Ok, I have a 94 ranger with a 4.0L V6. yesterday i was driving it home and i looked over at the temp gauge and it was pegged. I pulled over and checked the radiator and it was very low. Anyway the truck was blowing steam out of the exhaust which leads to believe it has a blown head gasket. The oil looks clean but its so new i cant really tell. The antifreeze in the radiator is brown as baby sh*t. I dont know wtf to do. I started it up today and it wasnt blowing steam so I put some alumaseal in the radiator (i swear that stuff sealed up a head gasket on a maza truck i had). It doesent matter how much water i put in it, it seems like it never fills up. it misses like hell too. I hope it doesnt have a cracked block or head(s). That temp. gauge was pegged. So what do you guys have to say about this? any ideas or suggestions?

 

Is it leaking on the ground or just disappearing?Is the truck smoking when it runs?

 

double post ..? look on other one

 

FYI.... they have WICKED problems with early 4.0's with cracked heads... sorry to ruin youre day. sounds like head gaskets...

 

it wouldn't be a cracked block because after that i don't think it would start...my father had a straight six and he drove it with a scracked block until he shut it off...then it never started again...(btw it had 400,000m on it...he beat the **** out of it too...they are some strong engines)

 

i had a car that did the same thing i swear i filled it up for 20 mins and it wouldnt fill up. then it started missin. i was like wtf??? then got to thinkin shut it off and pulled the dipstick out and it was creamy color all the way to the top. so off to the junk yard lol

so my guess would be cracked head or gaskets? i would think the heads(aluminum???) would crack first or head gasket be for block.