insertchickens

starting my car up yesturday and waiting for it to warm up my check engine light comes on. so ok im going down the street no big deal. when i was driving my car start to have alot of stream coming out of my ehaust pipe, and i started to over heat.
i just put water/ rad. fuild in so i dont know.

someone please help what the hell did i do?

any comment will help thanks guys

scoobie8

iTrader: (31)

damn sorry to hear about your prob. You might want to post it in bay area forum as well, maybe someone in your area can look at your car for you!

MO REX

iTrader: (2)

Have you checked the coolant since this happendand if so how were the levels? When you added coolant how much did you have to add?

Sounds like a blown a head gasket or cracked the head. Pull the oil dipstick and see if there's coolant in it. If you can get it to Autozone without overheating they can read the code for you. If you get the code post it.

VRT MBasile

iTrader: (17)

you can also rent the scanner tool from autozone (requires full price deposit, refunded upon return of tool) that way you can take the scanner to your house without risking the car overheating

insertchickens

you know i put alot of fluid in the rad. on fri the 25th and now there is none. just a week. are the stock heads know to going bad at 60000? i have no big mods to my car. and i was not red lining it or nothing

VRT MBasile

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without a CEL code or inspecting the engine in person, no one is going to be able to help beyond specualtion and assumption. I'd still suggest the autozone scan tool or have it towed to a shop such as gruppe-s

MO REX

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MBasile

Good idea.

I haven’t heard of many blown head gaskets or cracked heads but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Did you check for coolant in the oil?

MO REX

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If he has coolant in his oil you can bet he cracked a head or blew a head gasket.

IGotTheGray_i

Or mybe just a rediator leak or clogged tubing.. check the simple things first.

insertchickens

i just checked my oil looks and smells fine. when i look under my car its steaming the header meeting the up pipe. then white steam comes out the exhaut. while warming up it sometime wants to stall.

Jakes02

iTrader: (1)

could it be the turbo? cracked housing?

WRX409

If he did blow a headgasket than his engine oil after it is contaminated
with coolant should look almost like chocolate milk.

Jakes02

iTrader: (1)

wrx's have chocolate milk makers! sweet.

yeah my integra suffered that fate, it looks pretty gross

WRX409

Sorry to hear that Jake that sucks.
Your WRX is a all around better car.
How did that happen WOT for too long??

MO REX

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Sounds like it could be the turbo. That's much better than a head gasket.