Originally Posted by cb3000

Hi guys, haven't been able to post in a couple of weeks, but here's an update to what has recently happened, got the car back and everything seemed great, temp was slightly under the middle mark of the gauge, drove to work the next morning, assuming that the mecanic did his job correctly, and tried to pass over 4k, engine cuts of power when trying to pass 4k, i thought to myself, its fine. Got off of work and headed back home, thats when the issues started, the temp was climbing and fast, pulled over to the side of the road and popped the hood, i was really close to the mecanic i had taken my car previously, and waited for the engine to cool for a bit, drove, stopped again, drove, and stopped again to let the engine cool, there was a point in which the car did not want to turn on until i applied some throttle and let the revs climb to 2k so the engine wont die on me. When i got to the mecanics, i started to notice my mistake on taking my car with these people, so i tell him that i think the head gasket need replacing, he pulls the dip stick, checks the color and says its ok, openes the oil lid and no residue; it was completele clean, i curiously open the radiator lid and all the coolant begins to spill out, i ask him, is this normal, he says yes, look at the color of the coolant, and its pure water, thats when i got upset since they said they filled it with antifreeze mix, asked them to fill the levels, they agreed but with a horrible attitude, drove back home, car was over heating but didnt get to the dark lines on the top of the temp gauge, yesterday, i decided to check his levels and put distilled water to see if that was the issue with the over heating, when i begin to fill the radiator, i noticed it need about 2 lts of water, so i filled up to the neck of the radiator, that's when i noticed that a small costant stream of bubbles form, thats when i said, must be the head gasket. After i went for a small drive to see if i can still drive it, its my only car, it has to work. It worked great so far, until i parked slighly up hill and the engine died on its own, tried to start the engine, and i had to apply a lot of throttle to get it to revive, it was idleing very ruff after and now im scared to turn him on, but the temp was perfect, also feels a litte weak, any advice on what to do???..... Also no codes are thrown, at all, as if the car doesn't say what is wrong with him