shlammed

awesome

shlammed

if my coolant was frozen wouldnt that stop me from getting heat at all or no?

shlammed

well...blown gasket i dont think so then cuz nothing was leaking anywhere...coolant line frozen somewhere maybe a possibility cuz after all i changed the coolant myself and im good at breaking things...what about thermostat?

imported_gatherer

that is another possibility .. but ussually those have fail safes so that when they fail they fail in the open position

shlammed

im gonna top off the coolant and run the car for a bit and see if any coolant lines are cold.

MATMAN

After you drove to work and let it sit for a while, did you go and check it afterwards to see if, by chance, anything was leaking?

shlammed

nope...i will do that in a few minutes.

MATMAN

I have seen that before with the head gasket...sometimes when the engine is that hot - the fluids evaporate while the engine is still warm - let 'er cool down and take a look.

shlammed

it's been off for a little over an hour now

MATMAN

Well, seeing as it's bloody cold enough out - I doubt it's going to evaporate off the ashfault underneath. Next time you go for a smoke break or whatever - just peek at 'er.

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

Bahahaha... no, a blown head gasket doesn't leak **** everywhere. LOL I love the way you put that... I envisioned this engine just steaming and leaking everywhere hahahaha

I'm such a nerd...

a blown head gasket is very difficult to diagnose... my buddy blew his h/g on a new Si Veloz turbo and his had to be chemically diagnosed by testing for combustion by-products in the coolant.

I've seen some bubble exhaust gas through the coolant, I've seen some spew white smoke from the exhaust... some with milky white oil, some with oil in the coolant, etc etc... a h/g failure can manifest itself in many ways, depending on where exactly it's broken.

DoubaD

heh, try changing the head gasket in a saturn

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

whoa... hold up... why?? what's the big deal? chain drive timing, then undo the engine mount, remove the exhaust and intake manifolds and remove the head. It's just like every other car.

I like Saturns...

shlammed

ok i just ran outside and underneath the driver's side corner of the front of the car there was a puddle...it didn't look like coolant though and it felt a lot like engine oil.

shlammed

i didnt bother popping the hood though

shlammed

conclusions?

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

shoulda popped the hood...

Neons leak oil when they blow thier head gaskets, that's why the dr side back of the block is always covered in oil on those cars.

shlammed

where should i look when i pop the hood?

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

where the oil is coming from

shlammed

lol