Are you asking if a blown head gasket can cause overheating issues? If so, then yes absolutely that is the #1 symptom when a head gasket goes is overheating.

Aside from your obvious high speed driving, I guess it possibly could have caused it, but without being there or seeing logs, I wouldn't be able to tell.

If they claim its a BHG, ask to see the test results. There are several tests that can be done similar to a leakdown test to determine if one is blown. Visually looking into the radiator and draining the oil will be able to tell as well. Oil will turn to chocolate milk or if it hasn't quite mixed, the coolant/water will at least float on top of the oil. There are lots of ways to determine if its a BHG and I would ask for results of all of those first.

I used to work for a shop that dealt with many 3rd gen Supras (87-92). Those were notorious for blowing head gaskets, so I've got more than plenty of experience diagnosing them and fixing them.

 

What he said ^^^

 

 

According to my brother it is pretty common to pop head gaskets with a supercharged motor if your tune is off. I see that the PCM was sent to Roush to get updated and reflashed. That leads me to believe the tune was off and that combined with hard driving equals blown head gaskets.

I think a lot of guys with supercharged Mustangs use Fel-Pro gaskets. They are strong but not too strong. If something has to blow it is better it is a head gasket and not something else.

 

 

yeah, its easier to raise the cab, then to pull the engine. the whole cab is only held on by eight bolts. you could perform the repairs w/ the engine in the truck w/o lifting the cab, but the clearances would be pretty tight.

 

False. I had a whole short block put in in June at my local Ford dealership. No need to do that.

 

Did anyone else notice that the video showed a Chevrolet truck? It is up to the repairing tech as to whether or not to pull the cab. I prefer not to, but that means leaning over the engine, but that is my preference. Why discharge the A/C to replace head gaskets? That will lead to other problems if the A/C doesn't cool properly after the repair. Even if it didn't cool properly BEFORE the repair. Just a can of worms, that's all.

 

block the a/c lines ... evac it before ... easier to pull a massive head off an engine when its out then trying to finagle it out of the engine bay with bearly a grip on it ... how i do it at work

 

 

I don't know what to say, but I've experienced both your problems when travelling at high speed (I was @ 118mph when I got the transmission malfunction error). I also had the overheating problem when doing the same. The first time I started having overheating issues I bought an edge tuner (awesome little guy) to monitor and alert me of hot temps. Your tranny gets really hot very quick, and so does your engine. I've overheated so many times while hot rodding around in pismo and offroad.

If they're going to pick this up then so be it, but I would invest in a monitor like the Edge display to alert you of temps. I'd also ask for test results.

 

 

that is just downright sad. My exhaust manifolds have warped 3 times on both sides. Overheating will do that to you, and the stupid exhaust tick only gets worse as time goes on. I've put a gasket in between, and resurfaced them everytime and that didn't help. I'm not sure what to do anymore and I'm over a grand deep in this problem alone. Pain in the *** to get to. They currently need to be resurfaced...AGAIN.

I bid you the best of luck and keep me informed will ya