Posted by Steve@Advance on September 15, 2017 at 20:59:48 from (66.169.147.211):
In Reply to: Ford 2000 Overheating posted by fredkotewa on September 15, 2017 at 13:17:49:
When the gauge was maxed all the way to the red, and the engine quit, what else was happening?
Was it blowing steam? Churning and boiling inside the radiator hose? Clattering, loss of power? A strange smell, unique to a hot engine?
Those are symptoms of an overheated engine, an engine heated to the point it quit running.
If those symptoms were there, you probably (now) have a blown head gasket or cracked head.
Head gasket, or cracked head problems can be magnified by a thermostat, as it helps trap steam and combustion gasses in the upper cooling chambers of the head.
Symptoms are mysterious coolant loss, blowing coolant out the radiator, even when the engine hasn't had time to come up to temp, misfire, steam out the exhaust, even on a warm day, liquid locked engine. Not all symptoms are necessary to indicate a problem.
But if it was showing to be over in the red, but was not blowing steam, or empty of coolant, it very well could be a defective gauge. Shoot the head with your infrared up around the thermostat area, spark plug area. That will give the critical temp areas. Avoid the manifolds and lower block areas.
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