V35 Overheat + Coolant Boil & Overflow + Engine not Starting

[carnoobb]

Hey all, my 2004 Nissan Skyline 350GT overheated the other day with coolant boiling and leaking out of the coolant reservoir when I was parking. So today, I started it up again just to see if it was a thermostat/head gasket issue.

After about 20 mins of running, temps were normal again, no coolant was leaking out and the upper reservoir hose was warm but my engine suddenly cut off. I checked the oil dipstick and cap when it was running and there was no white foamy residue and the exhaust did not have white smoke.

I tried starting up the car again but it would only crank, similar to when I had a camshaft sensor issue just that now there’s no check engine light on the dash.

Any ideas? Unfortunately I don’t have an OBD2 that can read the Nissan's programme.

[V35_Paul]

careful when running the car after a boil over. Ive heard you can lose enough coolant that it won't show the right temps because of too much air in the system (or something like that).

Make sure the levels are good before trying again. 

Maybe a mobile mechanic can come have a look with their scan tool ?

[sonicii]

As above, you did refill the coolant and burp the system before running it again didn't you?