6.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
$1,200
Average Mileage:
64,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. replace gasket with updated type (1 reports)
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problem #1

Sep 152023

E-150 4.2L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 64,000 miles

As noted by the mileage this is a vehicle that we use extremely little. I bought this year of the truck because the intake gasket failure which these were known for was supposed to be fixed and taken care of from manufacture this year. As I was driving for one of my few local store trips I could smell coolant. Luckily I was in town and did not overheat the vehicle and cause any damage but If I did not know the history of these engines I may have overheated and cause severe damage. When I picked up the replacement gasket kit you could see the new gaskets were completely different and of a much better quality. I had read the manufacture made a change and took care of the problem but they did not. I had to go to aftermarket to get a better quality gasket. That is pretty sad.

- J D., Brick, NJ, US