What dose it take to Replacing Head Gaskets On A Ford Taurus 3.0L V6 OHV Engine? Well… i got to find out first hand, and you get to watch and enjoy! if you…
Replacing Head Gaskets On A Ford Taurus 3.0L V6 OHV Engine. With Time Lapse. RWGresearch.com
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hey were did u get that diagram from can u email it for the same job
what sizes sockets did you us to do the water pump? with and did you u have to remove the alternate bracket and power stressing pump
Thanks for the video!! Did you use a book? Is there a book or like web diagram?
common prob with these engines if the coolant system is neglected BAD bad things will happen, most common are blown head gaskets and cracked heads
well done young jedi
Nagh! I just went for it! 😉 thanks!! ~Russ
Great video. Did you need to dead center the flywheel before removing the distributor coil or replacing anything?
Thanks for the quick response. Definitely a good idea to bring the part. I got the wrong brake pads once from a store. Hey, anyone can make mistakes but it did make for an interesting few seconds after the pads broke off. Thanks again!
I worked as Parts Sales Manager for Autozone briefly, the Taurus is a nightmare to look up parts on. I don’t know if it’s just Autozone or all of the others, but I do know there were several versions of the 3.0 and the parts index at Autozone has them all mixed up. That’s why I say bring the old parts in to match! Otherwise I love Fords, I have a ’67 F-100 sitting outside right now 😉
Is the confusion of the parts the only reason you don’t like the 3.0. Do you dislike other fords? Such as their “modular” engines. It seems like they are a pain to fix (maybe that’s true of all cars in their various ways). I see a lot of the modular engine Fords for sale just wondering if its because they are so expensive to fix because of the way they are constructed. Just trying to figure out if they could be a good buy or most likely are not a good buy.
because of that same problem so im hoping i can do this fairly fast and i just hope i succeed on this mission of mine my car is nice on the inside and out id hate to have to waste such a beautiful looking car like i did with my other one
i am about to start this same head gasket job and i know its not goin to be fun i have a 2000 mercury sable 3.0 v6 also a Vulcan motor mine has 171,000 miles on it and i went through all of the same things as my 98 Taurus but it was the other style engine so im hoping this all goes smoothly for me as well but it would be helpful to have the engine tear down guide you have in this video because i think i have almost all of the same info you have but im trying to get it right i cut my other carup
I can agree with that… I’ll parmore attention it next time ( hope there using one) 😉 thanks! still kicking… Allmost to 200k 😉 ~Russ
A few things that made me wince, you didn’t protect the cylinders when you cleaned the block, the grit and crap ends up down at the rings and will wear out the piston walls and rings fairly fast. You were one tool away from removing the valves and being able to clean and grind them. Using an Inch/lb torque isn’t a good alternative to ft/lb. On the upside, that engine wasn’t bad inside to be 180k miles. DIY maintenance beats a car payment any day. Oh and I hate those noisy PS pumps on the Taurus.
It took me 14 hours over the course of two days or a weekend…. The book says it should take a master mechanic 12 hours so I’d say I did fairly well… 😉 ~Russ
how long was this project
I would have succeeded in replacing my heads if it wasn’t for the fact that I got longer bolts than the ones require. I hydraliced my engine block. I won’t make that mistake next time
So far so good. And I haven’t been eazy on it. 🙂 “drive it like you stole it!” Andy how, coming up on 200,000 miles! I think the wheels will fall off before the motor dies. I did have the new Reservoir crack on me but it has a lifetime Warranty. So I replaced it. I did have a bunch of ground / wiring problems. But I got all those worked out… Not sure why but seemed like once you brake the connectors apart stuff gets flaky. But it’s all good now. Running like a champ still! God bless! ~Russ
Whats the update on the car how she running?
need a video on how to adjust the drivers side door on a 2000 ford Taurus.
help me out if ya can please.
Edward
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theres oil in my coolent would that be head gasket i drive 1.9 renualt megane van diesel
I absolutely hate the taurus 3.0. There were actually 3 different 3.0’s manufactured and the parts houses like autozone have all the parts miscatalogued. Best to take the old part in and match it with the new one!
Good job. Saludos! from South America’s heart Asuncion – Paraguay. Now going to change the head gaskets and all the seals, spark plugs, injectors from my 1995 GL Taurus….We’ll see what happens… 😉 Some pieces are hard to find here or if you find them cost so much..
I think that’s the O2 sensor??? Look by the Exhaust. Glad you gor it done!!! Hope for the best and nice work bro!! ~Russ
So everything was a success! I replaced all the gaskets, torqued all the bolts to their right specs, and put just about everything back together now! At 11:30 on the video, where does that plug go??!? I lost the picture I took when I unplugged it. I can’t find it. I tried looking “way down there” but no luck. Do you know what that plug is called so I could look online for a diagram? You have helped me save so much money and I’ll probably have this car when it crosses 200K Thanks a bunch!
This was the only part of the job I used a professional for. I took my two heads into a “head shop” where they magnafluxed them to check them for imperfections. They found one was cracked and replaced it, and smoothed out my other head. This cost me about $250. I would just call around and see if anyone will check your heads for cracks or warpage.
If I can get my 4 banger head resurfaced for around $50-60 when I go through all of this with the gasket, I’m just going to go ahead and get it done. The surface would be cleaner than I could ever get it. Then I’d just worry about the block. At least I I’m just hoping the head is in fairly good shape of course.
I just saw this Honda message board where they said it costs about $ 50-70 $ to resurface the heads and the hot tank cleaning was around 20-30 dollars.
I know it would be more work, but right after head is replaced and torqued, I wonder if anyone has ever checked compression with compressed air, TDC each cylinder into whichever bank, before putting the next head on, and then did the same thing before putting everything else back together?
Before writing it off, back to the fact that compression is everything and if you can get that right, then the other stuff can be fixed.
Was the distributor removed or timing chain/belt to do yours, hence timing OK?
They sure do. You kinda wonder what geniuses in automotive made these specialty connectors that all basically just transmit low DC voltage whether it’s signal voltage or just power.
The kicker for me is always the same no matter what the job is. It’s ALWAYS having a place to actually do the work. An air compressor and big ol’ jack would be nice too, to say the least.
How did you find out? If you used a straight edge, was it just too warped badly and there wasn’t anything the machine shop could do?
Hey Russ.. Nice job on that car. I drive a 1998 Ford Scorpio with a 2.3l DOHC engine and apparently my gasket blew as well. Unfortunateloy, I am not really good with wrenches and tools and thus would never try this on my own. What I wonder is, how many miles did your car have, when you did the job? Mine has about 100k (160000kms).
Greetings from Europe…
Yes. That one was the worst. I think there is 2 clips on it… It was a pain!!!!!! ~Russ
Hey! It took me 14 hrs. Cost just over 200$ in parts. Been driving it ever sence it’s Allmost got 200,000 miles on it! 😉 no time was lost its other fix it or have no car… If some one handed me the money… Mabey I would have taken the eazy Route. 😉 thanks!! ~Russ
Is really nice and feel really good when we do our own work and everything go right.
—- But, don’t you think all that work, energy and time lost worth?
Is not better pay to a mechanic or a shop, or dealer $ 1200 or 1600 and safe that energy and time to yourself, wife, children or family time?
—- I think this happened to me with a Toyota corolla 2000 and I paid to the Dealer almost $ 1000. Its really a hard work. Good job any way; beautiful. I wish you were my BROTHER, JA,JA,JA,JA,JA,JA
I’m having trouble unplugging that cable near the power steering and thought your video might show that. It was a great video none the less. I have the exact same car but it’s a wagon configuration