Chokkie
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Hey people... new to this site and was just wondering if anyone could tell me what's happened to my car.....
OK, so I was over a friends house, and my radiator has had a small leak for a little while now, like I have to top the water up in it at least once a week so I got some Radiator Stop Leak and put it thru my radiator (followed the instructions on the bottle...)
Then when I was driving home, my temp gage when up to around 3/4 on the gage and when I pulled up to stop at a set of lights there was this loud tapping/ticking noise coming out of my motor somewhere and the car stalled (its an auto) .... so I started the car again and managed to keep going... at this point I didnt know what it could be as the temp was still only at 3/4 on the gage.....
the next set of traffic lights it did the same thing but this time wouldnt start again and all this black smoke came out from under the bonnet and a horrible burning type smell.... some nice guy stopped and helped me push it off the highway into the side street where I sat for a couple hours (kids in the car, til my brother could come) When I opened the bonnet and managed to open the radiator there was NOTHING in it.. bone dry, and smoke was still coming out of the cap - I put 3 litres of water in it and then looked underneath the car and it was dripping out the bottom of the radiator....
I checked my oil dipstick and that was on the "full" line still.... so it couldnt be that right?
so after sitting there for 2 hours, putting water in the radiator I managed to drive it to a close by servo and filled it right up again... so between where I was and 100 metres down the road to the servo I had lost the full 3 litres I had just put in....
I filled it again and filled my bottle and managed to drive the car....
does n e one have an idea what it could be? obviously my radiator is effed but would it have been the stop leak that caused it? and do you think thats the only think that would be wrong with it? or because of all the smoke maybe my whole engines blown?
If n e one could help me that would be great, or if I havent given enough info, I'm happy to give more
thank you all in advance
OK, so I was over a friends house, and my radiator has had a small leak for a little while now, like I have to top the water up in it at least once a week so I got some Radiator Stop Leak and put it thru my radiator (followed the instructions on the bottle...)
Then when I was driving home, my temp gage when up to around 3/4 on the gage and when I pulled up to stop at a set of lights there was this loud tapping/ticking noise coming out of my motor somewhere and the car stalled (its an auto) .... so I started the car again and managed to keep going... at this point I didnt know what it could be as the temp was still only at 3/4 on the gage.....
the next set of traffic lights it did the same thing but this time wouldnt start again and all this black smoke came out from under the bonnet and a horrible burning type smell.... some nice guy stopped and helped me push it off the highway into the side street where I sat for a couple hours (kids in the car, til my brother could come) When I opened the bonnet and managed to open the radiator there was NOTHING in it.. bone dry, and smoke was still coming out of the cap - I put 3 litres of water in it and then looked underneath the car and it was dripping out the bottom of the radiator....
I checked my oil dipstick and that was on the "full" line still.... so it couldnt be that right?
so after sitting there for 2 hours, putting water in the radiator I managed to drive it to a close by servo and filled it right up again... so between where I was and 100 metres down the road to the servo I had lost the full 3 litres I had just put in....
I filled it again and filled my bottle and managed to drive the car....
does n e one have an idea what it could be? obviously my radiator is effed but would it have been the stop leak that caused it? and do you think thats the only think that would be wrong with it? or because of all the smoke maybe my whole engines blown?
If n e one could help me that would be great, or if I havent given enough info, I'm happy to give more
thank you all in advance