Arrrgh Smoking Engine!!

Question

Ok, I was driving my VolksWagen Polo, I suddenly noticed that there was smoke coming from the engine. The temperature increased drastically and the engine was really hot and now it doesn't turn on HELP PLEASE!

Answer 1

If it was a coolant leak and you turned it off as soon as you saw the smoke (steam, actually) and the temp shoot up, it *shouldn't* have gotten hot enough to seize.  But was your oil light on too?

I lost an engine because of a dead bulb on the oil warning light. Something cracked the oil pan and I didn't know about the  oil loss until the engine overheated.  Even though I turned off the engine as soon as it overheated, it was too late - the bearings were all shot due to the lack of oil.  When an engine overheats due to lack of lubrication, by the time the coolant boils over,  the damage is already done.

p.s. absolutely not a transmission problem - while transmission fluid leaking onto the exhaust system could produce smoke, a trashed transmission wouldn't prevent the engine from running

Answer 2

your transition probably blue out and it cost around $2000 or less to get it fixed or if you dont have the cash try getting a liquid that will cool your engine down

Hope i was help

Answer 3

This doesn't sound like a transmission problem in fact it probably wasn't even really smoke.  If the smoke was a pure white color it was likely steam from an overheating coolant system.  Unfortunately the fact that your engine doesn't crank now doesn't bode well.  If you hear the starter engage but the engine doesn't even rotate (a loud clank), then it sounds like you likely have a seized engine.  If even with the engine cool it still doesn't turn over I'm afraid that you likely have major internal damage.  If you continued to drive it hot and for some distance the chances are good that you have permanently damaged the engine.  If shut down while hot engines suffer serious injury (or run that way also).    It could be a variety of problems in this case from thrown rods to failed thermostats either way if the engine won't turn over a new engine is likely called for.

  If when cool the engine will turn over try to determine where the coolant leak is coming from (heater hoses, water pump, radiator hoses, radiator reservoir, frozen thermostat, etc).  Do not drive this car until the leak has been repaired as overheating an engine is terminal to its health.  Good luck.

Answer 4

We cannot see from here.  Guessing from the minimal description I would say you hit the equator that is why the temperature increased and why the engine was hot.  You are going to have to rely on a mechanically minded individual around where you are at to give you the low down as to how bad the bad news is.