Please help me because i am new to cars

[kingllayoh]

i have a 1987 325is with a turbo kit and it is over heating .. this all happened the other day when i was comming off the freeway and didnt want to wait for another light cycle so i jammed through a yellow light .. so when i did i hit a dip pretty hard .. so as im driving (about 2 miles or so later) i realize my car is acting funny but didnt think anything of it because i had a lot on my mind . so as im waiting at a red light , i realize that my car is reving from 1k to 23-25k repedively , then i look at my temp and its way on red so i park my car to find radiator fluid pretty much everwhere including my front lip .. white smoke is comming out of my exauhst and idk what to do so i would apreciate it a lot for your guys help please .

[SpeicherBimmer]

A turbo E30 is probably one of the worst cars to own if you're not mechanically or automotively inclined. Sounds like you cracked your radiator and possibly your oil pan. Give it to someone who appreciates cars and buy yourself a Civic.

[kingllayoh]

i bought it like this .. ido apreciate it and id rather die then have a honda

[kingllayoh]

and my car doesnt leak .. wouldnt it leak if i craked one of those ?

[cabriodster87]

Just do some research, take your time. Post pics of everything, and ask a lot of questions.
GL

[kingllayoh]

thanks for being nice aha

[SpeicherBimmer]

If white smoke is coming out of he exhaust then something is being burned that shouldn't be, white is usually coolant.If you really need help, pics are necessary...Yes, if you cracked something it would be leaking, unless it all already leaked out. Check the coolant and oil level, and check for coolant in the oil/vice versa....

[dnguyen1963]

I hate to tell you this, but if you hit the road that hard then the least you are looking at is a cracked oil pan. If you have coolant all over the car then your coolant system has major issue too. White smoke coming out of the exhaust is telling you that the coolant has entered the engine and burnt off. All and all is not good.

[SlamedIAm]

Good chance you blew your head gasket if you overheated and then saw white smoke out of the exhaust. Check the oil and coolant for milkshake.

At the very least it sounds like your cooling systems needs a serious overhaul.

[kingllayoh]

i checked my oil and it just looks like straight up oil and my oil is full , nothing is leaking i swear . i have coolant and oil and they're both full .. how could i check to see if my head gasket blew ? and did you mean check to see if theres oil in my coolant ? because if so theres just coolant in there .

[mr.vang]

unscrew the coolant reservoir cap and start the car. if its spitting out coolant everywhere, your head gasket is bad. coolant is spitting out because a leakage from the waterway is being pressurized by the combustion camber. sometimes a blown HG won't show the mixture of oil/coolant, instead burning small amount of oil/coolant. its so small that you won't notice it at the end of the tail pipe.

[Mr_P]

Pull the oil cap and see if there is a milky substance underneath, that is a common indicator

If your not leaking oil, you may be lucky and not have cracked the sump (which hangs quite low on these engines)

My guess would be that you damaged the bottom of the radiator, dropped the coolant and overheated....

[Hey_You]

Buy yourself a damn chemical block test kit. I can't remember how expensive they are (probably sub $50) and they will tell you within 2 minutes if you have a headgasket leak (which it sounds like if you are overheating with white smoke). Until you find out 100% what is going on, DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR OR YOU WILL BE WALKING!

[absolutdog]

buy yourself a damn chemical block test kit.
Do not drive your car or you will be walking!

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