Friend has 2001 ford taurus with 3.0l ohv engine he says he was driving and it lost power and just quit after turning the engine it sounded like the timing so we replaced the timing chain and gears, well the timing was fine. ran a compression test and 4/6 cylinders have very little compression, #3 and #4 cylinders r only 2 with a fair amount of compression. after removing the heads it looks as if it was not the head gasket and all the valves seem to be fine, what could be causing the engine to still sound as if it's out of time, tried everything i can think of atm any help would be awsome

SOURCE: no compression in one cylinder

Timing belt slipped around cam pulley. Take off your timing belt cover and check the position. This would explain misfiring and compression loss. Stretched belt or missing cogs in belt likely culprit.

SOURCE: Coolant overflowing out of expansion tank no boil no steam

As you've stated driving around town it's fine, and everything is working well. For the symptoms, there are 2 possible causes:
1. Your cooling fans are not working.
2. Your radiator needs to be replaced.
I'm sure you can determine which it is, and I wish you luck on your repair.

Ronny Bennett Sr.

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• Posted on Jun 29, 2009

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have u bled the cooling system ?warm the car and cut the car off right before the fans come on ,let sit for 30-35 minutes,see if the coolant drops in res. if so repeat process untill coolant stops droping ,then drive car regularly if overheating stops ,but monitor it because it will drop somemore/there has been reports of new and rebuilt water pumps nt having correct propelar mounted on them/ backwards etc. if this helps let me know [email protected]

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my car(2001 ford focus) loss of power and won't start. what do we need to do?

SOURCE: BLOWN HEAD GASKET ON 1997 F250 7.5L

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