First it's a remote possibility but head gaskets don't leak oil....they leak combustion and coolant....99% of the time a head gasket leak will park your car...
Yeah...Changing coolant is a required thing..If the car has been on a regular schedule of changes I don't add any flush chemicals...Sometimes I do drain and fill with water only...then I get the water good and hot and drain that for a flush...Lastly water should not come from the tap...I use reverse osmosis filtered....I've used distilled in the past...Coolant companies use de-ionized in their pre-mixed coolant..Minerals in tap water can aggressively attack metals in your cooling system...
Glad you got your computer fixed Fran...
Not much to report on down here...High was @68* yesterday and calling for 60* today...The wind is cutting the buck though...Debating washing some clothes and disappearing for a day or two...Every time I look under the Ranger and see the trans pan clean and drip free I hear Led Zep....Dancing days are here again,,,,,HellYeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I spent some sleepless nights ahhh worrying about transmission fluid...The new exhaust made by the biggest name in exhaust???? It fits and fits very well....It sounds great...Sound was labeled as aggressive and loud on the Ranger forums....I find it rather tame...Further proof that there are lots of "Nancy boys" out there...Installing the exhaust everything looks great while in the
shop...The other night as Spike was out dropping one ml here and one ml there something on the Ranger caught my eye....Dang silver muffler on an all black truck....Looks like a dang refrigerator welded on down there....I've got two cans of black heat paint in my possession atm....Should that not meet my stringent requirements of the way things must be there will be a "Cherry Bomb" coming in the mail.....