Serious prob-- oil in water. please help - Ford Forums

madmaxll · 08-16-2006, 19:27

I have just replaced the heads and head gaskets on a 1992 4 litre Explorer due to overheating and the cracking of one of the heads. I replaced both just to be safe. Now, all of the engine oil is being pushed into the cooling system, and I mean 4 quarts or more within a matter on minutes. There is NO water getting back into the oil tho. Any one got any ideas? I plan to do a compression check and then check the head casting numbers just to make sure I didn't get the wrong heads. Cracked block? I don't know. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

atec77 · 08-17-2006, 02:50

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Originally Posted by madmaxll

I have just replaced the heads and head gaskets on a 1992 4 litre Explorer due to overheating and the cracking of one of the heads. I replaced both just to be safe. Now, all of the engine oil is being pushed into the cooling system, and I mean 4 quarts or more within a matter on minutes. There is NO water getting back into the oil tho. Any one got any ideas? I plan to do a compression check and then check the head casting numbers just to make sure I didn't get the wrong heads. Cracked block? I don't know. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

at a guess you failed to get a seal somewhere between the head and he block , were all the little seal rings in place ?

Johnny Mullet · 08-17-2006, 19:20

Yeah. Sounds like you missed something or the gasket got damaged/misaligned.

Sounds like you are gonna have to tear it down again.