Blown head gasket

Tiny
DEVIAN28
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  • 1999 FORD ESCORT
  • 157,000 MILES
Hello, I have a 99 ford escort with a blown head gasket. My father had bought a kit to fix but I still need to have the heads themselves checked. I was wondering about how much something like that may be and is it even worth fixing with my kind of car. I found out that with my kind of car that the engine was discontinued in 2004.
Sunday, January 1st, 2012 AT 12:30 AM

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Tiny
KASEKENNY
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Anytime we have a head gasket issue it is a good idea that we confirm it by running this test.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/head-gasket-blown-test

Then when you are replacing it, if the engine overheated then you want to get the head and block checked to make sure it is not cracked or warped.

I attached the spec below for the head and block so please run through this and let us know what questions you have.

Thanks
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