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Will Ferrell and Adam McKay parted ways, production-wise, from what I read few years ago.
Kinda sad. Some of their movies made me laugh that deep down laugh I really needed in tough times.
Step Brothers is one of those movies.
It can’t make the first any better or worse than it already is. I say they try it. If it sucks, we just watch it 10 years later and maybe it’s funny again
A uniquely Chrysler issue lol. When I was trying to diagnose a coolant issue on my Charger that was apparently a very common problem with those, the Magnum, and the 300’s too.
im also concerned with how ignorant they are of cars that they risked literally 3rd degree burns by just opening a boiling water container thats under pressure.
No I know for a fact this happens when head gaskets go.
I had a 99 explorer and you would hear bupbbing from coolant tank apparently the water pump was failing internally and didn't know I told them it needed a lot of work when I sold it they put a water pump on and it blew the head gasket
So yes they can once the combustion gasses pass through the gasket and Into the coolant tank yes it will become a geyser
Listen to my boy buttdust93! I'm not seeing combustion gasses. Probably failed oil cooler. Depending on the make/model. Not time to panic yet. But yeah don't drive it till you sort it out
If you're buying a used car and have a mechanic inspect it beforehand, will he find these issues? Or can issues sometimes go past the mechanic and you end up with a bad deal?
A decent one can find this issue. Opening the cap on the radiator or using a canister made to see gas pressure bubbles coming back up through the coolant system is one way.
I don’t understand. If a car is worth more than $1000, you need to pay $100 to have a mechanic look at it before purchasing. This is a major mistake you will not recover from except for its weight in scrap metal. Sorry, mate. Sometimes the truth hurts.
100% blown head gasket. if you're super lucky, it was a manufacturing defect. If you're not, you have an engine problem that is ripping itself apart. like a shaft seal
Oh okay, thanks! The shop is closed until Monday but I have work over the weekend and honestly can’t afford to miss work. Can it be driven in small amounts? I’m assuming it shouldn’t be but I’m also not at home right now, so I would at least need to get it home. This is so annoying because I’ve had this car exactly 3 weeks and I got it from a used dealership, so I would’ve thought it would be more reliable. I have a warranty on it at least
I did a saturn ions head gasket off of YouTube videos. I have a good head on my shoulders for mechanic work but not too much experience. I'd say it was honestly pretty easy. Took my time and tracked every bolt. I drove it for another two years before getting a good job and a new car when it hit 200k miles.
I would not drive it, because if this just happened a head gasket is one thing. But, if driven you will also ruin other parts of the motor, including the bottom end. I would tow it to a garage and contact the warranty company.
A long block is a long block, any way you put it. No fucking way I would toss heads at this with that level of lubrication and cooling. Top end, bottom end, all fuckin ends is what this needs.
Why do you think it needs a long block?
Oil in the coolant does not necessarily mean coolant in the oil. The bearings could be fine. Generally oil pressure is higher than cooling system pressure.
Some techs and shops won't take the liability of having to warranty the work. Depending on how expensive the new/used motor the cost difference can be so close between the two jobs why wouldn't you spend the extra 10-20% and get a known good engine rather than taking a chance and there be unseen wear that causes issues.
Do not drive that.
And good luck with the warranty. 99/100 they're not gonna cover it. You're gonna fight and fight and they're not gonna pay.
You got scammed.
Lemme guess. Buy here/Pay here? As in, it was specifically a used car place? Not a dealership? And they offered financing and warranties?
Edit: honestly, I feel really bad for you, because these places are predators for people that are just excited to finally have transportation, and they get taken advantage of.
These people are scum. And you're just the next victim. My advice is, concentrate on cancelling the warranty. It'll save you a few grand. The rest, you're gonna owe.
Only advice on that, since I know it's a high APR, is make triple payments.
Yeah, dude, my first two jobs were at buy here-Pay here lots working in collections. Do not buy a car from those places. Our mechanics were sketchy as hell, our sales team was sketchy. Everyone was sketchy. Good experience for first time worker, because everything was uphill from there lol
No this is really bad. If you drive this all weekend you'll be towing it to the scrap yard on Monday. Warranty doesn't cover intentional destruction. Warranty expects you to tow the car to a shop as soon as you're aware of a problem.
DO NOT DRIVE in this condition!!! This is a coolant resivoir where the foam is coming out of. this is not Normal and indicates something is very wrong, oil is getting into the coolant and this is NOT supposed to happen at all. your engine isn’t broken, just a component(most likely a head gasket). If you drive it any more chances are YOUR ENGINE WILL FAIL CATASTROPHICALLY.
Get it towed to the garage so as to not do any more damage.
Good luck!
It should be a 30 day warranty on it or 60 I think in some states. Don’t let them talk you out of it. Take all the paperwork. Make copies of the paperwork. Good luck!
On the warranty paperwork, it says it’s valid for 6 months or 7,500 miles whichever comes first. They did cover the alternator replacement, so hopefully they’ll cover this. Seems like the head gasket (if that’s the issue like most of the replies are saying it is) should be covered as well.
