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Old 06-09-2009, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Truckin_98 View Post
Came out of work, go to start it up, and it just sounded wierd, and wouldnt start at all. The rhythm of it was just a bit off, like the timing chain had jumped or something. Turns out it wasnt the timing chain, cyl #6 has no compression, checked it twice, couldnt believe it. It has been a decent engine, but I wouldnt buy another. Anybody want a decent 98 F150? sell it cheap.
Eh... apparently you weren't informed about the 97-98 4.2l V6 engine Hydrolock problem.

Once fixed, the engine will last 300k easy with regular maintainance.
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