Most of you know I sold my tour 2 years ago for a Malibu cause the tour was having numerous tranny problems and I had already changed it once.
Well, now I have owned my Malibu for over 2 years now and have had no problems.... but just the other day my radiator fluid light kept coming on. I would check the reservoir and would find it empty. I would fill it up. Drive for about 5 minutes and the light would come back on. Pull over, check the reservoir again, sure enough it was completely empty.
So I checked for leaks. No leaks. Checked the oil to make sure it was oil and nothing else. It looked fine. I finally realized that even if I opened the radiator cap while the engine was hot, there was no pressure. So, I figured I would change the cap since there were no leaks or change the water pump and/or thermostat.
Well, I was about to leave work and do so, when I decided to check the reservoir one last time and see if I needed to refill before going to the parts store. I opened up my reservoir and noticed a dirty green foam. I was pissed, I knew what happened. Sure enough I pulled out my dipstick and it was covered (completely covered) with the orange dex cool crap, water and a little oil. Obviously, my head
gasket or lower manifold gasket warped or a seal is broken.
So, I havent even started the car since I found out the coolant and such leaked into the engine, so I dont even think I drove it like that. Any suggestions on what it could be. I am thinking of buying an engine and replacing it. I found one with only 16k miles for $850. Any help
would be appreciated. I am going to get it fixed, well I have to, I owe too much on it to just get rid of it.
Even if you dont have any comments, thanks for reading my rant
