Rebuilding a Ford F-150 with a Blown Head Gasket (didn’t go how we expected)

[@ohiowoodburner]

I think you did a GREAT job with this repair and your vid. You have a very good attitude for this type of work. The job looked like it was a lot but also prob a lot of fun.

[@GoBrosGoebel]

@@ohiowoodburner yea I love doing this type of work!!

[@GoBrosGoebel]

@@ohiowoodburner thanks for watching!!

[@julianmartinez6787]

Awesome job brother 👍

[@mr_mischief_558]

Wanna come over to my house bro 😂I have a platinum that has alot of the same problems you can teach me the ways

[@DavidSanchez-dm7ox]

Hello I want to do the the thing on a 5.4 but I just want be to be sure to buy quality parts do u mind sharing where u bought them

[@GoBrosGoebel]

I bought from an online seller, just look for one with good reviews and a decent price! Thanks for watching

[@sojministries337]

Did you have to drain the oil to remove the timing cover and heads? I’m about to remove my timing cover, same issue. I had P0300/P0308. Did a compression test had 110 psi in 8 and all others were 155-170 psi. I have the Haynes repair manual and it says to drain the oil.

[@GoBrosGoebel]

In my opinion I would drain it just because! You’re talking about like $50 in oil change supplies. That oil could have some coolent in it or just crap from whatever was causing the issue. Just a little assurence this it has fresh oil after all the hours you put into it👍 hope that helps

[@sojministries337]

@@GoBrosGoebel hey man any chance you know which bolts were single use Torque to yield?! Thanks for the response!

[@GoBrosGoebel]

@@sojministries337 I honestly don’t remember changing any bolts out that I can think of? The only thing that I maybe could think of would be the bolts holding the phasers on!!

[@DROutdoors18]

How much for the truck?

[@GoBrosGoebel]

Haha sorry it already sold unfortunately! I will keep my eye out if your look for one 👍

[@davidfleury2859]

What year truck?and what size motor

[@GoBrosGoebel]

2013 Ford F150 5.0, thanks for watching

[@davidfleury2859]

@@GoBrosGoebel awesome 👌 video you should very proud of your skills, a lot of parts involved in that job.

[@michaelholloway734]

Do you remember what prompted this replacement in the first place? I'm asking because I'm around a similar mileage to this vehicle and am experiencing gas smelling sludge in my coolant reservoir. Trying to understand my options and make a decent decision on whether i should invest in a shop replacing all of this (or do it myself). Thank you.

[@GoBrosGoebel]

I had a lot of excessive white smoke and a misfire, the job actually wasn’t too bad of a job!! I would recommend doing it yourself if you’re inclined.

[@michaelholloway734]

Awesome. Thanks for the info. I suppose i'm just a little hesitant because i've never tinkered with camshafts or timing chains. I saw that in the video you drew a line on them to make sure they were perfectly aligned when you put everything back together. Is it as simple as that? Just removing the puzzle pieces and placing everything back together in the reverse order of how you took it apart? @@GoBrosGoebel

[@GoBrosGoebel]

@@michaelholloway734 yea just mark everything way more than you think and you won’t regret it! And then line the old chain with marks up to the new one and transfer the marks and put back together👍👍

[@anthonymartinez8789]

Did you have any codes being thrown before the rebuild?

[@GoBrosGoebel]

Yes I had a misfire on one of the cylinders and lots of white sweet smelling smoke out the exhaust!!

[@anthonymartinez8789]

@@GoBrosGoebel I had random misfire along with cam and crank position

[@GoBrosGoebel]

@@anthonymartinez8789 Hmmm, I wonder if you have more of a timing issue? Maybe Tensioners starting to go bad… how many miles on your truck? Mine Head gasket was pretty obvious with all the white smoke and it was also sending random bubbles up the coolant reservoir!

[@anthonymartinez8789]

@@GoBrosGoebel mine has 285k timing chain did have alot of play in it, head gasket was definitely bad too

[@GoBrosGoebel]

@@anthonymartinez8789 Gotcha, time consuming but if you find a few diagrams it’s not too bad to get all back together!! Good Luck!!

[@realbarretlewis2559]

How long did it this process take you? My truck randomly started overheating today and was coded for a gasket.

[@GoBrosGoebel]

I worked on it for a few hours each day after work for probably 2 weeks, I would say probably 16hrs if I really took my time

[@realbarretlewis2559]

@@GoBrosGoebel thank you. I’m afraid that I might have to replace my head gasket.

[@GoBrosGoebel]

@@realbarretlewis2559 just take your time and label everything, there are lots of good diagrams for timing and all that👍👍

[@realbarretlewis2559]

@@GoBrosGoebel thank you bro.

[@ThehouseofSIN999]

How much did the shop charge you for the heads. Thank you in advance 🤘🏼🔥

[@GoBrosGoebel]

The local shop charged me $100-120 per head depending on if I want them to go through the valves too. I believe that is fairly cheap for the service that they provide.

[@edbrown7919]

Extremely cheap I paid 1000 and that’s cheap in Cali Bay Area for both heads the reason is these 5.0 have 32 valves total