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Few Things I Should Check On?

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few weeks ago my car overheated and started steaming after driving the car with abone dry radiator without even knowing as a hole developed.

i had to drive the car without water for about 10 mins back to my house but i did cool it down on the side of the freeway for about 1 hour prior. This didn't do much on the way to my house as it heated up to H in about 5 mins.

anyway after getting new coolant and a new radiator car seems to be doing some funny business.

1. There is a whine i can hear coming from the engine bay that wasn't there before.

2. i've noticed just in the past few days the car has been running properly then all of a sudden the ncar will feel like its engine braking or i've slightly got on the brakes. pretty much like the car loses power and it only goes for about 3 seconds and the car will still be on.

2. engine oil is blacker then what it use to be...this is probably the only thing i know that i have to change since i drove the car while it was on H which most likely thined the oil and burnt it. So i have some fresh new castrol full synth going in.

now judging by those things is there somethings that i might have to look at/replace?

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Your gauge or glasses should be looked at because if your engine overheats the gauge will rise and when it rises you stop, fix the problem or get a tow, because you continued to drive your car in a overheated state you have probably damaged the motor and will now drop its guts if you give it a bootfull for to long, $100 tow is a inconvenience but a new motor-priceless.

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get a hydrocarbon test done at a radiator place too see if you have a head gasket leak, also when you are changing the oil check the oil for any coolant mixture. also would be doing a compression and leakdown test just to see if your motor is still healthy.

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