CSI_MuNkY Posted April 23, 2006 Report Posted April 23, 2006 GAH this car is killing me!!! a couple weeks ago I dumped my coolant all over a mall parking lot, that turned out to be the hose coming (or going, not sure) from the heater core. With that fixed the car ran nice and smooth, till today.... I drove to work and when I got there the car was over heating, not quite in the red. I popped the hood and the reservoir was full and bubbling. At this point I am convinsed that it is my thermostat stuck shut.... I get out of work and top off the rad, didn't take much. Then I fire it up, it sounds like its running on 5 cylinders... It was running for about 5 minutes before I shut it off. Once it was off a passer by pointed out that I had coolant on the ground, the source was my exhaust, where the pipe ENTERS the muffler on the passenger side. After that I tried to start it again, nothing, the starter engages but nothing happens. Everything else electrical checks out, stereo headlights all that junk work, so I think battery is ruled out. There is no coolant in my oil and no evidence that any has been puked up through the intake, the filter is bone dry. When I had the car running there was no big white cloud, just a small one, so where all that coolant came from is anyones guess. Someone please help, offer up any suggestions. My major question...is my engine toast??? Thanx Jamie Quote
THe_DeTAiL3R Posted April 23, 2006 Report Posted April 23, 2006 Well we got the car started.. fired up fine (running a little rough though) and after a few seconds white cloudy smoke started pouring out the back... smelling of coolant. Looks to be a headgasket.. Quote
CSI_MuNkY Posted April 25, 2006 Author Report Posted April 25, 2006 Could also be a cracked head pretty sure we can rule that out...I can't hear any hissing sounds from the engine and there is no coolant in the oil or oil in the coolant. I'm thinking that I have a destroyed head gasket and because that spark plug would be fowled with coolant its not firing right, thus that cylinder is just acting as a pump, pumping the coolant out the exhaust... I could be wrong, but hopefully not... I'll know better tomorrow... Jamie[br]Posted on: April 24, 2006, 01:20:19 AM_________________________________________________So the garage where I get my work done is certain it needs an engine...I'm towing it hom etonight some time, I'm going to rip into it, I can't afford to pay someone $60 an hour to take my car appart just to find out it needs a $30 gasket. Jamie Quote
fastbird232 Posted April 25, 2006 Report Posted April 25, 2006 If your engine truly is fucked, don't hesitate to part it out! Quote
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