1995 Ford Windstar

15,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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ALAN WAGSHAL
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several months ago my car radiator clogged up the car overheated and despite stopping immediately the head gasket was corroded and was replaced (along with the radiator) -- since then the car has not been the same!! 4 times I have driven the car away from the lot everything being fine and the car driving like new -- after about 2 weeks it begins to drive rough, to overheat, and with white smoke from exhaust-- diagnosi-- blown head gasket again with corrosion in the cylinder head -- the car has been fixed each time at a specialist in cylinder head rebuilding who has said he has never seen anything like my car that fails after 2 weeks. The Ford dealer says he ha checked everything out each time adn there is no other problem and in fact the car drives great for about 2 weeks -- is there something special about rebuilding a windstar cylinder head that the regular aluminum doesn't work? Is there something that they are missing -- why does my car only last for 2 weeks???
Jan 29, 2008 at 10:24 PM
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2CARPRO JACK
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Sounds like the heads need to be replaced. In my opinion, some things just cant be fixed, especially a cylinder head .Obviously there is a problem that they cant get fixed with you heads, time for another set. Dont feel alone on this one, fairly common problem.
Jan 31, 2008 at 12:28 AM
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