Today my 2000 Nissan Altima (165k miles) drove fine all day. Tonight while leaving the store to go home, it immediately started to "stumble" under low throttle. It continued to get worse on the way home. At first, the stumble/miss went away once more throttle was applied, but as I neared home (during this 4 mile drive), the stumble was there all the time. The car stalled out when I went around a corner. It restarted and stumbled/missed real bad the last 1/4 mile home.
Once I stopped the car, there was white smoke pouring out of the rear of the engine. I couldn't find where it was coming from.
My coolant level is low. Ouch. Would a blown head gasket cause white smoke to raise up between the engine and the firewall?
I had the intake manifold gasket replaced 20k miles ago. When it was being done, my mechanic replaced one freeze plug because it was bad. Could have one of the others failed and cause the coolant leak? I see no coolant on the drive way. Radiator is full, but reservior is almost dry.
Last, after the car cooled down, the car will not start. I don't think my oil is showing any signs of coolant contamination. It's not chocolate milk colored. But it might have a slight haziness to it...but it does have MoS2 in the oil....so hard to tell.
And just a few weeks ago, my mechanic replaced the radiator (it was cracked) and the water pump.
Any ideas on where to look?
Once I stopped the car, there was white smoke pouring out of the rear of the engine. I couldn't find where it was coming from.
My coolant level is low. Ouch. Would a blown head gasket cause white smoke to raise up between the engine and the firewall?
I had the intake manifold gasket replaced 20k miles ago. When it was being done, my mechanic replaced one freeze plug because it was bad. Could have one of the others failed and cause the coolant leak? I see no coolant on the drive way. Radiator is full, but reservior is almost dry.
Last, after the car cooled down, the car will not start. I don't think my oil is showing any signs of coolant contamination. It's not chocolate milk colored. But it might have a slight haziness to it...but it does have MoS2 in the oil....so hard to tell.
And just a few weeks ago, my mechanic replaced the radiator (it was cracked) and the water pump.
Any ideas on where to look?