Spark_one

Hi everyone first and foremost I wish to thank you kindly for taking the time to review and offer advise on my situation, it is greatly appreciated. In case your wondering why I'm posting at 430am it's because I have to be at work in an hour from now so I woke at 4am. I have already picked my car up from the dealership due to not having $1800 to be able to authorize the teardown of my engine for the purpose of determining cause of the blown head gasket and whether warranty would cover the repair or not. My work order says "customer states the engine is overheating and the fans are not comi

Hmmm sounds very familiar. So when the coolant tank is bone dry what happens when you open the cap on the coolant overflow tank? Does the coolant suddenly return to the tank?

Update to your question about air in the cooling system.. Talked to my dad who recently replaced the coolant and he said he thoroughly " burped" the system . It took him over an hour to get all the trapped air bubbles to surface but he is confident there was no trapped air when he replaced coolant. He has his doubts about Stewart Chevrolet bleeding the cooling system though.

The dealership knew that the cap exploded off of the coolant tank shouldn't they know to remove air with a coolant transfer system or something. They didn't even check the coolants condition because we found it to be completely looking like it was contaminated by rust. A couple things I forgot to mention also: right after the dealership in SF I found the inlet hose to the coolant tank was leaking and I put a new clamp on it myself. Also my dad, after getting the car to start after its 4 days in a coma, noticed that when opening the oil filler cap with the engine on there is a ton of compress

So here's my nightmare : bought a 2013 spark with 40k on the odemeter. Love my car and the gas mileage. Took it in for 3 recalls around 58k. These were for excessive oil consumption (14110), air conditioner (13434), and software (13128). About 4 months ago I was on my home from vacation in San Francisco. My father has been worked on the automotive industry for 28 yrs. and has taught me always to check coolant and oil levels as well as tire pressure and brakes prior to any road trip, which I did all of the above. I was on the freeway when suddenly my car made a popping noise under the