That's a lot of milkshake. Almost certain it had a blown head gasket before they sold it to you. If you want any chance of saving the engine, you need to have it towed. However, since you bought it used recently who knows how much the previous owner overheated the engine, that engine might already be beyond a new head gasket and need a complete replacement. If your drive home has any sort of stop and go traffic it will overheat. Even stopping at a stop light might be too much before the temperature goes up. If you're are just cruising without stopping much and it overheats then its definitely pretty bad. You can turn on your heater to try to cool it down a little, but that will only slightly help
Thanks, I’m going to get it towed to a shop that the warranty set me up with. Prior to this though, the car had been driving completely fine and not overheating at all. It’s just very weird. I’m trying to get the full service report from the place I bought it from. I don’t know much about cars but I feel like they should’ve known that this could/would be an issue down the line.
This is why buying used cars is hell. Much of the time you’re just buying someone else’s problems. The dealer who sold it to you may know about the issue, they may not. They don’t do the kind of detailed inspection you might think they do. They buy them from auction, spray some armor all on the tires, and put them up for sale, hoping they last through the 90 day warranty or whatever you have.
Shit I just sold my car to a proper dealership for 9k the moment the check engine light went off. It had been stalling, chugging real hard going up hill, rattling in the engine. I'd had issues with it for like 2 years and no one could ever figure out what was wrong with it. I came back in for an oil change on my new car and I heard a customer complaining about their used car with all the same issues as mine did and how the dealership couldn't figure out what was wrong. I'm half convinced they bought my old car.
I know so many people that buy a used car and when it starts having a bunch of problems trade it in. The dealers sell it not knowing that the previous owners performed 2 oil changes in 40k miles
And the cycle repeat itself cause the trade in then gets sold again. Circle of life. There are the same scumbags that goes to church and says a few hail Marys and all is forgiven comes Monday.
What kind of dealership did you buy it from? If you're taking it to an independent shop I'm going to guess a smaller used lot. In which case, there inspection process on taking it in would be suspect. Probably some kid who has the mechanical skills of a jiffy lube tech if there was even an inspection at all. It pays to take any pre-owned car to a reputable shop you trust to catch this stuff. Even if someone tried to hide this by swapping out the coolant literally right before you took it to get inspected there would have been signs this was going to happen soon.
If you can’t get it fixed under warranty and the dealer says “not our problem” contact the local news station. As stupid as it sounds, it can work. If not then move onto a lawyer or just pay for a new engine.
In all my years I have never seen an automotive water to engine oil cooler. I’m sure they exist but I just have never encountered one.
Oil to air coolers sure, trans oil to coolant sure. But never engine oil to coolant.
PLEASE CONSIDER THIS - you might want to read the terms of your warranty. It may disqualify you if you've continued driving it, or drove it at all past the point you realized something was wrong.
I would be very familiar with the warranty and have your story straight before making the warranty claim. Doesn't matter whether your story is true or false, so long as they make you whole again. I've been there, and it's a shame this is the state of used car sales but they will screw you any way they can, so long as they make a buck.
Not to mention every rubber part in the cooling system will either swell or pop and leak in the future. Best solution if the car is worth it get a new engine then sell the car to a dealer, at least the next owner will get a warranty.
I really hope OP sees this comment. I worry that they don’t seem to know much about cars and will get taken advantage of by somebody who thinks they can rebuild this.
Now THAT is a clear cut case of a failed head gasket. All the DIYers and armchair mechanics around here are rejoicing, as today is their Christmas and New Years all rolled in to one. Today they can finally reply with "head gasket brah" and be right for a change
One time worked at a shop, new guy hired, years of experience. Just a simple hitch receiver install, pulls it into his bay, lays down and gets to work. Everyone notices. Manager walks over and inquires what he's up to, just installing the part. Manager: "do you think those two blue posts you parked between are shade trees?" Pissed the guy off real bad, they argued, guy got fired.
Lmao. Who are “armchair” mechanics? That honestly made me laugh.
Edit: I think I gotcha. The so called mechanics sitting on an armchair giving mechanic advice🤣
You got it. "Armchair" can be put before any profession or skill to describe people making comments on stuff without doing it.
Armchair detectives from Reddit "solved" the Boston Marathon bombing.
Yes, I bought it from a used car lot! This is insane though. I’ve had it exactly 3 weeks today. The alternator and now this?!?!? At least I have a warranty on it
Do not tell them you saw any dripping yellow liquid before today.
Tell them only "it was making a weird sound so I went to see and saw this dripping. I decided to have it towed straight here to the shop".
That's it. Make sure you don't have coolant bottle in the trunk or anything.
Give them as little as possible they can use to try and deny the warranty.
This is excellent advice op. Also get all communication between u, the shops and warranty company in emails. Because everyone involved is going to try to a kid paying for this shit show. Had a similar experience where I bought a car and the oil cooler was fucked from the start and I sent it back to be repaired and it came back even worse. Was a real fight to get my refund from the finance company. Good luck.
Don't drive it then as they may void the warranty if you knowingly drive while issues. Find a lift or a rental. Your warranty or insurance may cover rental.
