NEED HELP PLEASE!
#1
NEED HELP PLEASE!
okay, so... i have a 96 3.8L mustang and it has been parked for a little over 2 months. I had parked it because the rad fan went and after that it wouldnt cool down obviously. so i just started it up to make sure it would run, which it did and i noticed it had a very distinct sour sweet smell coming off of it. i believe it was coming from the exhaust however i am un sure. after running if for about 5 minutes i turned it off and left the garage. when i came back the garage reeked of this smell and still does when you walk in there it has been like a week. the temp gage goes up and up and up. the heater blows cold air as well. not sure what is going on here. im fairly technically savvy and my neighbour is a mechanic so i wanna know what the problem may be and also if and or what i can do to fix it. thanks! i appreciate any help on this.
#2
I'm not the most tech savy either, but it sounds like you have a bad head gasket. You have coolant getting into the combustion chamber and burning with the fuel, thus the sweet smell. There are kits (test strips) that you can buy from the parts stores to test for hydrocarbons in the coolant.
Or it might be an intake gasket leaking, but I'm not familiar with the 3.8's.
Or it might be an intake gasket leaking, but I'm not familiar with the 3.8's.
#5
dang
I'm not the most tech savy either, but it sounds like you have a bad head gasket. You have coolant getting into the combustion chamber and burning with the fuel, thus the sweet smell. There are kits (test strips) that you can buy from the parts stores to test for hydrocarbons in the coolant.
Or it might be an intake gasket leaking, but I'm not familiar with the 3.8's.
Or it might be an intake gasket leaking, but I'm not familiar with the 3.8's.
#7
hmm
really? hmm. if so, then do i just replace it myself or should i try and contact ford in some way? its been quite a long time haha