolant Im pretty sure it's the same eason my 4.0 blew up
Tell me again how many quarts of oil does a ranger hold oh yeah roughly 5 quarts looks like I'm in for a real treat took almost a minute for the oil to start flowing out of the drain I have everything to do ab oil change and planned on doing it today but didn't plan on it turning out this way thank God I love this 5spd turd or it would've been on a ride through the cornfield
No probably should've I'm about ready to pull head again when I pulled driver's front spark it was flooded with milky oil abd started running out a little the other 2 plugs were damp but no oil was at plugs like the first one had so next questions what's best way to flush motor can I run oil through it and drain it and change filter again and see a second thing of oil and filter or should I buy engine flush and what's best way to test head
You keep saying "head" this is a V6 engine correct?
so you are pulling off BOTH heads, you need to, you can't service just one head on this type of vehicle
This is a V6 sub-forum
Top head gasket is the old one I don't see anything really wrong with it the lower one is my new one and it's destoryed so looks like felpro is going to be replacing it
Last edited by Repoboss; Jul 30, 2020 at 04:37 PM.
Alright thanks I'm going to be getting new gaskets again tommorow and trying again abd I cleaned where the gasket sits but maybe I missed some or over torqued
There is no way that block could look that bad, from being properly cleaned, re-assembled, ran for just a few minutes, and taken apart.
How long has that engine been sitting without heads on it ?
The surface where the gasket goes should be shiny new looking like this, on the block and head or you are just wasting time and money.
And you really need to get the heads pressure checked and checked for flatness.