Please post as many bad reviews as physically possible. There's no way that that was anything less than maybe negligence. They played whoever they were gonna sell that to. DM me and I'll put a bad review in their Google location ... Hopefully no one else has to go through this but I fear more than you have already been swindled .. sorry about your luck :/
NO. do not review bomb. they will see it and know what its about and that can cause them to be difficult with repairs/warranty people.
wait until you know you are getting your car repaired or getting your money back, and have it repaired/refunded before you review bomb, in case you shoot yourself in the foot.
Like I said in the post I commented linking to sites, I AGREE 100%! DO NOT SHOOT OP'S FOOT OFF.
I left a bad review and didn't mention about OP. But did point out that people are experiencing issues with this company and buying a car would be regretful.
If someone buys a car that's brakes give out from this dealership and dies from that, or kills someone else? I want to know I did as much as possible to help avoid that. Without shooting OP's foot off. Lol.
Is this Hyundai? If yes try replacing cooler asy, sometimes that's the main coz of this coffee.
Edit: I saw its Sorento, try to see if it has cooler asy near oil filter along engine coolant assy, if its v6 (which I suspect 99%)
Replace that and clean 🫧 water circulation and remove thermostat, will solve problem. Hopefully.
Most people open heads of Hyundai/KIA due to this and main culprit is coolant assy
Why is no one mentioning how dangerous it is to open the reservoir cap when the engine is hot or to "relieve some pressure"?
I've literally seen a guy take half the skin off his arm from where the water exploded over him.
It's a pressurised system. Be very fucking careful with it and don't open when it's hot. You're actually lucky that the pressure may have decreased with the blown head gasket.
Look up some videos on why you don't open them hot.
Scrolled so far to see this. I was stupid enough to do this once and burned my hand real bad.
“Relieve pressure” will just release hot steam onto your person.
Don't drive it. Worst case scenario is you have a blown head gasket. That can be fixed but it won't be cheap.... However, if you continue to drive it you increase the probability of the head cracking which makes the repair even more expensive. If you are lucky, you have either oil or transmission fluid that goes into the radiator for cooling and it is possible that a leak in that has caused this... Not likely... but not knowing which car you have here I can't say it is possible. But if you were lucky then driving it could make a simple radiator repair into a destroyed engine or transmission... You will only make things more expensive by driving it any at all.
I don't know what engine you have there but it is either a head gasket or a failed lower intake gasket if yours has coolant passages in the lower intake like a GM 3.4 or something.
I had a similar issue. Thought it was the hard gasket but it would up being the oil cooler.. internally it had cracked and only oil was contaminating my coolant, I had zero coolant in my oil. Yours might well be a head gasket, but might be worth checking if your car has an oil cooler that also has coolant running through it
If your engine oil dipstick is clear and looks like regular engine oil, count your lucky stars, it’s your oil cooler gaskets that’s failed. I had this happen to my car a couple years ago. The oil cooler has a line for both the oil and coolant that run next to each other. The gasket that separates them fails. The coolant lines are under a vacuum and suck oil into the coolant lines making it look like the head gasket has failed. Do not drive it and get it towed to a shop. They will replace the oil cooler, but will have to flush out your coolant system. It’s not cheap, but it’s a lot cheaper than a blown head gasket. Again, IF it’s the oil cooler that failed.
That’s deadly stuff for your engine.
It basically dead, coolant/water has mixed up with oil and you have the Forbidden Shake.
Water and oil is kept in separate places in your engine, water is not supposed to go into oil places and reverse, now picture how much of both has mixed inside your engine to make that shake.
“Easy” fix? New engine, plain and simple, cheaper than rebuilding that engine.
Rebuilding that engine is possible? maybe, but it’s going to be a money pit.
Easier fix, probably scrap it and find other car.
This is why I do not buy from private sellers anymore. I know next to nothing about vehicles to be able to examine one prior to sale and was scammed as a 19 year old college student out of $3k with a lemon of a car years back and had a terrible experience with that.
I just had that problem a few months ago. I had to replace the Oil Cooler, the Radiator, and made sure I cleaned all the oil from the inside with a degreaser. I would suggest to check if the oil motor oil didn’t mix with the coolant first before doing that and make sure the transmission works. But yeah the Oil cooler and the radiator replaced, and degreaser to remove all the oil out but I had to repeat the degreasing process a couple of times. Wish you good luck
Pull the engine oil dipstick, does it look similar to the coolant? is it overfull? Drain the engine oil into a clean pan and tell us what you see. Look at that transmission dipstick too as it has a cooler in the radiator tank as well.
Check the oil for the same result. If pil has no water in it, Could be a bad oil cooler, getting oil into the coolant. This Is of course a much better scenario and I have seen it multiple times having been confused for a bad head gasket
1) Half of it is coolant / water, and the other half is oil. Probably engine oil, but possibly transmission oil.
2) They shouldn't mix.
3) You CANNOT drive it. Yes, the car might overheat because it has no functional coolant. But it ALSO has no functional oil! This shit isn't lubricant. You would have a MUCH bigger problem after you spin a bearing or weld a piston to the block.
