I recently pulled my thermostat housing off and found what looks rust and holes behind in the head. Not sure what to do about it or is it trash? Need some input, thanks
3FE Rust holes?
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Well, that doesn’t look good...
Yikes!
Two options for you:
1. Engine rebuild, now
2. Drive it until it grenades. Get AAA if you don't have it for the interim, and diesel or V-8 swap it when she goes, which could be soon, or a little while still.
Two options for you:
1. Engine rebuild, now
2. Drive it until it grenades. Get AAA if you don't have it for the interim, and diesel or V-8 swap it when she goes, which could be soon, or a little while still.
I’m not sure exactly what I’m looking at so I probably should not comment.... but that does look like flashing covered in coolant mud more that something rusted through.
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That is a screw head. I'm not very familiar with these engines so I'm not sure what its for.
Looks like someone tried to stop a crack and drilled a hole .
How about a pic from a little farther back so we can get a reference of what we're looking at?
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I'd put it back together and run it. Me thinks it's a non issue. Flashing. If it ran well before, it will after. Good luck!
I would pull out the loose screw in there, put it back together and run it.
Cast iron doesn't rust like steel. That is casting flashing inside and is a non-issue.
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Thanks for the feedback, I was going throw it together and run it. It just looked weird to me. I'm a novice with these 3fe. it was running fine was tearing it apart to do a water pump.
Totally fine. The rest of the motor looks like it spent a few years in a pond though.
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It could do with a good wash, we dont alot of ponds to drive thru here in Arizona. But it is my hunting truck so doesn't help.
My 3Fe was so rusted out internally due to tap water by the PO, that the engine drain plug was so clogged up with rust, the only way to get it to flush out fluid was to shove a coat hanger up there and wiggle it around. Just keep an eye out for the milky oil cap and watch ur temp. You can always check for exhaust gas at the radiator filler neck, for piece of mind.