Death of a 4.0

[Wallary]

My first guess would of been the oil pump was not working properly. You said the coolant wasn't frozen but very hot that means the thermostat wasn't stuck. With the temperature at 10 below, Even with no water and antifreeze flowing through the water jackets the frigid air blowing from the fan should of help reduce the engine temperature enough to prevent the pistons from total melt down. How was the engine oil level? I don't buy the frozen radiator deal, It just doesn't seem right to me.

[Atrain]

I would love to spend half that...unfortunately, I dont have any experience building engines. If you can help a brother out, PM me. Local machine shop is 2K just for the machine work and assembly so I didn't think I can get it done much cheaper than 3500.

Hmmm...this is very tempting: http://www.golenengineservice.com/sp.../4_6l_260.html

You could spend half that and do it yourself. I use Heads by Paul they are the first shop in the state that had a Serti. They do all my work for me personally as well as my customers.

[Atrain]

Oil was full, pressure was normal at the time. The engine builder I was talking to today also thought the the coolant froze, but in the lower part of the radiator. I really don't care so much any more, I just want to get my baby running again. :cry:

My first guess would of been the oil pump was not working properly. You said the coolant wasn't frozen but very hot that means the thermostat wasn't stuck. With the temperature at 10 below, Even with no water and antifreeze flowing through the water jackets the frigid air blowing from the fan should of help reduce the engine temperature enough to prevent the pistons from total melt down. How was the engine oil level? I don't buy the frozen radiator deal, It just doesn't seem right to me.

[Gman]

If he didn't have oil pressure, he wouldn't have made it home. The engine would have seized pretty quickly.