Runs OK around town.
Had no coolant when I checked it.
is there a safemode that the car goes into if it senses overheating?
yes the temp gauge works, that's why I bother to check the coolant at all.

 

never heard of a safemode. But why isnt there coolant? Any lights.?

 

Has the car overheated??

Are you sure temp gauge works?

If your car is running hot than you might have some small engine damage

 

no clue as to why there is no coolant. No lights come on.
yes I'm sure the temp gauge works. it went down once we weren't moving.

I'm not too worried about engine damage, it's still running fine at idle and in the city. We'll see how things are when I add coolant on sunday and drive it home.

 

well have you tried putting in coolant.?

 

isnt buckin and overheating signs of a blown head gasket? not tryin to be negative.....

 

That's tomorrow morning @ 8am.

 

Could be, I didn't see any signs of it being blown so
Oil looked good, no unusual wetness around the heads.
if it is blown then I am blowing my money on the car and will just resell it and be done with it.

 

suks. hope the HG didnt go bad. but u probably have a micro crack that only sprays under pressure (radiator or hoses)...

 

Hope you find your leak source!

 

I just drove it back home after filling it up and it ran fine.
hopefully it stays this way and I got a real good deal on it

 

you may wanna perform a coolant system persure test along with a cylinder compression test, to analyze our cylinder pressure balance!

 

later on today I'll be doing a cooling system pressure test to it. depending on the result of that I may do a compression check.


I drove it around yesterday, to and from Maxus with no coolant loss