Hi, again im new to the forums I have posted my question with my first post to the ford forums but got no awnser so I will try in this section... ( Didn't even get a hi ) Hi guys! I love my ford car! I am the proud owner of a little Ford Escort ZX2 1999 and i love this car I do! I don't want to let it die. Here is what I have done so far. I have early this year of 2009 replaced the tranny / Clutch / water pump / alternator / MAF unit / serp belt / timing belt / cams ( DOHC ) all new exhaust. as you can tell that is a good bit of money. now here is what it is doing.... I have in the past 2 months stalled my car in high water... that car did not want to turn over after I took apart the air intake where the filter is and nothing but water came out from where it tried to suck it in. then i took my plugs our and did as midas said i should do, By cranking over the motor with no plugs slowly as I did this i wiped out the cyclnders and bought new irduim core spark plugs for my car. ( Motocraft ). Now below my butterfly flipper on my air intake that mounts to my motor there is like a green tinted slime / oilish water, and I have no aparent leaks from my weep hole on my water pump and my radiator when filled with coolant appears to hold it just fine. The car will idle and run really great after I clean out the green ooze as I call it for about 3 days give or take a day. Then it will refuse to start, So i will pull the plugs clean them put them back in and clean the Green Ooze again and it fires right over np. Now I am stuck between a head gasket and Intake manifold gasket. Can someone for sure tell me which one it is? and about how much at the dealersip it will cost to fix it? I removed the oil cap and there seemed to be a green tint on the cap and on my oil dipstick. I am praying its just a intake manifold gasket over a head gasket but please be honest with me.




p.s. the kid who owned the car before me ran a toggle switch to the fan on the radiator directly, also to the thermostat sensor with an adjustable function and I am afraid to remove it, Why would anyone do this? I really do love my little car. I run only 92 in it and I have sea foamed the car even and that greatly improved it.

 

Welcome

 

Thank you, even not knowing a awnser a freindly hello is always welcome in my book

 

Hello! The green ooze as you call it may be anti freeze mixing with the oil. I would suggest doing a compression check on all the cylinders to see if any of them come up low. If they do you probably have a bad head gasket. Have you drained the oil lately? If you have did it look like a milkshake? If so that was water and oil mixture and would again point toward the head gasket. Good luck.

 

Oil was just changed in the car but the tech at midas allowed me into the shop to watch, I seen a pitch pitch black oil, it wasnt creally creamy or brown but now the oil since the fresh change has a slight green tint to it.

 

Sounds like the head gasket. I'd recommend doing a compression test to see what you come up with.