Hi....

New to the forum but after 6 months of driving my felicia about happily today on the way to work the oil light came on, temperature peaked and then shortly after lost power, shuddered and then gave up!

I topped the oil up and coolant then headed off to work again....I got about another mile or so before it did the same thing!

Walked to work and was a bit late!

After work took some time and then topped up the coolant to the max and checked the oil level which was still high/good....started the engine hoping all would be well but the recently topped up coolant was poring pretty quickly from underneath the left hand side of the engine....

It didn't appear to be coming out of any pipe work looking down or the radiator itself....

I fear the prognosis of my felicia may be poor!

I had the cv gator joint replaced last week but this I guess this is probably unrelated....

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.....

Hi and welcome to the forum.

According to your description, a trail of oil and coolant would have been following you.

You must have a look under the car immediately for leaks and/or cracks. Is the oil sump drain plug on?

If no visible external leaks I fear there is a blown cylinder head gasket or worse.

Edited 11 July, 20169 yr by RicardoM

Ok thanks Ricardo....

I am gonna get it towed back to the garage who just did the mot and they can have a look....

Will post the outcome!

Forgot to ask, what mileage has your car?

Did you hit something on the road? A boulder or a curb?