4) While it looks like a blown headgasket, there's 3-4 oil / coolant interfaces such as oil cooler, oil filter housing gasket, in-radiator automatic transmission cooler etc. A modern car is more likely to fail at these weak points.
You should pull out the dipstick and if it's anything other than Amber or dark colored oil, you have a problem.
My guess is you do have a big problem with the head gasket and you don't know how long this has been going on and if there's water in the oil that destroys the oil and having contaminated oil will in fact destroy the engine very quickly.
The warranty I have my doubts about what it will actually cover. You better read the fine print three times before you go in there. They're absolutely not going to want to cover this. It could be something basic like an oil cooler or something like that but I'm sure this was something somebody covered up to sell it.
Could be and crack in the cooler built into the rad. Tow it to a shop and get them to see. $180 diag is better than selling it for nothing xuz you assume head gasket.
Forbidden milkshake, get a block test performed, very likely blown head gasket, but small chance could be minor like oil cooler... get a block test to verify if combustion gasses are getting into the cooling system or not. Then diagnose further.
This is the first example that I have seen the coolant reservoir with the mix, I have only ever witnessed it when pulling a dipstick or draining the oil. Learned something new.
I thought the pressure of the hot water was greater than the oil pressure and the viscosity made the water go in through any cracks
Of the head.
Check if the car has an oil cooler. I had an expedition with exact same issue, turns out the oil cooler gave out and allowed oil to mix with coolant. $25 fix. Just something to check out.
I just want to point out that the coolant reservoir on most modern cars is under pressure and opening it when the car is hot is dangerous. Could have gotten nailed with scalding hot coolant. Old cars from the 80's and older the reservoir wasn't under pressure and it was only dangerous to remove the radiator cap when hot.
Either a cracked water/oil cooler, a cracked cylinder head or a blown head gasket.
Don't run it/drive it like that, you will simply completely destroy the engine (if it's not already)
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Blown head gasket. Looks like you found the reason the car was for sale. that's what it looks like when engine oil mixes with coolant
Now I want Nachos
Forbidden cheese sauce
Forbidden milkshake
Nachos to go. Hot and ready
Not yo nachos, mine now
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I pray to sweet baby Jesus every day that they never get rid of Mt Dew Code Red and that they make Talladega Nights 2.
Agreed on the Code Red, but I have a strong feeling they'd ruin Talladega Nights 2; even if Will Ferrell was in it.
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay parted ways, production-wise, from what I read few years ago. Kinda sad. Some of their movies made me laugh that deep down laugh I really needed in tough times. Step Brothers is one of those movies.
Comedy movies are dead across the board. It’s crazy that “This is the end” was actually the end
It can’t make the first any better or worse than it already is. I say they try it. If it sucks, we just watch it 10 years later and maybe it’s funny again
Sometimes they do it just right the first time. Plus one of the sons unlived himself and it just would be the same without the boys.
Oh man. This bums me out. Anarchy!!
“I don’t even know what it means, but I love it!”
Looks like honey mustard
Forbidden queso
Grey poupon
I’d recognize that milkshake anywhere
Could be a failed oil cooler depending on if the vehicle has a coolant/oil cooler.
It’s always the head gasket. I’ve hoped for it to be an oil cooler or something similar several times over the years and always been the head gaskets.
On my Jeep, it was the timing chain cover. Has water passages to the water pump and leaked coolant into the pan
A uniquely Chrysler issue lol. When I was trying to diagnose a coolant issue on my Charger that was apparently a very common problem with those, the Magnum, and the 300’s too.
Yeah, 5.2 Liter. Sad thing, I changed out the head gaskets before I found the real problem.
Usually the other way round for me. I see milk I think head but always check the cooler.
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Oh please god no! Enough time has passed, I thought I had forgotten about the BW
Lol your posting privileges should be revoked for that.
im also concerned with how ignorant they are of cars that they risked literally 3rd degree burns by just opening a boiling water container thats under pressure.
Settle down. That's the overflow tank, not the radiator
That shit will come out that overflow same temp as The radiator and if it get you my friend you just been got. Watch out now 😂
No I know for a fact this happens when head gaskets go. I had a 99 explorer and you would hear bupbbing from coolant tank apparently the water pump was failing internally and didn't know I told them it needed a lot of work when I sold it they put a water pump on and it blew the head gasket So yes they can once the combustion gasses pass through the gasket and Into the coolant tank yes it will become a geyser
Could just be a bad oil cooler…
Listen to my boy buttdust93! I'm not seeing combustion gasses. Probably failed oil cooler. Depending on the make/model. Not time to panic yet. But yeah don't drive it till you sort it out
If you're buying a used car and have a mechanic inspect it beforehand, will he find these issues? Or can issues sometimes go past the mechanic and you end up with a bad deal?
A decent one can find this issue. Opening the cap on the radiator or using a canister made to see gas pressure bubbles coming back up through the coolant system is one way.
Good news& bad news: that'll be the last thing wrong with it
Brutal
I don’t understand. If a car is worth more than $1000, you need to pay $100 to have a mechanic look at it before purchasing. This is a major mistake you will not recover from except for its weight in scrap metal. Sorry, mate. Sometimes the truth hurts.
