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Originally Posted by Hollowcreek
Will it run?
There were problems with the intake manifold gasket on V6 equipped f150's and e150's between '97 and '99. Coolant could seep into the cylinder, ok if its not a lot and the motor is running, but downright deadly if it happens at startup. My '97 did it, but fortunately it kind of locked up while it was starting. I messed up the starter (it worked but sounded terrible), but was eventually able to get it started only to find that I had bent the rod on #1 cylinder just enough to have it sound like a jack hammer when it was running. I have heard of people actually snapping the rod as well and in those cases the jack hammer noise is from the piece of the rod still attached to the crank banging in the inside if the block.
If you have been loosing coolant for no apparent reason, thats one of the first signs.
Either way, you are probably looking at a rebuild.
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It's my understanding the lower intake gaskets commonly failed on 97 - 98 4.2's and cause the leak. The 99 up 4.2's are safe and dont hydrolock.