My sons owns a 1994 Ford Explorer and this past Dec. his car began to run very bad and it was determined that he had a gasket leak in the engine and the engine was shot/ gone. He then had a salvage yard put in a used engine that had 88,000 miles on it. He got the car with the new/used engine in late Dec/early Jan and last Friday his check engine light came on. On Saturday we opened the hood and found that the anti-frreze overflow container was empty. I filled it up and now on Monday it is again empty and there have been no visible anti-freeze on the ground underneath his car before the check engine light went on, or now after i filled up the overflow container. Does this indicate that the used engine that was put in his car came with a leaking gasket or some other problem and that the anti-freeze is leaking into the engine/cylinders??? He has a 60 day warranty on the engine and is taking it into the salvage yard tomorrow and do you believe that the shop should fix/replace the used engine he had, or did his vehicle have some pre-existing condtion that casued this problem. Im not knowlegable about cars/engines so any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help/information you can offer.
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18 years ago