Anyone's capable of checking the fluids for cross contamination. Just checking the dipstick for dirty oil would have shown that problem 🙄
Unless the seller changed out fluids immediately beforehand. It's surprising what some shit people will do to screw over a buyer.
Yes, this is the end
This is bad and probably a blown head gasket, because that’s the dreaded Oil Milkshake.
100% blown head gasket. if you're super lucky, it was a manufacturing defect. If you're not, you have an engine problem that is ripping itself apart. like a shaft seal
Oh okay, thanks! The shop is closed until Monday but I have work over the weekend and honestly can’t afford to miss work. Can it be driven in small amounts? I’m assuming it shouldn’t be but I’m also not at home right now, so I would at least need to get it home. This is so annoying because I’ve had this car exactly 3 weeks and I got it from a used dealership, so I would’ve thought it would be more reliable. I have a warranty on it at least
can you afford a tow and a new engine?
If he has been driving it like that, probably already needs a new engine.
it already needs a motor, get to work and figure something out in the meantime
I drove a Ford ranger for 2 years on a bad head gasket. Changed it myself and still drive it to this day.
I did a saturn ions head gasket off of YouTube videos. I have a good head on my shoulders for mechanic work but not too much experience. I'd say it was honestly pretty easy. Took my time and tracked every bolt. I drove it for another two years before getting a good job and a new car when it hit 200k miles.
Have it towed to the dealer and walk to work. Its basically do that or drive to work and have to buy a new motor most likely.
I would not drive it, because if this just happened a head gasket is one thing. But, if driven you will also ruin other parts of the motor, including the bottom end. I would tow it to a garage and contact the warranty company.
A long block is a long block, any way you put it. No fucking way I would toss heads at this with that level of lubrication and cooling. Top end, bottom end, all fuckin ends is what this needs.
Agree, it’s toasted.
So what your saying is they should drive it? /s
Why do you think it needs a long block? Oil in the coolant does not necessarily mean coolant in the oil. The bearings could be fine. Generally oil pressure is higher than cooling system pressure.
Some techs and shops won't take the liability of having to warranty the work. Depending on how expensive the new/used motor the cost difference can be so close between the two jobs why wouldn't you spend the extra 10-20% and get a known good engine rather than taking a chance and there be unseen wear that causes issues.
Do not drive that. And good luck with the warranty. 99/100 they're not gonna cover it. You're gonna fight and fight and they're not gonna pay. You got scammed. Lemme guess. Buy here/Pay here? As in, it was specifically a used car place? Not a dealership? And they offered financing and warranties? Edit: honestly, I feel really bad for you, because these places are predators for people that are just excited to finally have transportation, and they get taken advantage of. These people are scum. And you're just the next victim. My advice is, concentrate on cancelling the warranty. It'll save you a few grand. The rest, you're gonna owe. Only advice on that, since I know it's a high APR, is make triple payments.
Only thing to do now is start your own used car dealership and sell the car to somebody else. Its the circle of life
Yeah, dude, my first two jobs were at buy here-Pay here lots working in collections. Do not buy a car from those places. Our mechanics were sketchy as hell, our sales team was sketchy. Everyone was sketchy. Good experience for first time worker, because everything was uphill from there lol
No, you cannot drive this.
No this is really bad. If you drive this all weekend you'll be towing it to the scrap yard on Monday. Warranty doesn't cover intentional destruction. Warranty expects you to tow the car to a shop as soon as you're aware of a problem.
absolutely do not drive
Can you take an Uber to and from work for a couple days? Might be a better idea
DO NOT DRIVE in this condition!!! This is a coolant resivoir where the foam is coming out of. this is not Normal and indicates something is very wrong, oil is getting into the coolant and this is NOT supposed to happen at all. your engine isn’t broken, just a component(most likely a head gasket). If you drive it any more chances are YOUR ENGINE WILL FAIL CATASTROPHICALLY. Get it towed to the garage so as to not do any more damage. Good luck!
Thanks! I ended up not driving it. Just going to have it towed to the shop
It should be a 30 day warranty on it or 60 I think in some states. Don’t let them talk you out of it. Take all the paperwork. Make copies of the paperwork. Good luck!
On the warranty paperwork, it says it’s valid for 6 months or 7,500 miles whichever comes first. They did cover the alternator replacement, so hopefully they’ll cover this. Seems like the head gasket (if that’s the issue like most of the replies are saying it is) should be covered as well.
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That's a lot of milkshake. Almost certain it had a blown head gasket before they sold it to you. If you want any chance of saving the engine, you need to have it towed. However, since you bought it used recently who knows how much the previous owner overheated the engine, that engine might already be beyond a new head gasket and need a complete replacement. If your drive home has any sort of stop and go traffic it will overheat. Even stopping at a stop light might be too much before the temperature goes up. If you're are just cruising without stopping much and it overheats then its definitely pretty bad. You can turn on your heater to try to cool it down a little, but that will only slightly help
Thanks, I’m going to get it towed to a shop that the warranty set me up with. Prior to this though, the car had been driving completely fine and not overheating at all. It’s just very weird. I’m trying to get the full service report from the place I bought it from. I don’t know much about cars but I feel like they should’ve known that this could/would be an issue down the line.
