Blown Head Gasket

[Hwy9FiST]

I am dealing with a blown headgasket on my 2015 Fiesta ST. I have low miles. Under 40,000. But I have been tuned with a turbo back exhaust and ITG intake for awhile now.

I was lucky enough to only experience one slight overheating moment before being able to add more water and limp back home. Its been sitting for a month now.

I would love to repair the engine vs swapping in a reman engine. I am looking for advice on this.

Shops are coming back to me saying they will only do the work if its a used unmodified engine going in, they wont open up my engine and repair it.

I would love to put in the upgraded Mountune head-gasket and ARP head bolts to make the engine a little more bulletproof, but is that even worth it?

 

[Grsemky]

Are you certain the gasket is toast? Mild overheating isn't disastrous if measures are taken reasonably fast to cool it down... I.E. air though the radiator and heater on full

 

[Hwy9FiST]

Are you certain the gasket is toast? Mild overheating isn't disastrous if measures are taken reasonably fast to cool it down... I.E. air though the radiator and heater on full

The first indicator was the gurgling noise and loosing coolant. My oil is a milkshake and over-filled.

I have an oil cooler, but my research was saying if that fails, ill have oil in my coolant, which I dont have right now.

 

[Grsemky]

Yeah milkshake is no Bueno 😬

 

[Grsemky]

I personally would do the work myself, head gaskets are simple on a 4 banger, but I'm also a technician by trade... The biggest hurdle about during it yourself is verifying the block is flat. There's probably shops around you that can mill a head easily enough.

I'm curious why the shops refuse to work on it if it's modified. Intake and exhaust isn't an engine modification, not to mention I assume it's COD and not warranty so who cares about the internals🤷🏼‍♂️