While driving home from college one day at triple-digit speeds, my rear wheels locked and a cloud went up behind me. Putting it in neutral, I managed to coast it to the shoulder of the road and didn't bother to even look under the hood before flagging a ride the rest of the way to town. I just knew I'd blown another engine.
The next day I went back with a tow truck to get the car. When we popped the hood, the first thing we noticed was that all we smelled was coolant - no oil. Then we noticed a puddle of coolant on top of the engine. The source turned out to be a pretty big hole in the heater hose that passed directly in front of the air intake. That hose had ruptured and blown coolant right into the intake. The engine just lost all flame while at high speed as opposed to losing a bearing or rod. All was well after a simple hose replacement.
scariest false alarm (Score:2)
While driving home from college one day at triple-digit speeds, my rear wheels locked and a cloud went up behind me. Putting it in neutral, I managed to coast it to the shoulder of the road and didn't bother to even look under the hood before flagging a ride the rest of the way to town. I just knew I'd blown another engine.
The next day I went back with a tow truck to get the car. When we popped the hood, the first thing we noticed was that all we smelled was coolant - no oil. Then we noticed a puddle of coolant on top of the engine. The source turned out to be a pretty big hole in the heater hose that passed directly in front of the air intake. That hose had ruptured and blown coolant right into the intake. The engine just lost all flame while at high speed as opposed to losing a bearing or rod. All was well after a simple hose replacement.