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 Feb 26, 2006 - 12:56 PM
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help! here is the story, this morning i went and started my car, 15 mins later i came back and the car was not at operating temperature, it was lower, below the normal temperature, I drove around and the temperature needle slide very quick up and down, it would stay HOT at the very top when going uphill and go below the normal when going downhill?? When i was at the highway after 15 minutes driving around, the needle stayed way at the top HOT!! as I slow down, the check engine light came on, the battery light, and the oil light (all 3, everything!) the car was having a hard time going in 1st gear and by the time i climbed another hill, the car died on me! i tried to restart but the car wouldn't restart! i pushed the car in a parking lot and after 1 hour I came back and started the car, it started out fine. The coolant in the reservior tank is BROWN and milky chocolate shake and was BOILING!! really bad i could hear it boil, after a while I poured some coolant in the radiator cap which has NO coolant in it.
Is my head gasket gone? was that what produced the brown coolant? will i need to replace it?? hopefully tomorrow morning i'll bring it to a shop and they can replace my water pump, but is it worth it??($400+) my water pump is bad and was leaking from the gasket, please please please!! give me any advices on what to do!! *sigh* thank you much This post has been edited by pure_dx: Feb 26, 2006 - 1:10 PM |
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Feb 26, 2006 - 4:40 PM
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QUOTE(presure2 @ Feb 26, 2006 - 3:42 PM) [snapback]399985[/snapback] if your coolant is a brownish milky consistancy, thats a dead giveaway for water and oil mixing (blown headgasket) *sigh* how long do you think i could continue driving with this blown headgasket? this is my only car....i need it for work and school... |
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Feb 26, 2006 - 6:30 PM
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QUOTE(pure_dx @ Feb 26, 2006 - 3:40 PM) [snapback]400007[/snapback] QUOTE(presure2 @ Feb 26, 2006 - 3:42 PM) [snapback]399985[/snapback] if your coolant is a brownish milky consistancy, thats a dead giveaway for water and oil mixing (blown headgasket) *sigh* how long do you think i could continue driving with this blown headgasket? this is my only car....i need it for work and school... lol I would guess drive it as long as it takes to get it in your garage or to a shop. DO NOT drive it anymore the way it is unless you want to start ruining more things. -------------------- 1999 Celica GT
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pure_dx car over-heated!!!!! Feb 26, 2006 - 12:56 PM
TrdKing do you have any visible coolant leaks Feb 26, 2006 - 1:03 PM pure_dx QUOTE(TrdKing @ Feb 26, 2006 - 1:03 ... Feb 26, 2006 - 1:11 PM TrdKing im not sure if there will be any damage due to ove... Feb 26, 2006 - 1:19 PM presure2 if your coolant is a brownish milky consistancy, t... Feb 26, 2006 - 3:42 PM TrdKing if your car does completely overheat it can seize ... Feb 27, 2006 - 7:55 PM
pure_dx QUOTE(TrdKing @ Feb 27, 2006 - 7:55 ... Feb 27, 2006 - 10:00 PM trd94 your car stopped on you because of the coolant tem... Feb 28, 2006 - 1:31 AM Dunners Is there any black or white smoke coming out the e... Feb 28, 2006 - 1:39 AM hitcachi Sorry man but this sounds like a case of lack of c... Feb 28, 2006 - 1:54 AM madmods QUOTE(presure2 @ Feb 26, 2006 - 8:42... Feb 28, 2006 - 4:48 AM celicast3sgte hey ok so heres some of what your looking at
1-ch... Feb 28, 2006 - 6:12 AM pure_dx thank you everyone, at least i will learn from my... Feb 28, 2006 - 11:45 AM blu94gt makes me sad that a Celica is neglected like this.... Feb 28, 2006 - 11:52 AM frosty QUOTE(blu94gt @ Feb 28, 2006 - 4:52 ... Feb 28, 2006 - 1:24 PM DJWashington Ive seen a couple cars with brown milkshake water ... Feb 28, 2006 - 5:55 PM lagos hate to say this, but your motor is gone. you cant... Feb 28, 2006 - 6:36 PM TrdKing best bet would be take it to a shop and see what t... Feb 28, 2006 - 6:55 PM madmods brown milky water=blown head. PERIOD! Don... Feb 28, 2006 - 7:42 PM celicarus reading the replies are funny - but sorry about yo... Feb 28, 2006 - 8:30 PM pure_dx thanks guys, the $400+ to get a new waterpump... Feb 28, 2006 - 11:54 PM 95CelicaST Okay, there was no coolant in the radiator, but re... Mar 1, 2006 - 3:36 AM pure_dx ^I know, i was so confused! because it would s... Mar 1, 2006 - 9:02 AM nightryder lol, keep your head up bro. I know a lot of the g... Mar 2, 2006 - 11:14 AM |
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