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Quizmaster
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Aug 30, 2008, 3:17 PM

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1995 Mercury Villager 120,000 miles - car smelled hot so Pulled over and filled radiator with water (2 quarts). Sat for a total of 30 minutes. Went to start back up and started smoking white smoke horribly. Too bad to even drive. Towed it back home (70 miles). flushed coolant system, refilled and tested again. Still smokes really bad. Flushed again, followed directions for head gasket repair from STOP LEAK and still smokes white smoke badly. Engine now runs really rough. Drained and flushed system 3rd time and tested to see if I was getting circulation. NO HEATER function. Removed thermostat and tested again. Upper hose hot, lower hose not even warm. Whats up?


(This post was edited by Quizmaster on Aug 30, 2008, 3:21 PM)


jwelch
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Aug 30, 2008, 6:10 PM

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the white smoke you are getting out the tail pipe is from coolant in a cylinder, it would be either a blown head gasket or a cracked head or a combination of the two


Tom Greenleaf
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Aug 30, 2008, 7:40 PM

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Stop leak really can't fix a head gasket which is indicated. The upper hose hot thing and heater can be because gasket is allowing air in system while burning it too. Air won't exchange heat, water pump might be flailing in air and not pumping OR the stop leak has clogged up heater and radiator - not good news for you on this problem,

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