My radiator hose busted. I replaced it now the car will not drive in reverse or first and it shakes.
Oct 15, 2019 at 7:21 PM
Car will not go after radiator hose broke
2006 FORD EXPLORER
BRITTANY BREWER
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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
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
Oct 16, 2019 at 5:00 AM
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