My car overheated!
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My car overheated!
So I changed my coolant yesterday and everything went smoothly until i started the car. This is when smoke started to come from the inside of the car, but not the engine. So i turned it off and tried to figure out where the smoke was coming from, but couldn't really find out where exactly it was coming from. So i looked online to see what might be the cause and what i found out was that after changing the coolant, most of the time air gets in. So you would need to burb it in order to get the air out. So i got it to burb and now it runs fine, but I'm worried what caused that smoke to come. Did i blow up my head gasket or something else because the smoke was in the trunk and in the car. Also it was almost near H but below 3 marks. I checked it right now and the resvior is almost empty, so i will fill it up to max again, when i get home. It kinda looked like someone just got done hot boxing my car.
Last edited by FreshG; 06-25-2011 at 12:24 PM.
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The car was working fine this morning and when i got to work i saw the reservoir was empty, so i filled it up to max. Then when i started the car for couple of minutes it was fine, but when i was about to leave work it started to smoke again, but i used the same method again to make it burp because this time it was the coolant in the reservoir that was bubbling not the radiator. Any ideas what this possibly could be? maybe thermostat. I'm going to take it to the dealer on monday, but is there anything i can do to fix it or find out what the problem is.
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Put your car on an incline and start it with the radiator cap off. Fill the radiator. Let the car idle until the thermostat opens. Once that happens you will see the coolant drop. Fill the radiator again, put the top on and make sure the reservior is at the appropriate level. This could all take 30 mins or more.
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