What is wrong with the oil?
If it looks like chocolate milk then you will have a leak in the cooling system that is allowing coolant to escape into the oil. If your cracked radiator has been replaced and you check the coolant level you will find you will need to top it up.
(Take off the radiator cap when the engine is cold and you might also find evidence of oil that has escaped into the coolant and has attached itself to the radiator cap and the neck of the filler)..
White smoke generally occurs when coolant escapes directly into the combustion chamber not when it escapes into the oil passages in the engine and contaminates the oil.
What you need to track down now is where the coolant is getting into the engine oil which may be through a blown head gasket or a cracked cylinder head or both. If you had a crack in the radiator when driving the car the coolant will escape very fast because it is under pressure. Overheating the engine even for a short while can be enough to cause damage and heating up the engine is unavoidable unless you pick up the coolant leak very quickly.
The first thing I would be doing is to check for a failed cylinder head gasket because I would want to eliminate that as the issue if it has not failed.
In some engine designs coolant can leak into the oil via a failed intake manifold gasket and in that event it is a much simpler repair. I am not sure if that can be an issue in the engine you have fitted in your car but it is something you should check out..
In any event there is a very good video here on ways to identify if you have a blown head gasket. If you do not then you will most likely not have cracks in the cylinder heads either. But one way or the other you need to track down the internal coolant leak as engine oil contaminated with coolant will cause engine damage if not dealt with and the problem repaired..
12 Ways of How To Test Blown Head Gasket Compared PART1
Also you might like to read this............
What to Do When Your Engine Overheats
Your lower brake lamps are wired through the multifunction switch. The high-mount brake lamp isn't wired that way.
At the lower rear, the turn and stop use the same bulb filament, just not at the same time.
I'd have to check circuits to and from multifunction switch. Sometimes you can get under the dash, find wiring harness to/from steering column, If you can find the proper color wire for lower brake lamps, see if voltage on that wire with brake activated, if no voltage, the problem could be the wiring in steering column or multifunction switch.
Nope, the AC and heater switch is one in the same, although indicated in blue towards the left are the AC settings for Max AC.
Where it says "push" that is for the rear window defrost.
The thermostat housing is at the end of the upper radiator hose. There should only be 2 10mm bolts holding the thermostat housing to the engine. Remove the 2 bolts, pull the housing off of the engine. Remove the old thermostat. Clean everything around where the thermostat goes on the housing and the engine side. Install new thermostat with new o-ring seal. And reinstall housing. Top off cooling system and bleed any air out of system with bleeder that is ontop of housing.
The thermostat has nothing to do with the cooing fan functioning. I would start with the electric fan itself, then to the fan relay, then to the fan thermostatic switch.
you can replace it yourself but it is a little difficult , you have to take the steering wheel off and the airbag out also , a couple nuts and screws unplug it from under the dash , you should try to look on youtube and see if this is something you can or should do yourself , that is quite a bit of money for to pay someone that amount to change it , it is not hard but is that your problem it could be a bad ground or something like that loose fuse socket, I have never known any of those switches going bad like that , they rarely go bad , I would look into it further , best of luck ,
Well Melissa the timing belt is on the front of the engine behind the timing belt cover ! If you look where the alternator is you will see the serpentine belt, It turns the alternator an power steering pump an water pump . This serpentine belt has a spring loaded tensioner to keep it tight . This belt has to come off as well as the alternator an the timing cover to get at the timing belt ! The crankshaft has marks on it as does the cam shaft sprocket , these marks have to be at a certain spot it to be in time ! Did your timing belt wear out ?
