Originally posted by FavoriteMystaque:
Was the oil tan and milky? If just dark and a bit burned smelling, maybe you can try the waterpump first (unless you really have the thick white smoke). My Mystique had overheated a while for the previous owner, but it seems good now with a new waterpump, thermostat and coolant and oil. The cooling fan will trip at m on the temp gauge, A/C on will run the fan constantly.


well when I bought the car it didnt run, the previous owner said that it overheated and he turned it off. Well I had towed home today, I cleaned it up a bit and check the oil and it looked fine just dirty. I went ahead and tried to start it sputtered a few times then on the third time it started idled kinda rought then smoothed out. I let it run and after a few minutes it started to smoke out the tail pipes and the coolant tank kept releasing like air or something, like a blow off. I shut the car off and checked the oil to see it mirky now.When it was running it seem to run fine and I moved the car out of the drive way and it ran fine but it was only a min and a few feet.