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I'm taking apart the 3.7 for the second time in 2 months. Actually, I pulled off the timing chains a few hours ago..
Has anybody here had a head gasket fail so fast? We only overheated it once when the radiator side tank blew out (the temp gauge is a dummy gauge and doesn't show anything until the engine is really hot). But the head gasket failed 2 weeks after that so I don't think that caused it.
Also, the engine ran for over 600 miles with a bad head gasket (this is my fathers KJ and he was coming home from a business trip). When I removed the oil drain plug about a quart of water came out, I am worried that every time the engine was started the oil pump was picking up water instead of oil. I hope there isn't any damage that I don't know about.
Has anybody here had a head gasket fail so fast? We only overheated it once when the radiator side tank blew out (the temp gauge is a dummy gauge and doesn't show anything until the engine is really hot). But the head gasket failed 2 weeks after that so I don't think that caused it.
Also, the engine ran for over 600 miles with a bad head gasket (this is my fathers KJ and he was coming home from a business trip). When I removed the oil drain plug about a quart of water came out, I am worried that every time the engine was started the oil pump was picking up water instead of oil. I hope there isn't any damage that I don't know about.