Help! My Car Was Running On No Water!

[-xsi gal-]

I know this topic may have been brought up before but because i am so new to all this i don't even know what keywords to use for the search.

Ok basically i stopped at a traffic light, wen i revved my car didnt move nowhere until a bit later on. Then i realized da temperature stick was over the hot line!! so i left it there to cool, my fren put heapz of water + green water in it, was fine for a while but now when i drive it da stick goes up to 'h' really quickly. I'm too scared to drive it so i jst left it alone now.

I thought that happened because there was no water, but the water would have fixed it.. guess not. So does anyone know anything about this? maybe it happened to you before... did i f*@% up something in my car?? *worried* =S

[|N|]

is ur fan coming on?

[-xsi gal-]

Umm.. no idea. Sorry... im so hopeless

[SiReal]

Get ur car checked out. You could've overheated ur engine - in which case replacement may be necessary. Turning ur car on, while its cold, with the correct oil level, with radiator full of water and green stuff (aka. coolant), should not do the car damage.

If ur car ran dry of oil, now thats a different matter.

mayeb u can call lube mobile or racv/nrma/aami whoever mechanic to check all vital components. When the OK is given, take it down to your local mechanic who will diagnose it further for you.

[todaek9]

you might burn the gasket dude...hope that's not the case...check the themo..

[JasonGilholme]

Is your radiator full?? What about the overflow bottle which should be just to the left of it??

Is your oil level right??

How long can you drive your car before it hits the hot temp (the "h")??

[aaronng]

Get a mech to check your car out. I suspect that you have a coolant leak.

[xtercii]

Not having the radiator fan on could certainly contribute to this problem, I went thru 2 bottles of fluid in couple of hours and my car was overheating all becos of the fan doesn’t get switched on. Turn your car on for a bit and see if the fan would turn on when engine is hot.

[r`Geno]

Sounds like a blown head gasket :thumbsdwn:

[-xsi gal-]

All this still doesnt piss me off as much as the freaken ex who's making a massive deal out of it, acting like a total head!
Neway...thanks for this guys, i shall bring it to the mechanic soon. Hopefully its nothing too serious & that i wont get rorted = /

[aaronng]

All this still doesnt piss me off as much as the freaken ex who's making a massive deal out of it, acting like a total head!
Neway...thanks for this guys, i shall bring it to the mechanic soon. Hopefully its nothing too serious & that i wont get rorted = /
Bring one of your guy friends who knows about stuff as well so that if they try to charge you outrageous prices, he can alert you of it. Also, get a confirmed quote first before approving the repair.

[m3ntAL_l2]

mmm same thing happened in my old holden VS, the temperture keeps on goin over the red line then u hav to stop n the car let it cooldown then start it again keeps on driving with no probs + in the moring i start the car and try to drive it it just wont go anywhere no matter how hard i accelrates it.
didnt really b botherd to fix the car just traded in,
but i was told that maybe sumthin is stucked so the water cant go though or sumthin or maybe the water pump>?
*just thinkin random stuff to say.....

[dsp26]

^^^if thats the case then head gasket it is.

when cold, check for white-ish residue around oil cap inside AND for oil in your radiator (floating on the water). check your exhaust fumes, white=water=blown head gasket or cracked block.

if you don't have any of the above the first thing to check is the thermostat if its seized... next is the water pump....

ALWAYS start with all the free checks you can do yourself first before taking to a mech

[-MuGen PoWer-]

check the hoses for any water leaks =)

[sassy_fit_vtit]

it could be that your radiator fluid was low, you put the engine coolant/water in whilst the engine was hot and it made the radiator crack, and thats y your engine heats up quicker.

i dunno gotta get it checked out, should ask a friend or family member to have a quick once over to see where the source of the problem is last thing u want to do is get jipped by a mechanic because ur not sure of where the problem is.

[iamhappy46]

When the engine is really hot, NEVER put water or coolant in(or pour it over) the motor to cool the engine down if the engine is not running. The very cold water/coolant hitting hot metal makes it crack(sure you have all seen this in school?)

The best method is to VERY slowly remove the radiator cap, start the engine and let it idle while slowly filling up water level, so that the waterpump circulates and prevents hot spots.

[dsp26]

^^^yes i'll vouch for this.

part of my overheat rebuild resulted in some minor cracks coz i did this every stop i had to make just to get my car home.. luckily it was in the head and not the block. crqcked blocks are worse than a blown headgasket obviously.

getting it towed would have been cheaper than the rebuild trust me

[bigjo5]

if the radiator fluids are low your car should be idoling funny.. like up down up down up down.. if ur head gasket is worn out / gone then in ur engine should be milky instead of brown oil, easiest wasy is to get one of those cooling system testers where u put it on top of the radiator and pump it.. then if u see the needle move down means u have a leak somewhere. and also when u pumped it look around where the waters leaking from . well hope that helps .
john

[-xsi gal-]

Hey all... Thanks for all the tips. Yes i examined da sick beep & da problem was that the hose that pumps the water or watever was broken...had a big leak so therefore, no waterrr. You were right Mugen PoweR :thumbsup: