My Temp on HI!! Oil LIght Blinking...did i mess the head gaskets up?

[cvc7chris]

i was driving up to smith mountain lake

and my oil light started blinking and staying on and blinking again

not knowing what was wrong i go buy some oil and put it in

still didn't help

i drove it like that till i saw a repair shop

and it turned out to NOT HAVE ANY WATER/COOLANT in the radiator

and the temperature thing was all the way up

but yea the guy said that i probably messed a head up or a head gasket

and he said if i did i was looking at more than 1k

how do i know if i messed something up or not?

it runs good but not the way it did before for some reason

not MUCH difference though

isn't it better to get a new used motor..?

if it is messed ? the motor is at 214k...


but no knocking or nothing noises in the engine that i know of..

and do replacing head or head gaskets really that expensive

[ExplodingCake]

Do you have any leaks?

Is the oil mixed with coolant?

[cvc7chris]

idk no leaks that i see

and idk if the oil could of mixed with the coolant

the light was blinking so i put 2 things or oil..in it

and ran good then the temperature thing was blazing hot

so i stop and let it cool and ran it again but immediately went up

so i stop at a repair shop and he puts some water in the radiator and

then runs great from there

i wouldn't know if something is messed up or not

[ExplodingCake]

Mybe you just forgot to put in coolant..

As for your blinking oil...

2 things:

Faulty oil sensor and/or faulty oil pump

[cvc7chris]

well it stopped blinking

the mechanic dude said the blinking was dude to it not having coolant in the
radiator..

i drove it for about 40 mins after the mechanics and it never blinked

[lo-specials]

Now keep watching the coolant

[cvc7chris]

i will man

what's better

water or coolant?

[camdizawg]

i will man

what's better

water or coolant?

your supposed to do a 50/ 50 mix

water actually keeps your engine cooler, hotter climates can use 70% water / 30% coolant

or even more water, the coolant is for corrosion protection as well as anti freeze, so if its cold outside you need a good amount i think, i have no idea i use mostly water with some coolant about %20 coolant. hawaii 80 degrees here

i know racers will use all water at the track

[accordztech]

water doesnt make it run cooler...

water dissapates the heat better in circulating it...coolant protects it from freezing....mixing it you get a higher boiling point but if u have a good radiator cap then it helps as well. so run 50 50

should of checked these things before you left.

[cvc7chris]

i know i should of checked

stupid of me to just run off like that

but yeah i ran it like 2 hours ago

after i mixed 50/50 and added brake and steering fluids..and

cleaned the engine a bit
and it's running great!!!

but still gotta run it more to find out

[ExplodingCake]

Keep an eye out for your oil light too. It might or might not blink again. Just a precaution.

[cvc7chris]

well it hasn't blinked anymore

so yeah

[ExplodingCake]

well it hasn't blinked anymore

so yeah

Oh ok, problem fixed then.

[gohonda90]

head gasket

try crackin the oil pan drain plug just enough until fluid starts to com out after sitting overnight.if there is coolant getting in it will come out first PURE CLEAN ANTIFREEZE THEN OIL.I got about a cup of coolant before the oil came out.