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Hi, I accidently left my headlights on for seven hours. When I found my car, it was of coarse dead. I had some help and got a jump start from someone. Only when I drove my car home, I pulled into my driveway to find that my engine was smoking, and my heat guage was at the top. I have no idea what the hell happened, and if it was a bad thing or a one timer (will never happen again thing). Can anybody tell me if its safe to get back in my car again?
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Tom Greenleaf
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Dec 6, 2006, 2:38 AM
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Hmmm! Make sure coolant is properly full and anti-freeze protected. Check that the belt(s) are on and tight enough.
It's kind of far fetched but perhaps the alternator worked so hard it may have broken a weak belt and you might have lost the waterpump but I would think you'd notice something.
Start with checking that out and hope you didn't damage the engine, T
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Dec 6, 2006, 7:12 PM
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So I tried my car for the 1st time since the incident.
It runs, but it still overheats an incredible ammount, plus it revs harder and louder when its parked, as if it never leaves a higher gear.
Anybody have an idea as how to help me.
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Dec 6, 2006, 7:25 PM
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Can we go back and find out what kind of car and engine you have?
Do your best to not allow this to overheat. That will only make what could be a resonable repair a real expensive one, T
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Dec 6, 2006, 9:48 PM
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Im running an automatic 92' Honda Civic with a 16 valve Honda engine. The car only highly revs when in neutral or park, and it is tougher to brake when coming to a stop because it seems that it stays in a higher gear.
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Dec 6, 2006, 10:19 PM
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Dec 6, 2006, 10:29 PM
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Still at it here! The car is reving too high which is what you are noticing in park or neutral and with more braking effort. If you feel it's dangerous get that taken care of at once!
This car and many use an electric fan to cool the radiator. It must be told by the car when to come on and should stay on when A/C is requested.
If the car always thinks it's cold the idle may stay up a bit and the fan not come on which with a perhaps older radiator and less capable now could explain that.
Just in your driveway just try blasting the heat full blast before you over heat and with the gauge creeping up and it may go back to normal quickly. If it goes cold on you (the heater) you may have boiling coolant or exhaust getting into cooling system which would be a head gasket or head problem and shut it right down. If the car when cold is blowing bubbles back to recovery tank that is not a good sign.
Hit back with anything you notice but again don't let it overheat, T
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If it answers you curiousity, the problem happen to be that oil had got on to the spark plugs and caused the engine to spark BIGGER when it was just normally idling. These explosions were tearing up the inside of my engine, and making it smoke. Thanks for the help anyway.
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