Car will not go after radiator hose broke

Tiny
BRITTANY BREWER
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  • 2006 FORD EXPLORER
  • 4.0L
  • 6 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 123,000 MILES
My radiator hose busted. I replaced it now the car will not drive in reverse or first and it shakes.
Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 AT 7:21 PM

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Tiny
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Hello,

Did your vehicle overheat when it the radiator hose broke? A radiator hose being busted would not keep a vehicle from going or going in reverse. If a vehicle is overheated usually what happens is the aluminum head, which has a lower melting point than the iron block warps and this cylinder head warpage causes the head gasket[s] to fail. A good a quick way to tell if this has happened is to do a compression test on your vehicle's engine. Here is a link below describing how to do this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression

Please go through this guide and get back to us with what you are able to find out.

Thanks,
Alex
2CarPros

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Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 AT 5:00 AM

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