Blown Head Gasket?

[sb533023]

On my 2000 5.4L XLT, the "service engine soon" light came on. I took it to the dealer and they found a bad fuel injector. For $400, they replaced it and the spark plug and now they are saying that I have a blown head gasket or cracked head. They indicate that it idles rough after warming up, emits white exhaust when cold, and has exhaust gases in the coolant fill tank. I am in the process of getting a new vehicle and am wanting to sell/trade in the Expedition, so I really don't want to spend $2000 -$4000 to have it fixed just to turn around and sell it. Does anyone have any suggestions - take it to a local mechanic, etc???

 

[green03]

where are you located? maybe someone will buy it as is. You could save alot of money by not having it done at a dealarship. Rebuilt heads for the 5.4 could be had for about 450 a piece or less on ebay or from bulk rebuilders.....
Matt

 

[mustangrfast88]

also have them look up the tsbs i remeber the 5.4s having a issue with blown head gaskets on a cetain number of the engine and ford was replaciong the gaskets with a updayed gasket and if the heads were out so far replacing the heads

 

[lakmflx]

Here is a link to some of the TSB's that were released for '00 keep in ming that this isn't al of them i just looked up the ones that can be head/block related

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/tsb/request/preview.cfm

For a complete list off all TSB's for that year go to http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov And follow the instructions.

 

[mustangrfast88]

nice website very infomative

 

[lakmflx]

Thanks, Mustang