db123
Veteran Member
With wife and kids in tow... drove 4 hrs from home in Canada to Syracuse. No overheat warning light came on, temperature gauge was smack dap in the middle where it usually is. Got off the interstate and soon as I was approaching a stop car was lurching like the car couldn't find the right gear to get into, almost like it wanted to keep driving forward. As soon as we got to a stop, car was running really rough. We are a 1/2 mile at this point from our hotel... am able to get it into the parking lot and shut'er down. Once settled in our hotel room I come out to the car again after it has cooled down. I find NO coolant in the resevoir, so I remove the cap, no pressure. I add some straight water to the resevoir and start it up. White smoke is billowing out of the tailpipe. Shut it down.
So I'm thinking head gasket, but have read possibly the egr cooler as well. We were supposed to head back tomorrow and I'm afraid that major damage has occurred. I'm thinking of abandoning the car and seeing about getting a rental.
I have had a Check Engine light on for over a year, it was the intake manifold flap, but has not affected the way the car has ran in any way. Why would the temperature gauge not shown a hot condition or a warning of low coolant?
Emergency advice and feedback appreciated!!!
So I'm thinking head gasket, but have read possibly the egr cooler as well. We were supposed to head back tomorrow and I'm afraid that major damage has occurred. I'm thinking of abandoning the car and seeing about getting a rental.
I have had a Check Engine light on for over a year, it was the intake manifold flap, but has not affected the way the car has ran in any way. Why would the temperature gauge not shown a hot condition or a warning of low coolant?
Emergency advice and feedback appreciated!!!