I am not sure whats going on. This truck (1995 f150 with the I6) started to overheat...I got home and popped the hood and now there is rust all over the engine bay. I am not sure where its coming from as the radiator hose is covered...the water pump is covered...everything. I put a new water pump on it a few years ago. When I would take a turn the oil pressure would drop...then shoot back up when I straightened out. I was told it could be a head gasket or the water pump is out. I took it to a radiator shop and They flushed it...didn't fix it. He said it was stopped up pretty bad. The guy did some dye test and the dye turned a certain color and he thinks the top end is cracked or the gasket is blown. he just does radiators so I don't think he was trying to scam me. Is there some kind of fix (see: lucas type stuff) that can help for now? If it needs serious work I am going to be riding a bicycle to work... Help!

 

Hahaha!

 

The translation of what this guy is trying to say is "no there is no fix in a bottle".

What you need to do is a compression test to confirm the head gasket is gone. The head must be removed/replaced to fix this problem.

From the looks of the "coolant" all over the motor it seems that things haven't been maintained very well on this truck. So you may be looking at a very major repair. As trusty as the I-6 is it still needs periodic service.

At this point you may want to look around for a replacement motor, and a new radiator. There was a guy on here that was giving away a running I-6 a while ago, IDK maybe he still has it.

Good luck