car probs..

[Klah Kalash]

*Take note, i'm 16 and have only had the car for 2 months, so i'm not to smart when it comes to mechanics as of yet, so excuse anything stupid i say <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

A few weeks ago my car overheated (stupid me :biggrin: ),
anyways, my car was smokin'.
So I didn't drive for a while, letting it cool down (went back down to C).
I drive a few miles to my friends house, stop for about 10 minutes there, drive a couple miles more to another place, and again, smoke is literally spreading everywhere from my hood.
(It seemed to be coming out from down there by the dipstick (90' f/b))
So i take it back home, check everything, nothing seemed wrong, drive the car around the block, it's fine again. Then I return my friend to his house and right there it happens again, the smoke was so bad that it was pouring out my AC vents.

So now is when I take it to my dad's mechanic,
I go on vacation,
when i returned, they say he fixed everything and that he drove it around for 15 minutes and it ran perfectly,
so, i pick it up, and after about 5 miles, smoke again, this time a different area, the thermostat (C when we left) was 3/4 the way to H,
took it back to him, he says the freeze plug is leaking anitfreeze, and that's burning from the engine heat,
Today he put in a new plug and my brother who went to pick the car up drove it for approx 5 minutes, and, yet again, smoke, the anitfreeze leaked.


Any ideas on what it could be? &nbsp; :confused:
I'm really desperate to drive my car again :biggrin:
(i haven't drivin' it in over 2 weeks!)

[nos240]

since the mechanic had just replace the freeze plug. im guessing that's not what causing the smoking or the overheating, unless he did a shitty job on it and the freeze plug blew out again. if that's the case, &nbsp;the engine will overheat real fast. have you had any cooling system done? sometime the best mechanic forget to tighten something. if so, inspect all connection on the radiator hoses, thermostat housing, water pump, and radiator. look for obvious coolant stains. if everything is fine and dry, have your mechanic, pressurize the cooling system for leak. there's a good chance you have a leak somewhere, that's what causes the smoking.

hope this help