maybe some water stuck in the cylinders
Your water pump may have seized up which in turn snapped your timing belt. Get that checked out before you get your engine rebuilt. That is what happened to mine. _______________________________________________________________________ == == The clue is the over heating condition...........the engine is SEIZED, meaning it is stuck and needs to be rebuilt by a engine shop. If the engine cannot be turned over by hand, it is seized. Put the trans in neutral, and use your hands to try to turn the engine by pushing on the pulleys or by pulling on the belts. If it won't turn, it is cooked. When an engine is super heated, metal parts expand and get bigger, so that things that normally have clearance, now are hitting each other. Have it checked by a professional mechanic, to be sure about this.
If the engine has seized, then it's pretty much done for. Transmission fluid, or engine oil, will do nothing to solve that. Transmission fluid goes in the transmission - which if that is seized, again - you're in trouble. The only way to get around replacement is to disassemble the seized component (engine, tranny, whatever) and replace the seized components and anything else that was damaged as a result of the seizing. sorry.
Take it to a professional who knows what they are doing.
It could be that your head gasket is shot. It may cause your antifreeze to leak, and your engine will overheat.
No, just keep an eye on the heat of your weapon and use your powers when it's about to overheat to let it cool again.
the engine will run hot and eventually it will blow on younot true.. if you have no oil in your engine it will not last long enough to overheat... the force of the pistons moving will cause so much friction, add that to the lack of lubrication and your engine will seize up and never work again...
For my Dodge Stratus, I have to hold down the off button on the remote for 3-5 seconds, the alarm stops going off, but the engine still will not turn on. Then I hold down the off button again for 3-5 seconds and it normally will start after that.
sry only get it once dude.
No you don't have to pull the engine in order to replace the timing belt but let me suggest you buy the parts and take it to a good mechanic and let them do it. Changing the timing belt is difficult and it may cost you an extra hundred or so for someone else to change but its worth not having the headache. amen...i did it to my mom's 96 stratus ES (V6)...will never do it again...unless i get paid at least $500!!!
It's worn and sticking, once it gets hot enough it breaks loose and opens then it sticks again until it gets so cool that it breaks loose again, closes and lets the engine warm up. Replace the thermostat before you overheat and cause severe engine problems.
A 1998 Dodge stratus 6 cylinder usually uses 10W-30 oil, but again it depends on what is your preference in your automobile. There are some Dodge Stratus 6 cylinder owners who prefer using 5W-30.
Anything is possible but i doubt it.