Overheating with water coming out of tailpipe

Asked by GuruGL1VP Aug 22, 2020 at 01:46 AM about the 2008 Ford Escape XLT FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

2008 Escape temperature gauge reads
normal, engine overheated. Water coming
out of tailpipe. Any suggestions?

8 Answers

Blue Devil head gasket repair.!!! This stuff is great if you can't afford a head gasket job.

40

Head is blown. Don't put anything to seal. Get fixed! The sealer will clog everything!

160,055

Agree with Scott. Bandaid gasket repair products can sometimes do more harm than good.

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Bob. Loose radiator. Clogs it up depending on what vanes. Also it will fill water paths and solidifyin motor with heat. Pump will clog. If it was meant for this you could do indiscriminately. One good remedy. Bars pellets. They will stop small leaks biodegradable. Fantastic job too. But people who hear as well will over due.

158,785

Blue Devil is the only sealing product I've seen that will work without clogging up the cooling system. But you must follow the directions on the bottle exactly!! Bar's Leak and other stop leak products will clog up the cooling system. Don't use them!! Hope that helps! Jim

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Do not use bars liquid! I said tablets. We used 10 years. Never had a complaint sir of clogging. We also tested to see if it clogged. On radiators. And cars we owned. The liquid did clog tablets dont. We tested and used at a shop that was there from 1955 to 2011 when owner and my best friend died of cancer.

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We found two tablets were perfect. We actually put new radiators in. And added to tablets automatically every time.

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