Re: All GM-V engines look!
 

Speaking of Fords, my 2000 Mercury (FORD) Sable with 103,000m is in the shop for a blown head gasket, and upon removal of the heads, both of them were supposedly found to be cracked.

A few weeks ago it started going clankety clank at start up and then a few minutes after driving it would stop.
It had been setting the check engine light off since 100,000m.
Check engine read out revealed several times: misfire cylinder 1
After the check engine light was reset, it would some times would take a week to come back on or just a few hours.

I replaced wires and spark plugs, still did not solve problems.

It had been eating coolant practically since I purchased it a little over seven months ago. During those seven months it probably went through 2-3 jugs of coolant. I figured I just had a very small leak somewhere, now I know the problem was more serious.

It ran like a champion until the check engine light started coming on. When the check engine light was on it just seemed to shake a little bit, which I just figured was the misfiring problem.

I have never over heated the engine and now I think the seller of the car knew that something was wrong... :mad:

As time went on, it also seemed to progressively use up more coolant.

So I am now expecting a gigantic repair bill.