I have a very original and well preserved 81 Ford Granada that is sporting about 42k original miles. I bought it with 32k original miles. It is a 200 6-cyl automatic sedan.
Last year I noticed some coolant leaking down the LH side of the engine block. It wasn't always there but never when the engine was warm.
A few weeks ago, I replaced the original cap/rotor because the car had developed an intermitted miss at idle. After the replacement, it was fine. but it started again. I the spark plugs. The #2 and #3 plugs had a lot of crud on them from combustion byproducts.
Seems that the head gasket was leaking and now it blows steam at idle so I'd say that it has gone.
Any tricks on doing this job? I guess that the original gasket is the steel shim which no one uses anymore.
Advice and tips would be greatly appreciated!
Last year I noticed some coolant leaking down the LH side of the engine block. It wasn't always there but never when the engine was warm.
A few weeks ago, I replaced the original cap/rotor because the car had developed an intermitted miss at idle. After the replacement, it was fine. but it started again. I the spark plugs. The #2 and #3 plugs had a lot of crud on them from combustion byproducts.
Seems that the head gasket was leaking and now it blows steam at idle so I'd say that it has gone.
Any tricks on doing this job? I guess that the original gasket is the steel shim which no one uses anymore.
Advice and tips would be greatly appreciated!