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herrbreit · 07-03-2009, 04:18 PM

i have a similar issue with a '96 pony . has a 2000 rebuilder engine in it and acts like a headgasket leak . no leaking under car of collant but smokes and loses coolant and runs hot

i started breakin it down and when i pulled the intake off i found the gasket set had failed on the water journals on both sides of front of block.

my question is ..... Would the failed gasket set cause the same symptoms as a head gasket failure????

would save me a load of time and money if i didnt have to break anything else down from here>>

thx in advance for any answers!!

07-03-2009, 04:18 PM	#25
herrbreit Join Date: Jul 2009 Vehicle: 1996 ford mustang/1972 ford mustang mach1 Location: oklahoma Posts: 11	i have a similar issue with a '96 pony . has a 2000 rebuilder engine in it and acts like a headgasket leak . no leaking under car of collant but smokes and loses coolant and runs hot i started breakin it down and when i pulled the intake off i found the gasket set had failed on the water journals on both sides of front of block. my question is ..... Would the failed gasket set cause the same symptoms as a head gasket failure???? would save me a load of time and money if i didnt have to break anything else down from here>> thx in advance for any answers!!