Not sure this is the right area to post put couldn't find the right section for maintenance but the issue is that i parked my car today after a 20 mile highway drive and was making a call when I noticed check engine light pop on and my car was running at max temp, needle buried all the way at the top. Immediately turned my car off and popped the hood, the coolant reservoir was boiling from the heat and coolant was leaking quite heavily about a foot in from the front right wheel. I let the car cool down then checked it an hour later, coolant reservoir is completely empty, oil cap has no white on it and dipstick shows oil looks completely normal. Any suggestions?

 

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When the engine is cold, remove the radiator cap and look inside. The coolant should be all the way to the top, with no room for air. Your car was overheating, so I'm pretty sure that the radiator will not be full.

So fill the radiator but leave the cap off. Start the car and let it run. When the engine gets to operating temperature, you will probably see the coolant level in the radiator drop. Add more coolant, filling the radiator all the way to the top and then put the radiator cap on.

Let the engine run or better still, drive the car while watching the temperature gauge. If the engine overheats, then you will have to try to figure out why. Can you see any coolant dripping on the ground? Feel both the upper and the lower radiator hoses. Both should be hot. If only the upper hose is hot and the lower hose is cooler, than you have a bad thermostat.

 

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Coolant leaking heavily about a foot in from the front right wheel, left the car for an hour to go to class and came back and whole reservoir was empty from the leak I'm just hoping it's not a blown gasket

 

There is a lot of hoses there. Lower Rad hose, and oil cooler hose. You got to narrow it down pull the wheel and run engine

 

I'm getting it towed home tomorrow and will jack it up to get under there, if oil was clean and the coolant was boiling and not bubbling as well as it all having leaked out what are the chances it's a blown gasket?

 

You don't have to crawl under at all. You can see the lower hose from up top looking toward pax side. Then jack it up just enough to get wheel off and once you pull it off you will see heater hose and oil cooler hose. I doubt its a head gasket has to be leaking from a hose.