93 5.2 wount run smooth

[kg1922001]

coming home the other day i felt what seemd to be a little loss of power
then very faintly i heard a tickin sound ,, not a strong prounced metal on metal , but just enough to get my hopes of making it 300k miles on a 240k motor seem to be in the red ,,,anyhow i was 4 miles from home , it was cold , so i dint want to walk , before i got this all figured out in my mind ,, she died . had to let her set for a few ,, the very reluctanly she fired back up , now running horrible , 2 more miles to go ,,, so a few more times she died , hard to keep running ,,, ok shes home ,,, had to crank and crank and hold the pedal tyo ther floor to gether to start,, then have to verrrrrrry carfulllly , let up on the pedal get it to idel without stalling ,, ohh about forgot ,, when i open the hood anti frezz , was pretty much displayed all over ,, ... ill let u guys chimer in then ill go on ,,, with my question and inquire e ,,, money is tight so this a a doer your self project ,,, iam thinkin head gaskets or heads yet ther is no water in the oil even after having gottin it to run more than 20 mins

[kc46517]

sounds like your burnin the antifreeze. these do have a crank sensor that goes bad and also a throttle position sensor on the side of the throttle body that cause rough idle. my dokota has 182000 and still goin good exept the tranny workin on that one though

[discnik]

During all this what was your temp. gage reading ?

And where did all the coolant come from, hose, radiator, cap, etc. ?

While you had it running did you hear any knocking noise from the engine ?