Thread: Houston We Have A Problem

Not unusual for a falcon. If you do the head gasket use the steel shim gasket not the composite type there fitted to au falcons

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

Pulled spark plugs from sons car and this is what I found.



Not good

At Least on a Ford it's an easier job if that makes you a little happier.
But no, it doesn't look good

For the last 15 years I've had older Falcon 6cyl's on LPG for my daily drive. XF, ED, and currently an EL.

All have done a head gasket around the 220-250K mark. Reco'd head, new hoses and radiator and no further issues. XF transmission finally died somewhere over 500K, and I pensioned the ED off at around 480K when my work colleague offered me his well maintained EL wagon for tradein price.

Whack a reco'd head, radiator and hoses on it and forget about it.

FWIW - I fitted an engine watchdog to the EL when doing the head as I had O/S relo's visiting that were going to borrow it for a couple of weeks to travel around while they were visiting.
Thankfully, as it saved the engine about 6 months later when the brand new thermostat failed mostly closed in January peak hour traffic. Managed to keep it under control with heater/fan on flat out but would certainly have cooked it if I hadn't had the warning.
IMO for $150 its damn cheap insurance...

Steve

Originally Posted by 460cixy

Not unusual for a falcon. If you do the head gasket use the steel shim gasket not the composite type there fitted to au falcons

But do make sure you use the AU headbolts, which don't break like EF-EL ones.

How does it convert water to fuel?

Is that part of the $25 eBay 'get 100mpg' black magic the oil companies don't want you to know bolt on parts?