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My focus has been overheating as of today, on my way home from work, my coolant level looks full, but the color of the coolant is clear, but smoke came from under the hood.. my temperature guage went close to the hot, but i pulled over and waited 5 minutes , until it went down and cool down, then i drove the vehicle home. i do have a value cover casket leak though you can see the oil leaking from under the hood, do you think thats why the engine is getting hot
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Check for coolant in your oil, you can do this by pulling the dip stick and looking for specs of coolant on the stick, and smelling it. Coolant has a sweet smell. The other thing you want to check is the oil level. If your oil level is higher than full you probably have a blown gasket.
The power steering is a sealed system. No way coolant could get in there. It might be contaminated by moisture from the air though. So you could suction it out (a turkey baster works great), and replace with clean fluid. Wasw the engine overheating from low coolant level? Hopefully, thats all it was. Keep it full!
sounds like your coolant level dropped enough to empty the heater core and your engine was not getting coolant up to the cylinder head, check the coolant immediatly and fill then idle in the driveway till fully warm and you should notice the leak
There is no snowflake on the instrument cluster if that is where you see the light. there is a gear (circular) with an ! in the middle. If that is on, you have an issue and may be in emergency cooling mode to rpevent engine overheating damage.
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Most common problem here is the coolant level. If the overflow tank is full of coolant and you are experiencing heating/overheat problems, the thermostat is likely bad (especially if you've used a sealer due to a leak). A clogged thermostat will prevent coolant from circulating and impact your heater/defroster.
there could be a number of reasons
1 if you just toped it up you could have air in the system
2 the cooling fan may not be working
3 the termastat is no longer operating ( they normally fail open )
4 the coolant is old or contaiminated and needs changing
5 a leaking head gasket ( you exhaust will smell sweet and look white in color
6 a blockage in the engine passages the coolant flows
This can be caused by a few things. First, the fan motor may be burned out or the temperature switch may be malfunctioning so the fan doesn't engage. The thermostat may also have gone out which prohibits the coolant to circulate through the engine and radiator thus cooling your engine.
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