antifreeze in oil help - Ford Forums

reaper · 02-07-2006, 21:56

i have an 88 bronco ll everything on his vechicle is immaculate except this problem the engine has 71000 miles on it and it has a horrible tick and looses power around 35mph when i checked the oil; it seemed to have antifreeze in it i checked the rad and it was just about empty and the oil dipstick was over the full line i assumed the head gasket is bad and got some of the additive to stop it .change the oil and ran it it seems to fix it tempoparily but still no power ant the oil light comed on when idleing at red lights but not when hitting the gas i was thinking of getting new heads and gaskets and flushing the motor . will this corect the problems and help would be great thanks reaper

miesk5 · 02-09-2006, 12:16

Antifreeze in the oil will looka frothy brown mixture. If it looks like chocolate mousse then you probably have a blown head gasket. Don't run it long until you make those changes.

Good luck!

reaper · 02-09-2006, 20:08

its more like chocolate mousse the only thing i see frothy is the oil fill cap . hopefully this wiil fix it and that nasty loud tapping sound thanks//....

reaper · 02-09-2006, 20:10

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Originally Posted by reaper

its more like chocolate mousse the only thing i see frothy is the oil fill cap . hopefully this wiil fix it and that nasty loud tapping sound thanks//....

for the info

miesk5 · 02-10-2006, 05:19

02-19-2006, 13:09

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Originally Posted by reaper

i have an 88 bronco ll everything on his vechicle is immaculate except this problem the engine has 71000 miles on it and it has a horrible tick and looses power around 35mph when i checked the oil; it seemed to have antifreeze in it i checked the rad and it was just about empty and the oil dipstick was over the full line i assumed the head gasket is bad and got some of the additive to stop it .change the oil and ran it it seems to fix it tempoparily but still no power ant the oil light comed on when idleing at red lights but not when hitting the gas i was thinking of getting new heads and gaskets and flushing the motor . will this corect the problems and help would be great thanks reaper

blown head gaskets