Hey guys recently I was cruising down the freeway at approx 70mph and out of nowhere my car just bogs down and slowly starts to die out so I pull over at a public parking lot to check out what happened I pop the hood and it smelt like fish, and look like some coolant splattered on the right side of the engine and on the battery. Both the Check Engine light and another Yellow/Orange light with an exclamation point came up and the coolant in the reservoir was empty... Does anybody know what this could have been, or how it happened? Thanks.
I looked at all hoses nothing seems to be loose/ripped/released what I was going to try to do is on Monday buy some more engine coolant put it in and find out where it's leaking from, and try to solve it that way.
Check for the leak by squeezing a hose and listening for the leak. That's the easiest way to find it wherever it is. You have to do this with the reservoir cap on and tight.
The PCM will have initiated "Fail safe cooling mode" upon detecting the engine overheating because of coolant loss. Engine power was limited because cylinders are used alternatively so as to act as an "air pump" of sorts. Full details in your owner's manual.
Check the plastic tube that crosses over the top of the radiator as well as whynot's suggestion of squeezing the hoses. The plastic tube sometimes cracks or the plug at one end comes out.
Both the Check Engine light and another Yellow/Orange light with an exclamation point came up and the coolant in the reservoir was empty... Does anybody know what this could have been, or how it happened? Thanks.
The PCM will have initiated "Fail safe cooling mode" upon detecting the engine overheating because of coolant loss. Engine power was limited because cylinders are used alternatively so as to act as an "air pump" of sorts. Full details in your owner's manual.
Check the plastic tube that crosses over the top of the radiator as well as whynot's suggestion of squeezing the hoses. The plastic tube sometimes cracks or the plug at one end comes out.
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