A bad freeze plug will leak coolant and cause the engine to overheat.
Coolant leak? Check your heater core.
Yes, If to much leaks out this will cause the engine to over heat, smoke and or stall hence the name engine COOLant :)
A faulty thermostat in a 2001 BMW 325CI can cause a coolant leak. The coolant may be leaking out a crack in the thermostat or through a warped edge. In some cases the problem may be just a bad gasket and not actually a problem with the thermostat at all.
No. It would leak coolant.
It could.It could.
timing is wrong, coolant leak, bad radiator or thermostat, head gasket....
There are a few things that can cause a coolant leak but in your case it is probably the water pump. When a water pump starts to go bad it will leak coolant from the bottom.
Only when they are bad.
It must. I am having my '94 Camaro's timing gasket changed for just that reason.
Steam? Leak? overheating due to low coolant? Back pressure due to a bad thermostat? Defective radiator cap? have system pressure tested to determine location of leak
No. A bad starter would cause the car not to start.