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Tyler1989

06-25-2008 07:00 PM

Rumors of the Dreaded Blown 3.8 Head Gasket

The 1996 Mustangs were known to blow head gaskets left and right due to a manufacturing flaw. Ford supposidly fixed this issue since that year and all newer 3.8 engines were "fixed" I've spoken to several mechanics that say even though ford "fixed" the issue all 3.8's are known for bad/blown head gaskets. Is this true, it's one of the reasons I'm adding many mods to my engine currently.

SeanStang

06-25-2008 07:04 PM

From what ive heard ALL of the Sn95's (only the 3.8's) are notorious for head gaskets blowing, not just 96. Problem was finally fixed in 99 with the new body style.

Lazerred6

06-25-2008 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeanStang (Post 339069)

From what ive heard ALL of the Sn95's (only the 3.8's) are notorious for head gaskets blowing, not just 96. Problem was finally fixed in 99 with the new body style.

Because of the new split port head set up

engineman312

06-26-2008 03:16 AM

solution: get a short block from supersix and new heads and intake.

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