F6 699 New Member 19 Member For: 7y 11m 8d Posted 08/01/17 08:06 AM Share Posted 08/01/17 08:06 AM Was driving towards Port Pirie....... nek minut temperature goes through the roof. So I turned it off, grabbed a rag and carefully started reremoving the cap and pffffffft I checked the dip stick and there's no oil so I'm guessing head gasket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,901 Member For: 9y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 08/01/17 08:10 AM Share Posted 08/01/17 08:10 AM That's what it looks like. You got some RAA cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,991 Member For: 16y 7m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/01/17 08:11 AM Share Posted 08/01/17 08:11 AM Check the auto fluid. If it's the same colour, then you've milkshaked the auto. Otherwise, you're right, it's head gasket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,901 Member For: 9y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 08/01/17 08:14 AM Share Posted 08/01/17 08:14 AM The milkshake would be more red coloured if it came from the trans cooler. That combined with no engine oil kinda gives it away to being a head gasket rather than a trans cooler failure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,991 Member For: 16y 7m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/01/17 08:15 AM Share Posted 08/01/17 08:15 AM agreed, but just saying it's worth checking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 699 New Member 19 Member For: 7y 11m 8d Posted 08/01/17 08:21 AM Author Share Posted 08/01/17 08:21 AM I'm with RAA. They towed it to Port Pirie. I'm back home in Whyalla. I'm gunna ring the Ford dealer in Pirie in the morning cause it's only 2 months out of warrantee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,901 Member For: 9y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 08/01/17 08:22 AM Share Posted 08/01/17 08:22 AM Yep definitely worth a check. After a while it's probably just worth replacing the trans cooler anyway given their propensity for failure and the fact that they are only a couple of hundred bucks to buy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,423 Member For: 14y 10m 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/01/17 08:32 AM Share Posted 08/01/17 08:32 AM 2 months out of warranty your gonna have a really hard time getting them to come to the party im afraid. unless it has full dealership service all on time and per schedule with a bone stock car you may have a 1% chance they will help. good luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 699 New Member 19 Member For: 7y 11m 8d Posted 08/01/17 08:48 AM Author Share Posted 08/01/17 08:48 AM I've only had it a few weeks but I recon it's fully serviced by Ford and it's totally stock standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinash New Member 7 Member For: 8y 1m 2d Gender: Male Location: Cantberra Posted 08/01/17 08:58 AM Share Posted 08/01/17 08:58 AM How many k's on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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