just reciently the mustang i have wouldnt turn off because of the ignition switch, and during that it started to over heat and spewed almost all coolant out of its radiator cap and resivor. after i pulled the coil plug (extremely painful btw) i replaced the ignition switch and put coolant back into it feels like its running with almost no compression in its cylinders? what could be the culprit? Head gasket? valves? i need suggestions. a mechanic told me to replace the motor but i have nearly no money thanks to this economy

 

do a compression check on it and check your oil to make sure it isn't milky and also make sure you have no white smoke coming out of the tail pipe

 

Sounds like a head gasket or crack. OUCH, should have just pulled the fuel pump fuse.

 

Coil plug? you are a brave man! you coulda done a few diff things to turn it off that didnt involve pain. lol

Check your oil, and make sure it isnt milky like previously said, prob a headgasket if it over heated. Hopefully it didnt crack the block, how long did it run before you pulled the plug?(No pun intended)lol

 

i know but i had no idea what to do and i called a mechanic and thats what he said to do, it ****in sucked but i guess it saved it :/ it was running for a good 5-10minutes overheated thats just a guess tho i was frreaking out worried about my block cracking in half what do you mean by milky? theres no white smoke but i smell burning oil

 

the mechanic who told me to pull the plug said it was the crankcase but im not sure what the crankshaft would have to do with that

 

if it was running overheated for 10 min , gauranteed you toasted the rings, first , I'd do a compression test and smell the oil , see if it smells burnt

 

oil isnt milky and by milky im assuming you mean white. and theres no smoke coming out of the tail pipe at startup.

 

for a compression test i need a compression gauge and a remote crank, or a engine analyzer right? where can i get those?

 

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