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My 2005 elantra is losing its water, cannot find any leaks, drove last night and the car got hot, now will not crank........head gasket right......127 thousand miles......I looked at all my hoses except heating coil hoses, looked at my water pump, thermostat, radator cap.....I dont see it.............HELP........! Thermostat is opening, I see circulation after about five minutes of running, no indicator lights on....I havent a clue, I do fear head gasket, however no oil in the water and no water in the oil.......Thanks for your advise.........FishPhish61
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your leak is likely in head leaking into the spark plug ignition area and burning of once vehicle is running check plugs for moisture before motor is hot, also can seal using blue rhino at auto zone I used on 6 vehicles and sealed all of them.
Well, I think the white smoke if it smells sweet, is antifreeze leaking into a cylinder through a fractured or broken head gasket.
The head being cracked could cause this symptom, but usually it's the head gasket.
If it's leaking at the radiator, or a tube to it, then that could have caused an overheat condition that messed the engine's head gasket up.
no you can blow a head gasket even only getting it hot that one time, it doesnt take much, extreme heat is a engines worst enemy, i would replace head gasket right away and to be safe i personally change the thermostats in my vehicle atleast once a year. good luck
If it isn't over-heating don't worry too much just make sure all your fluids are topped up.
If it does over heat, check the tester cap in the radiator for green fluid and your coolant bottle level. Because if the radiator isn't leaking, you've got yourself a head gasket on its last legs.
10\40 oil ,before changing oil put an engine flush in the engine,then change oil and filter.the noise sounds like noisy tappets,the oil leak unlikely to be head gasket unless u are losing water
it sounds like it may have air in the system there should be a bleeder valve for the coolant also if it ran hot you may have a possible head gaskt problem i would try bleeding the air out of the coolant system and if problem is still there you can buy a kit to check the head gasket it hooks to the coolant system and you pour a liquid in it and if it turns from blue to yellow it has a head gasket problem
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