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What if my car shuts off from overheating with the oil pressure light on and also has coolant splattered around under the hood and low coolant in the reservoir and i heard tapping after restarting?
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∙ 16y ago
I'd be checking the head gasket. Pull the oil dipstick and if the oil is overfull and looks like chocolate milk you need a motor. If it still runs o/k fill up rad and let it run to operating temp with the rad cap off. If it bubbles like a pot of boiling water you have a head gasket problem. You did check for coolant leaks & oil level already??
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I did check the dip stick and it was very low, after some reading i now know that was the cause of the tapping sound. I added some oil, and refilled the then completely empty reservoir. I then turned the car on, waited a bit and added some more antifreeze as the reservoir lowered a bit. My neighbor explained that was due to it circulating back into the system.
There are more problems now with the thermostat, but I believe I should submit a new question.
Thanks for the help :)
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it is normal, when the coolant is hot and pressure built, the pressure cap allows the coolant to drain to reservoir to reduce pressure in the cooling system But, if it continually does this whereby the reservoir overflows and the vehicle overheats due to a lack of coolant actually in the radiator when cool, there may be an overheating problem or blown head gasket on the engine.
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