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1998 Concorde started smoking heavily, died and seemed to have blownsomething up.
I was driving the car when it started smoking heavily so I pulled
over, the temp was fine but then the car sputtered pulling into the parking spot and died, also some weird fluid seemed to be leaking but well get to that later. I didnt know exactly what it was so I started checking fluids and heres what gets me and might be a clear indicator to the problem, the cold fill on the radiator is empty, engine fluid is low to empty and the transmission fluid seems to be empty (I didnt see any dark red on the dipstick) The engine compartment is really wet (and clean) on the bottom right drivers side of the car, the rest is dry so I assume something blew "up" into the hood hitting the engine and smoking but I cant recognize this liquid. The radiator seems to be intact which is the only thing I know oil, trans fluid and coolant run through that could blow up and leak all of them. Is it game over for the car? Any help is appreciated! Here is a pic of what was under the car. http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b.../IMAGE_042.jpg |
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1998 Concorde started smoking heavily, died and seemed to have b
An engine size may get you alittle more help!!
Glennm Beasley Chrysler Tech -- Message posted using http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/...kers.chrysler/ More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html |
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1998 Concorde started smoking heavily, died and seemed to have b
On Mar 17, 4:25*am, "damnnickname" > wrote:
> An engine size may get you alittle more help!! > > Glennm Beasley > Chrysler Tech > > -- > Message posted usinghttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/rec.autos.makers.chrysler/ > More information athttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html Yes. That would be helpful. If you have the 2.7 V6, you may have experienced the effects of it becoming sludged up. Many 1998 - 2001 LH cars with the 2.7 had this problem. -KM |
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1998 Concorde started smoking heavily, died and seemed to have b
On Mar 17, 9:05 am, wrote:
> On Mar 17, 4:25 am, "damnnickname" > wrote: > > > An engine size may get you alittle more help!! > > > Glennm Beasley > > Chrysler Tech > > > -- > > Message posted usinghttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/rec.autos.makers.chrysler/ > > More information athttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html > > Yes. That would be helpful. If you have the 2.7 V6, you may have > experienced the effects of it becoming sludged up. > > Many 1998 - 2001 LH cars with the 2.7 had this problem. > > -KM I dont believe it seized, it was a little hard getting into the spot (it was on an incline) but it started up just fine. My dad said probably a head gasket but it was odd because the car didnt overheat and wasnt over reved. |
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1998 Concorde started smoking heavily, died and seemed to have b
On Mar 17, 9:05 am, wrote:
> On Mar 17, 4:25 am, "damnnickname" > wrote: > > > An engine size may get you alittle more help!! > > > Glennm Beasley > > Chrysler Tech > > > -- > > Message posted usinghttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/rec.autos.makers.chrysler/ > > More information athttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html > > Yes. That would be helpful. If you have the 2.7 V6, you may have > experienced the effects of it becoming sludged up. > > Many 1998 - 2001 LH cars with the 2.7 had this problem. > > -KM Oh and I have a 3.2L LHS |
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1998 Concorde started smoking heavily, died and seemed to haveb
AFX wrote:
> On Mar 17, 9:05 am, wrote: >> On Mar 17, 4:25 am, "damnnickname" > wrote: >> >>> An engine size may get you alittle more help!! >>> Glennm Beasley >>> Chrysler Tech >>> -- >>> Message posted usinghttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/rec.autos.makers.chrysler/ >>> More information athttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html >> Yes. That would be helpful. If you have the 2.7 V6, you may have >> experienced the effects of it becoming sludged up. >> >> Many 1998 - 2001 LH cars with the 2.7 had this problem. >> >> -KM > > I dont believe it seized, it was a little hard getting into the spot > (it was on an incline) but it started up just fine. My dad said > probably a head gasket but it was odd because the car didnt overheat > and wasnt over reved. It COULD be a head gasket, but the 3.2 isn't known for doing that. It could have been any one of a number of pressurized coolant hoses that blew out. Could also be a radiator end tank blowing off the core, or just the seam popping open. Time for real diagnosis, not guesswork. |
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