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My 2nd dash gauge from the left, the one that goes up to 80 i think its the oil gauge im having an issue with.
Basically, every day i start up the car and the needle sits at around 60. I drive on the highway about 20 miles to work and by the time i get off the highway and the engine warms up, the needle sits around 30 or so then im at work and shut the car off. This happens every day, every time i start it up, goes from about 60 to 30 or 20.
Saturday i put a quart of oil in the car, some coolant and some injector cleaner in the car. It felt better than it has in months. It felt like it had regained a tiny bit of the power i lost but not all of it for sure I drove 50 miles this day and the same thing, needle was around 30, but then i was in bumper to bumper traffic for about 45 minutes. That gauge was going from 30 to zero the whole time and i got the check gauges dummy light a bunch of times. The light goes off every time i got moving again or put it in neutral and gave it a little gas.
I got scared and just parked the car for a while. It started about 20 mins later. I cut the engine off and tried to start it again and it wouldnt start. Coolant was coming out of the overflow reservoir bottle through the cap. I guess thats where ive been losing all my coolant. I let it sit and cool down for another 25 minutes, put more coolant in the overflow and started it up. It was alright for about 15 minutes then the gauge started doing the same thing until i got where i was going and parked at the game i went to. This seems to happen but on a smaller level when i drive about 20 miles and then drive in bumper 2 bumper traffic but this is the first time where it has been this serious.
6 hours later and i drove home and same thing, the needle was around 60 and i got on the highway going 75 -85 mph and the car seemed alright for the whole 50 miles.
I got home and no coolant was coming out.
The engine has had head work done, ive had that loss of power issue and shaking under 2k rpm issue that everyone else seems to be having. Im a dummy when it comes to mechanical issues, anyone know what these symptoms might mean? My temp gauge does not work at all anymore.
Basically, every day i start up the car and the needle sits at around 60. I drive on the highway about 20 miles to work and by the time i get off the highway and the engine warms up, the needle sits around 30 or so then im at work and shut the car off. This happens every day, every time i start it up, goes from about 60 to 30 or 20.
Saturday i put a quart of oil in the car, some coolant and some injector cleaner in the car. It felt better than it has in months. It felt like it had regained a tiny bit of the power i lost but not all of it for sure I drove 50 miles this day and the same thing, needle was around 30, but then i was in bumper to bumper traffic for about 45 minutes. That gauge was going from 30 to zero the whole time and i got the check gauges dummy light a bunch of times. The light goes off every time i got moving again or put it in neutral and gave it a little gas.
I got scared and just parked the car for a while. It started about 20 mins later. I cut the engine off and tried to start it again and it wouldnt start. Coolant was coming out of the overflow reservoir bottle through the cap. I guess thats where ive been losing all my coolant. I let it sit and cool down for another 25 minutes, put more coolant in the overflow and started it up. It was alright for about 15 minutes then the gauge started doing the same thing until i got where i was going and parked at the game i went to. This seems to happen but on a smaller level when i drive about 20 miles and then drive in bumper 2 bumper traffic but this is the first time where it has been this serious.
6 hours later and i drove home and same thing, the needle was around 60 and i got on the highway going 75 -85 mph and the car seemed alright for the whole 50 miles.
I got home and no coolant was coming out.
The engine has had head work done, ive had that loss of power issue and shaking under 2k rpm issue that everyone else seems to be having. Im a dummy when it comes to mechanical issues, anyone know what these symptoms might mean? My temp gauge does not work at all anymore.
