...bad news, but you may have a blown head gasket. the coolant is probably not boiling in the reservoir, but if the head gasket has blown by a cylinder, some of the gas is escaping form the cylinder and ...
colour, usually indicates a worn engine, this will need to be overhauled or replaced. Other possibilities that come to mind: no gas in the tank or blocked fuel filter bad or missing spark plugs and/or
bad it would idle rough and then die when given gas. will a crcked spark plug or fouled spark plug do this ?? Ideas????? fuel starvation from somewhere? filters,, sometimes two filters one by the tank
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colour. Quick and easy attempt to fix might be to try some fuel injector cleaner,the purple bottle stuff I put in, is only about $3 a bottle, and seems to eliminate similiar symptoms brought on by bad
...bad fuel check the air filter is not dirty. You then best work your way through the possibility cheapest first. Check Spark plugs should be a pale white colour if you find a dirty one check the lead ...
...can be from faulty injectors/s leaking injector seals, blocked air filter, problem EVAC system from your think it is out of gas , I would suspect a EVAC system problem Sounds like a o2 sensor is
...gas tank. Are they trailing arms? Maybe rear control arms? Either way the bushings are bad whatever they are can you buy just the bushings? They are actually called suspension arms , if you look on ...
...colour, you have a blown head gasket. The first place to look however is check on the floor after you've driven the car for a while, and see if you can see water dripping to the floor, or if you open ...
...colour of the transmission oil. IT should be a bright cherry red . If not have it changed as that may be the burning smell.. Have a pressure test done to check for internal faults . Clean the oil ...
block test that uses a chemical that changes colour when it comes into contact with combustion gas. Is your fan coming on? It could be a blocked radiator or heater core. Could just be a bad thermostat
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