BiggBriggs
04-19-2011, 12:51 PM
Hello!
I recently put a 1995 KA into my hatchback and while driving it it suddenly began to over heat, I pulled over to the side of the freeway and the car died out, I pulled out the thermostat and ended up having to wait 2 hours before I could finally get the car to start again..
I started driving it again and it was shooting out butt loads of white smoke for the first few minutes, then it stopped but the car wouldn't idle at all
I got it up to the event I was heading to watch and had a few friends look at it and all they could tell me was it wasn't healthy..
so I ended up getting it towed home where its sat for a 2 weeks...this is my 3rd KA into this car and its still not working all with overheating problems (first had a cracked block, second was just a failure, this one worked and just decided to all of a sudden overheat and not work)..I would just go CA or SR but I am short on cash and want to fix this ka if I can..
I originally thought it was a head gasket, but the oil is clean
there are no leaks anywhere on the engine as far I can tell (which is partially why I went with it)
I looked over the rest of the engine and I found that my spark plug wires are no good, the first and third wont even come out and the 4th has melted and broken off while the second came out fine but partially melted..
The coolant that came out of the car was brown as well
I'll try and post pictures later
I dont know what is going wrong with the car at all or what would cause it to mess up this bad after overheating one time...?
any suggestions on what to do? What could be wrong?
I am thinking I'll buy new spark plug wires and spark plugs and if I can get the car to start then I'll take it to a shop and get it checked out more..I want to avoid towing fees again if possible
any help would be greatly appreciated..and I'm still learning and short on tools with no garage but I'll do my best to give you guys all the information I can!
please help!
thank you
- Josh
I recently put a 1995 KA into my hatchback and while driving it it suddenly began to over heat, I pulled over to the side of the freeway and the car died out, I pulled out the thermostat and ended up having to wait 2 hours before I could finally get the car to start again..
I started driving it again and it was shooting out butt loads of white smoke for the first few minutes, then it stopped but the car wouldn't idle at all
I got it up to the event I was heading to watch and had a few friends look at it and all they could tell me was it wasn't healthy..
so I ended up getting it towed home where its sat for a 2 weeks...this is my 3rd KA into this car and its still not working all with overheating problems (first had a cracked block, second was just a failure, this one worked and just decided to all of a sudden overheat and not work)..I would just go CA or SR but I am short on cash and want to fix this ka if I can..
I originally thought it was a head gasket, but the oil is clean
there are no leaks anywhere on the engine as far I can tell (which is partially why I went with it)
I looked over the rest of the engine and I found that my spark plug wires are no good, the first and third wont even come out and the 4th has melted and broken off while the second came out fine but partially melted..
The coolant that came out of the car was brown as well
I'll try and post pictures later
I dont know what is going wrong with the car at all or what would cause it to mess up this bad after overheating one time...?
any suggestions on what to do? What could be wrong?
I am thinking I'll buy new spark plug wires and spark plugs and if I can get the car to start then I'll take it to a shop and get it checked out more..I want to avoid towing fees again if possible
any help would be greatly appreciated..and I'm still learning and short on tools with no garage but I'll do my best to give you guys all the information I can!
please help!
thank you
- Josh