This is my friend Dan's car that was recently overheated with no coolant in it at all.

Well after a head gasket job the car still does not sound right. A miss and stumble problem. The other issue is that it takes on no coolant and circulates none either. So what could be wrong where to look now?

Any suggestions on what to do.

Oh yeah the motor oil absolutely cooked on this thing and I'm thinkin maybe more. It does run though.

Well the miss and stumble could just be the timing belts being off, from when you put the engine back together.

 

 

Your coolant issue could be that you're not letting it burp all the air out of the system, these engines can be stubborn about that. Also make sure the thermostat is operating properly.

Did you check the heads for cracks?

Did you use the Intake? If so did you reuse the thermostat? Stuck closed?

change the spark plugs. I've had 4 major overheat jobs on cars and after I did the heads, it still missed. Put new plugs in, solved the problem.

 

The Water pump could also be shot. Check the thermo.. (hell just buy one. they are like 5 bucks) Put the car on a steep angle, front up, and let the car run with the heat on high. pour in antifreeze to keep it topped off. If any big bubbles or the water in the raid surges up and then sucks way back down, its a air bubble.

I'll try to fill it with the car front raised tomorrow. There were no crackes in the heads and they were not warped, which was surprising I mean the oil just smelled nasty. I will change the t stat too. They're only bout $12cdn at crappy tire. As for internals what could be damaged from an overheat? Oil pump looks like it needs to be replaced the new gasket did nothing.

 

The plugs looked fine but he has new platinum ones to go in, bosch i think, so i'll try that too. I am hooking up the boost gauge from my car onto his tomorrow cause he thinks that his turbo is not boosting either. The little green lite does not come on. I've spent more time on his car than on my own and he just bought his and i've had mine for two years My pregnant girlfriend is losing patience.lol

If it overheated enough, it could have fried the main bearings.

Most common short block damage from overheating is weak rings, if they get hot enough they will loose their temper, end result is a smoking oil burner.

 

Gary

The motor doesn't seem to burn any oil, or coolant. It does chuff a bit when you let off the throttle but i think that's related to the state of the exhaust system,rotten. no white smoke. I'm going out to try and put in coolant, and the new plugs. I'm going to stare it down first though.lol

OK. Got the coolant in and did the plugs + another oil change to help the quiet the one tick that was in the foreground. The sound in the background kinda of a cylinder thudding only quietly we found in #3 cylinder by removing plug wires one at a time from the disty while the motor is running. My friend Paul seems to think that it's maybe a ring related issue that might resolve itself, or maybe with some serious detergent. He says that drivin is ok. Power was reasonable and the noise doies get quieter under load. Like driving onto a large block.

 

So we took it for a spin and it seems allright but i personally don't like to think about what if's and I am unsure about the reliability.

 

Any thoughts?