98ragtop

I went to change the oil today in my 3.8 and as it was draining I could see it was milky looking,so I let it all drain and there was alot of water in it,then Ilooked in the overflow tank and it has lots of oil in it,in fact I removed the tank and poured it into a clean pan and it looked more like oil the antifreeze,I assume this is a headgasket or cracked head,no smoking or overheating,but the fan does kick on often but its been hot out.Any thoughts or help determining whats wrong would be great thanks

Ernest

Cylinder head gasket. Not uncommon for a100K+ 3.8 Ford V6.

1meanGT

I am not familiar with the 3.8 but do not discount something as simple as a timing cover if it is similiar to the 5.0.

1956_4x4

The 3.8s have a history of head gasket problems. Do a search and I'm sure you will find a lot of info on the problem. My daughter has a 3.8 in her car and I'm always expecting to see the same symptoms.

Smitty

artstang

If the car doesn't smoke and run fairly okay and you said lots of oil mixed in the water, possibility that you have a bad gasket sealing between the timing cover and engine block.

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