Recent content by DreadPirateRob

Cheapest I found was $1800 but that motor looked a bit rough. I also have a hard time letting go of an engine that I've taken care of for 40k+ miles, and I'd like to take at least take a crack at fixing it before I give up all hope This is definitely possible, but I'm inclined to believe...

I've just chalked this up to the oil being overfilled, becoming frothy, and not lubricating properly and therefore causing it to overheat. Upon removal of the passenger's valve cover gasket I found significant slack in the timing chain and the cam phaser was damaged. I won't be able to tear the...

Pulled the driver's side valve cover but didn't find anything. Pulling the passenger's today but past that I won't be able to do much until the weekend when I can get it inside of a garage. On a side note, I figured I'd mention it to another buddy who is a ford technician. His opinion was that...

2006 mustang GT 95k miles A couple days ago while driving my car out of the blue began overheating. I've never had a cooling issue before so I didn't notice until it was already deep in the red. As I slowed down I noticed smoke coming out of my hood vents. Coolant was full but I noticed oil...