This is why buying used cars is hell. Much of the time you’re just buying someone else’s problems. The dealer who sold it to you may know about the issue, they may not. They don’t do the kind of detailed inspection you might think they do. They buy them from auction, spray some armor all on the tires, and put them up for sale, hoping they last through the 90 day warranty or whatever you have.
Shit I just sold my car to a proper dealership for 9k the moment the check engine light went off. It had been stalling, chugging real hard going up hill, rattling in the engine. I'd had issues with it for like 2 years and no one could ever figure out what was wrong with it. I came back in for an oil change on my new car and I heard a customer complaining about their used car with all the same issues as mine did and how the dealership couldn't figure out what was wrong. I'm half convinced they bought my old car.
And the circle of life continues
I know so many people that buy a used car and when it starts having a bunch of problems trade it in. The dealers sell it not knowing that the previous owners performed 2 oil changes in 40k miles
And the cycle repeat itself cause the trade in then gets sold again. Circle of life. There are the same scumbags that goes to church and says a few hail Marys and all is forgiven comes Monday.
What kind of dealership did you buy it from? If you're taking it to an independent shop I'm going to guess a smaller used lot. In which case, there inspection process on taking it in would be suspect. Probably some kid who has the mechanical skills of a jiffy lube tech if there was even an inspection at all. It pays to take any pre-owned car to a reputable shop you trust to catch this stuff. Even if someone tried to hide this by swapping out the coolant literally right before you took it to get inspected there would have been signs this was going to happen soon.
If you can’t get it fixed under warranty and the dealer says “not our problem” contact the local news station. As stupid as it sounds, it can work. If not then move onto a lawyer or just pay for a new engine.
Could be your oil cooler, not a big job if it is
In all my years I have never seen an automotive water to engine oil cooler. I’m sure they exist but I just have never encountered one. Oil to air coolers sure, trans oil to coolant sure. But never engine oil to coolant.
PLEASE CONSIDER THIS - you might want to read the terms of your warranty. It may disqualify you if you've continued driving it, or drove it at all past the point you realized something was wrong. I would be very familiar with the warranty and have your story straight before making the warranty claim. Doesn't matter whether your story is true or false, so long as they make you whole again. I've been there, and it's a shame this is the state of used car sales but they will screw you any way they can, so long as they make a buck.
I wonder if it brought all the boys to the yard?
Your milkshake brings the mechanic to your yard, and he's like, "this has gone too far, you need a new engine and I've got to charge"
Not to mention every rubber part in the cooling system will either swell or pop and leak in the future. Best solution if the car is worth it get a new engine then sell the car to a dealer, at least the next owner will get a warranty.
I really hope OP sees this comment. I worry that they don’t seem to know much about cars and will get taken advantage of by somebody who thinks they can rebuild this.
👏👏👏
Now THAT is a clear cut case of a failed head gasket. All the DIYers and armchair mechanics around here are rejoicing, as today is their Christmas and New Years all rolled in to one. Today they can finally reply with "head gasket brah" and be right for a change
I want so badly for it to be a cracked oil cooler. That way the “head gasket brah” crowd can continue the streak.
One leaves you with oil in the water, the other with water in the oil; just don't tell them which.
My preferred nomenclature is “shade tree mechanic.”
One time worked at a shop, new guy hired, years of experience. Just a simple hitch receiver install, pulls it into his bay, lays down and gets to work. Everyone notices. Manager walks over and inquires what he's up to, just installing the part. Manager: "do you think those two blue posts you parked between are shade trees?" Pissed the guy off real bad, they argued, guy got fired.
Lmao. Who are “armchair” mechanics? That honestly made me laugh. Edit: I think I gotcha. The so called mechanics sitting on an armchair giving mechanic advice🤣
You got it. "Armchair" can be put before any profession or skill to describe people making comments on stuff without doing it. Armchair detectives from Reddit "solved" the Boston Marathon bombing.
you've been cheesed by the cheeseman. be wary.
lol get cheesed nerd
Repairs may set you back a bit, but you get your money's worth of cheese
I hope you bought it from sort of used car lot and not Private party..
Yes, I bought it from a used car lot! This is insane though. I’ve had it exactly 3 weeks today. The alternator and now this?!?!? At least I have a warranty on it
Do not tell them you saw any dripping yellow liquid before today. Tell them only "it was making a weird sound so I went to see and saw this dripping. I decided to have it towed straight here to the shop". That's it. Make sure you don't have coolant bottle in the trunk or anything. Give them as little as possible they can use to try and deny the warranty.
This is excellent advice op. Also get all communication between u, the shops and warranty company in emails. Because everyone involved is going to try to a kid paying for this shit show. Had a similar experience where I bought a car and the oil cooler was fucked from the start and I sent it back to be repaired and it came back even worse. Was a real fight to get my refund from the finance company. Good luck.
And just pray that no employees there visit the most popular website in the world…
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Don't drive it then as they may void the warranty if you knowingly drive while issues. Find a lift or a rental. Your warranty or insurance may cover rental.
