Help with 2002 Lincoln head gaskets 3.0 liter.?

Which Lincoln model for the 2002 year do you have?

I have Mitchell on Demand 5, so I can get your answers just need to know what car.

Here is what I found under 2002 Lincoln Town Car Cartier, is this the car in question?

1) Yes, Interference Motor.

2) Head gasket replacement is 14 hours

3) Full motor long block replacement is 16.3 hours

I know the Ford 3.0 SOHC engine is an interference motor, but Lincoln has thier own variations. Did you use an emissions probe to sniff the coolant for hydrocarbons while the car was running to confirm a head gasket failure? I know you have bubbles upon start up but that could be other things as well. You really wont know anything until you actually tear at least one of the heads off to take a look at the actual gasket. Those motors were pretty decent motors so more than likely there would be no need to pull the motor. Good luck.

Ask why the head gasket need to be replaced. Most case, head gasket need to be replaced by broke that cause by overheated and twist the cylinder head. A broke head gasket will mixing the engine oil and the radiator coolant. When you do the test drive, please check the coolant level before and after the test, also pleasecheck the color of engine oil, is it going to milky? The head gasket is not expensive, but you have to be sure that no need of resurfacing the cylinder head, it will higher the compression and make more heat.

The book time is 8 hours and yes it is an interference engine. But so long as the timing chain doesn't break, you are fine.