The car overheated and stopped without any warning. The service department stated antifreeze was in the engine. This apparently is a blown head gasket.

sorry you are having car troubles. Did you have a question? or just venting?

Sad on a 5 year old car to have that kind of issue

Were the radiator fans observed to be working?

If you are asking whether or not it’s worth replacing the head gasket in it I would say no. A reman or hopefully good used engine is a better option. The reason being is that if it got hot enough to stop and leave coolant in the engine odds are the entire top end is southern fried and the lower end…

I thought “antifreeze in the engine” meant “in the cooling system”; i.e. there was still plenty of coolant. If there is antifreeze in the cylinders, OK is correct, good chance the engine bearings may be damaged; i.e. the engine would need to be rebuilt, a bigger job than just replacing the head gas…

Many folks continue to drive with known overheating issues. Steam coming out hood. Temp gauge pegged. Motor usually runs and only stop when it seizes. On a 2004 so and so. But, you have 2016. If you had no warnings, and 30k miles dealer might be interested. Do you have a warranty?

2016 Ford Focus - blown head gasket

Maintenance/Repairs

monkarl August 23, 2021, 6:14am 7

Did you check your engine oil? Is it milky?

Topic		Replies	Views
Blown head gasket --- car still has life but not worth fixing Maintenance/Repairs ford , taurus , leaks , gaskets	5	17945	March 8, 2010
Help please! Shop replaced leaky radiator, < 2 weeks later, replaced thermostat, now engine fried Maintenance/Repairs	11	3014	June 27, 2012
Subaru still overheats after repairs - worth more work? Maintenance/Repairs subaru , engines , overheating	4	1663	August 9, 2019
Mustang whoas Maintenance/Repairs	3	504	December 16, 2008
2016 Ford Explorer overheated head cylinder Maintenance/Repairs ford , explorer	4	760	September 23, 2020

2016 Ford Focus - blown head gasket

Related topics