Have those fuckers make this right
That’s what I’m saying! This warranty BETTER cover it!!
Make sure to read the exclusions.
Doesn’t cover milkshakes???
Please post as many bad reviews as physically possible. There's no way that that was anything less than maybe negligence. They played whoever they were gonna sell that to. DM me and I'll put a bad review in their Google location ... Hopefully no one else has to go through this but I fear more than you have already been swindled .. sorry about your luck :/
NO. do not review bomb. they will see it and know what its about and that can cause them to be difficult with repairs/warranty people. wait until you know you are getting your car repaired or getting your money back, and have it repaired/refunded before you review bomb, in case you shoot yourself in the foot.
Like I said in the post I commented linking to sites, I AGREE 100%! DO NOT SHOOT OP'S FOOT OFF. I left a bad review and didn't mention about OP. But did point out that people are experiencing issues with this company and buying a car would be regretful. If someone buys a car that's brakes give out from this dealership and dies from that, or kills someone else? I want to know I did as much as possible to help avoid that. Without shooting OP's foot off. Lol.
Me too. Keep us posted if you have any issues and happy to review bomb a place that sells known issues.
Is this Hyundai? If yes try replacing cooler asy, sometimes that's the main coz of this coffee. Edit: I saw its Sorento, try to see if it has cooler asy near oil filter along engine coolant assy, if its v6 (which I suspect 99%) Replace that and clean 🫧 water circulation and remove thermostat, will solve problem. Hopefully. Most people open heads of Hyundai/KIA due to this and main culprit is coolant assy
This guy Hyundais - check this out OP, especially if it turns out your warranty is useless (and they often are due to exclusions).
Why is no one mentioning how dangerous it is to open the reservoir cap when the engine is hot or to "relieve some pressure"? I've literally seen a guy take half the skin off his arm from where the water exploded over him. It's a pressurised system. Be very fucking careful with it and don't open when it's hot. You're actually lucky that the pressure may have decreased with the blown head gasket. Look up some videos on why you don't open them hot.
Scrolled so far to see this. I was stupid enough to do this once and burned my hand real bad. “Relieve pressure” will just release hot steam onto your person.
Or in this case, warm nacho cheese
I think it's banana flavor?
No, that is the mustard of the car, but it looks like it got mixed with the engine milk. Nasty stuff.
head gasket delete
That's the "Milkshake" that brings the boys to the yard.
Coolant mixed with motor oil to make that color combo. Your head gasket is blown.
Not good, is what that is.
Don't drive it. Worst case scenario is you have a blown head gasket. That can be fixed but it won't be cheap.... However, if you continue to drive it you increase the probability of the head cracking which makes the repair even more expensive. If you are lucky, you have either oil or transmission fluid that goes into the radiator for cooling and it is possible that a leak in that has caused this... Not likely... but not knowing which car you have here I can't say it is possible. But if you were lucky then driving it could make a simple radiator repair into a destroyed engine or transmission... You will only make things more expensive by driving it any at all.
Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?
**Can we all just take a moment of silence for OP?**
CORN MEAL..... YOUR HEAD GASKET IS TOAST
Fucked is the word for it
It's not good.
French Vanilla with two sugars
I don't know what engine you have there but it is either a head gasket or a failed lower intake gasket if yours has coolant passages in the lower intake like a GM 3.4 or something.
Got an Tostitos ? Easy way to figure it out
That's is definitely the worst news you're gonna get this week.
I had a similar issue. Thought it was the hard gasket but it would up being the oil cooler.. internally it had cracked and only oil was contaminating my coolant, I had zero coolant in my oil. Yours might well be a head gasket, but might be worth checking if your car has an oil cooler that also has coolant running through it
Could be a ruptured oil cooler. People always run to head gasket and completely forget how a radiator can fuck your world up too.
If your engine oil dipstick is clear and looks like regular engine oil, count your lucky stars, it’s your oil cooler gaskets that’s failed. I had this happen to my car a couple years ago. The oil cooler has a line for both the oil and coolant that run next to each other. The gasket that separates them fails. The coolant lines are under a vacuum and suck oil into the coolant lines making it look like the head gasket has failed. Do not drive it and get it towed to a shop. They will replace the oil cooler, but will have to flush out your coolant system. It’s not cheap, but it’s a lot cheaper than a blown head gasket. Again, IF it’s the oil cooler that failed.
That’s deadly stuff for your engine. It basically dead, coolant/water has mixed up with oil and you have the Forbidden Shake. Water and oil is kept in separate places in your engine, water is not supposed to go into oil places and reverse, now picture how much of both has mixed inside your engine to make that shake. “Easy” fix? New engine, plain and simple, cheaper than rebuilding that engine. Rebuilding that engine is possible? maybe, but it’s going to be a money pit. Easier fix, probably scrap it and find other car.
Oil and coolant not good
water+engine oil=caramel cream (All I know is from Internet videos)
This is why I do not buy from private sellers anymore. I know next to nothing about vehicles to be able to examine one prior to sale and was scammed as a 19 year old college student out of $3k with a lemon of a car years back and had a terrible experience with that.
