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okay, so a guy came over to look at my car. he is from dealership so he looked at everything.
he also said that the head gasket was a major problem on the duratech and that mine was starting to go. he said thats why the oil looks murky(which it doesnt) and the coolant is murky in the bottom of the resivoir(which it isn't) also thats why the cams tick a bit when its cold. it does tick, but i dont know why. any thoughts on this? i think for the most part it was a saleman pitch to get a better price for himself.
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I rarely EVER hear about the head gasket on the duratec going. Its more common on the zetec then it is on the duratec, and even then I hardly hear about it going on the zetec. What exactly is the problem that you are having?
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my problem? you can hear a very slight tick, like, if you pay attention really hard you can hear it. but only when the engine is cold. the guy said that my head gasket was going and antifreeze was leaking into the oil and oil into the coolant. he said the tick was coolant freezing in the cam where oil should be. i think its a lifter sticking. i need to change my oil soon, so its getting kinda sticky.
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BS! Plain and simple. Is your fans coming on, T-stat working, and waterpump funtioning? If the hasn't been over heated then it's not a headgasket. You'd also know because coolant would be getting into a cylinder and extringuishing the spark. The engine would be misfiring like a beotch and you'd get CE lights from it.
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sounds to me like you have fuel injectior tick..
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thanks for the replys.
i figured he was just giving my shizzle, but now i know for sure!
please elaborate on this injector thing if you could please. is it a major problem or can i live fine with it?
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I 100% agree with todras.
ticking proboly just your lifters oil change will solve it .
quite common with cars and old oil in the cold .
just do a oil change youll be good to go.
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It is just the noise from the injectors opening and closing back up, it won't hurt anything. My injectors are noisy and from what I can remember, always have been...
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oh, ok. so iether, no problem then
thank you all for your replys
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Originally posted by ToasterOven:
okay, so a guy came over to look at my car. he is from dealership so he looked at everything.
he also said that the head gasket was a major problem on the duratech and that mine was starting to go. he said thats why the oil looks murky(which it doesnt) and the coolant is murky in the bottom of the resivoir(which it isn't) also thats why the cams tick a bit when its cold. it does tick, but i dont know why. any thoughts on this? i think for the most part it was a saleman pitch to get a better price for himself.
Bwahahahah!
The head gasket is going so you have ticking lifters? Murky coolant and oil??
If your head gasket is gone, its gone. There is NO "going" or in between stage, most especially for these engines. The guys a retard and a scam. I can see trying to get a deal, but I HATE lowballers like that. Holy cow, he needs to get more creative than that tripe....or maybe less creative....more realistic! 
If the gasket is gone you probably will get some water in the oil and it would look milky. You probably will get a constant stream of bubbles in the coolant tank or even blow out hoses.
Most importanly you will get whitish smoke and steam from the tailpipe as water and oil from passages forces its way in to the cylinder on the intake stroke and is pushed out. Not to mention it runs really really bad.
These engines RARELY have head gasket issues.
Tell him to go suck...an egg.
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