Blown engine

[san rensho]

Like runjmc said, check if there is oil in the coolant or coolant in the oil. If there is oil in the coolant, don't panic, it could be a failed oil cooler which is any easy fix, except for cleaning out the cooling system. If there is coolant in the oil, that's not good.

Take off the serpentine belt and crank the motor by hand. If it binds, then you have a major problem. If not, take out the spark plugs and see if coolant is in he cylinders, if so you have a major problem.

If you don't have any of the above problems, then it could just be the car overheated and barfedcoolant. Fill up he coolant reservoir and see I it starts. If so, check the cooling system for faults. Hopefully it's just a waterpumpmor a cracked coolant reservoir.

[Jake Raby]

I'll put a 100 dollar bill on it.
Anyone want to dance?
I have been wrong before :-)

But it could always be worse.

[Rob175]

For the first time my RED coolant warning light started blinking (98' Boxster w/72,00 miles) when I started up..... lucky for me it the coolant was low by about 1-1/2 cups...I suppose just enough to trigger the low coolant sensor. I'll assume evaporation over the years was the cause. I bought the newer version coolant cap thinking the old cap might also be the culprit. Sorry to read some have much more serious issues.

[Jamesp]

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

I'll put a 100 dollar bill on it.
Anyone want to dance?
I have been wrong before :-)

But it could always be worse.

I think the wrist pin "C" clip might be loose on that piston.

[TeamOxford]

Those rings need to be reseated also. I'll bet the compression is WAY off on those cylinders.

Just sayin'...........

TO

[Calijim]

Looked inside the coolant reservoir and saw drops of oil floating on the remaining coolant. This is in response to coolant in the oil verses oil in the coolant comment. I don't understand how failure of the coolant/oil heat exchanger would allow coolant to get into exhaust system. What is the connection?

[Calijim]

Originally Posted by san rensho

Like runjmc said, check if there is oil in the coolant or coolant in the oil. If there is oil in the coolant, don't panic, it could be a failed oil cooler which is any easy fix, except for cleaning out the cooling system. If there is coolant in the oil, that's not good.

Take off the serpentine belt and crank the motor by hand. If it binds, then you have a major problem. If not, take out the spark plugs and see if coolant is in he cylinders, if so you have a major problem.

If you don't have any of the above problems, then it could just be the car overheated and barfedcoolant. Fill up he coolant reservoir and see I it starts. If so, check the cooling system for faults. Hopefully it's just a waterpumpmor a cracked coolant reservoir.

Question: Looked inside the coolant reservoir and saw drops of oil floating on the remaining coolant. This is in response to your coolant in the oil verses oil in the coolant comment. I don't understand how failure of the coolant/oil heat exchanger would allow coolant to get into exhaust system. What is the connection?

[san rensho]

Originally Posted by Calijim

Question: Looked inside the coolant reservoir and saw drops of oil floating on the remaining coolant. This is in response to your coolant in the oil verses oil in the coolant comment. I don't understand how failure of the coolant/oil heat exchanger would allow coolant to get into exhaust system. What is the connection?

If you are sure there is coolant in the exhaust, meaning there's coolant in the cylinders when you took out the plugs, then I would say its probably not the heat exchanger. Exchanger failure usually dumps lots of oil in the coolant and little or no coolant in the oil because the oil pressure is much higher than the coolant pressure.