He got cool in the lube and lube in the cool… it went from a 4 cylinder to a 2 cylinder
That's Bisquick
Hopefully a bad oil cooler.
New engine time.
Someone sold you a lemon. Not an easy fix.
Death mostly- I am sure the right answer is here
A bad bad day my friend.
Could be a bad trans cooler, mostly likely head gasket.
The devils milkshake
I just had that problem a few months ago. I had to replace the Oil Cooler, the Radiator, and made sure I cleaned all the oil from the inside with a degreaser. I would suggest to check if the oil motor oil didn’t mix with the coolant first before doing that and make sure the transmission works. But yeah the Oil cooler and the radiator replaced, and degreaser to remove all the oil out but I had to repeat the degreasing process a couple of times. Wish you good luck
Pull the engine oil dipstick, does it look similar to the coolant? is it overfull? Drain the engine oil into a clean pan and tell us what you see. Look at that transmission dipstick too as it has a cooler in the radiator tank as well.
Forbidden honey mustard.
That's the cheese fountain for the pretzel or corn dog.
Check the oil for the same result. If pil has no water in it, Could be a bad oil cooler, getting oil into the coolant. This Is of course a much better scenario and I have seen it multiple times having been confused for a bad head gasket
That motor mount looks loose too, seems skech
1) Half of it is coolant / water, and the other half is oil. Probably engine oil, but possibly transmission oil. 2) They shouldn't mix. 3) You CANNOT drive it. Yes, the car might overheat because it has no functional coolant. But it ALSO has no functional oil! This shit isn't lubricant. You would have a MUCH bigger problem after you spin a bearing or weld a piston to the block. 4) While it looks like a blown headgasket, there's 3-4 oil / coolant interfaces such as oil cooler, oil filter housing gasket, in-radiator automatic transmission cooler etc. A modern car is more likely to fail at these weak points.
Blown head gasket mixing coolant and oil.
Head gasket. Oil pressure is higher than cooling system pressure. This is the result when the 2 systems meet.
Forbidden chocolate milkshake.
Your milkshake brings all the mechanics to your car...
You should pull out the dipstick and if it's anything other than Amber or dark colored oil, you have a problem. My guess is you do have a big problem with the head gasket and you don't know how long this has been going on and if there's water in the oil that destroys the oil and having contaminated oil will in fact destroy the engine very quickly. The warranty I have my doubts about what it will actually cover. You better read the fine print three times before you go in there. They're absolutely not going to want to cover this. It could be something basic like an oil cooler or something like that but I'm sure this was something somebody covered up to sell it.
Usually, with the blown head gasket, you get chocolate milk, honey mustard is a new one
Could be and crack in the cooler built into the rad. Tow it to a shop and get them to see. $180 diag is better than selling it for nothing xuz you assume head gasket.
Oil mixed with coolant
Blown head gasket
Pardon me but Is that Grey Poupon ?
The forbidden mud. Either the head gasket or the oil cooler.
Anyone tell what make of vehicle this is?
That is engine oil in your coolant
Check the oil level by pulling the dipstick and see what your oil looks like.
Please keep us updated I’ll leave a bad review if you have any issues and I want to hear if it’s the oil cooler or head gasket.
rip
Water and oil mixed your motors cooked
Forbidden milkshake, get a block test performed, very likely blown head gasket, but small chance could be minor like oil cooler... get a block test to verify if combustion gasses are getting into the cooling system or not. Then diagnose further.
Chile con queso
That KIA/Hyundai is a milk shake machine.
This is the first example that I have seen the coolant reservoir with the mix, I have only ever witnessed it when pulling a dipstick or draining the oil. Learned something new. I thought the pressure of the hot water was greater than the oil pressure and the viscosity made the water go in through any cracks Of the head.
Yep. It's what you call "The Forbidden Milk Shake". It is NEVER a small deal.
Check if the car has an oil cooler. I had an expedition with exact same issue, turns out the oil cooler gave out and allowed oil to mix with coolant. $25 fix. Just something to check out.
Expensive and I'd say more like a cracked head or block. Or a dummy at a quick lube put oil in there instead of its real home.
I just want to point out that the coolant reservoir on most modern cars is under pressure and opening it when the car is hot is dangerous. Could have gotten nailed with scalding hot coolant. Old cars from the 80's and older the reservoir wasn't under pressure and it was only dangerous to remove the radiator cap when hot.
Your car made the most expensive Mayonnaise in the world.
Oil cooler or radiator head gasket would be in the oil not the reservoir
That's a problem is what it is..
The head gasket(s) has left the building.
New car time ! Well a new engine always :(
Fucked is what it is
Either a blown head jasket or someone mixed the wrong antifreeze and you caught it early.
The nacho cheese dispenser overheated.
Forbidden milkshake
I'm here just wondering what flavor of stop leak they used before selling it to him.
Oil in the radiator water, head gasket blown
Fucked. That's what it is.
Either a cracked water/oil cooler, a cracked cylinder head or a blown head gasket. Don't run it/drive it like that, you will simply completely destroy the engine (if it's not already)