Well, this sucks..

"Deal Killer - Powered by Focus" (dealkiller-ii) 03/09/2018 at 22:09 • Filed to: None

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My wife called this afternoon, saying the Explorer overheated on her way home from work, then started running really rough. She pulled over, let it cool down for a 1/2 hour, then tried to get home. She didn’t make it

She got another mile down the road, and it started overheating, and she made it to a parking lot before it died again. My dad was able to pick her up and get her home, as I was at an appraisal class till 4pm. I picked her up at home, and went to the truck to take a look. No coolant in the reserve tank, no coolant in the radiator. Great. I poured in 2.5 gallons in the radiator and tried to nurse it back home. We got maybe another mile down the road, and it died, hard. Smoke, smoke and more smoke from under the hood. Opened her up, and pulled the dip stick. Yeah, not good at all.

Anyone want a 2000 Ford Explorer with 160K on the clock, a rusty as shit under carriage and a blown head gasket?? Anyone??

Shit.

Urambo Tauro > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 03/09/2018 at 22:42

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:( RIP Fo’ ’Slporer

...Too rusty to justify an engine swap, I take it?

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > Urambo Tauro 03/09/2018 at 22:49

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Most likely. My wife, for some reason, likes the truck. But the under-body is rusty as shit, an axle is going bad, and I think the rear main seal is leaking as well. She just put a bullet in a dying car.

Chariotoflove > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 03/09/2018 at 22:59

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Time to find another Explorer.

shop-teacher > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 03/09/2018 at 23:05

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Ouch!

lone_liberal > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 03/09/2018 at 23:06

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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 03/09/2018 at 23:16

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Dammit, Ferd.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 03/10/2018 at 01:26

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Ford Exploder - demolishing head gaskets since the 90s

Steve in Manhattan > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 03/10/2018 at 02:19

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Still, you have a wife who knows how to save a car when shit goes south ... she did everything to keep the thing alive. Some would just keep driving until the bitter end. I’d say junkyard engine, but if the rust is terminal, give it a Viking funeral. Saab wagon 5M is my recommend.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 03/10/2018 at 04:55

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LS swap?

user314 > lone_liberal 03/10/2018 at 08:49

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Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 03/10/2018 at 10:26

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hey dont jinx me, im 2k away from 160 on mine and its gotta get us to north carolina and back in june ahaha