Big Stupid Rookie Mistake Yesterday

Alex91Mk3

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well i was working on my mk3, as about 75% of us were most likely doing:biglaugh: . i've had an annoying as hell exhaust leak coming from the headers for like a week... one of those annoying "tah tah tah tah tah".. well after i ighten up the bolts... theres one missing by the way, the one right under the distributer. and i dont have any bolts so i wasted my time, so while i was putting everything back together (heat shield and intake)again, i thought "let me check my radiator fluid" so i took off the cap... but i forgot to screw it all the way down because i went to do something else. well the next day on my way to work i start smelling oil and right before i pull up to my bank my car turns off, I thought it was gas because it was pretty low as well. After trying to start it for a cpl minutes it starts. Alot of smoke(oil) appears to be coming from the valve covers i think. Well I put gas after work and start driving to a friends house and the smae thing happened, just shuts off in the middle of the street with rush hour traffic behind me. Oil smoke is coming through the shifter and coming from the pedals. i see smoke coming from the sides of the hood. smells like oil. well it finally starts after a cpl of minutes of starting it. i finsih driving to my friends house thats only like a 2 blocks a way. shuts off again when i pull up to the drive way. well i start inpecting it trying to figure out whats wrong finally realizing hat its not gas. idiot. well i strat looking around and squeeze the radiotor hose to see if theres pressure... no pressure... touch the radiator... no even warm..im thinking .." f**king water pump again" well then i touch the cap and its loose... im in total shock thinking how can i do something to stupid.... well it started fine a cpl hours later and this morning as well.... i wanted to be specific with this and i can get the right diagnosis from u guys.... :1zhelp: what happened and am i going to see big problems later???:3d_frown: my fingers hurt
 

bigal0043

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was any coolant left? i would say you may see some problems down the road.. it seems our cars hate the heat and bust hg because of it... i forgot to do the same thing in my accord though but that thing was a POS put some coolant back in and drove like a champ though as soon as i saw my needle rise i pulled over found the problem right there and fixed it...

next time when you see smoke turn it off and pull over find the problem...


but we all make mistakes no worries
 

Insidious Surmiser

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if it were me, i woulda pulled over immediately, as soon as i saw something was wrong, and i woulda taken a look-see to see what was wrong, if i fixed it, i woulda driven it, if not, i woulda called someone to pick me up/bring the tow dollie

the way you're describing it also sounds very bad... lots of smoke from burning oil??? that hardly has any relation to a loose rad. cap :-/
 

suprahero

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Was it running hot? How are you so sure it was oil that was burning? Did you see an oil leak? If you get out of this one with the supra unharmed, you'd better go do like fifty hail marry's and maybe a tour with Green Peace. I'm not trying to wish you any bad luck, but there's no way you should drive your car when it is clearly stating that it doesn't want to move. Hint, Hint, I just shut myself off for a reason.................lol
 

Alex91Mk3

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finally someone from miami, close... the washinton mutual on flagler...
how weird to meet U here..... gotta meet up

no it wasnt running hot, im pretty sure it was oil, it smelled like oil, never saw an oil leak but im sure it was there somewhere....lol, i know i shouldnt have driven it, but luckily it seems to be running fine, the ride to work was fine , except for that exhaust leak i avent fixed yet....