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Car Forum / Chrysler Cars / March 2008

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1998 Concorde started smoking heavily, died and seemed to have blown     something up.

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AFX - 15 Mar 2008 16:07 GMT
I was driving the car when it started smoking heavily so I pulled
over, the temp was fine but then the car sputtered pulling into the
parking spot and died, also some weird fluid seemed to be leaking but
well get to that later.

I didnt know exactly what it was so I started checking fluids and
heres what gets me and might be a clear indicator to the problem,  the
cold fill on the radiator is empty, engine fluid is low to empty and
the transmission fluid seems to be empty (I didnt see any dark red on
the dipstick)

The engine compartment is really wet (and clean) on the bottom right
drivers side of the car, the rest is dry so I assume something blew
"up" into the hood hitting the engine and smoking but I cant recognize
this liquid.

The radiator seems to be intact which is the only thing I know oil,
trans fluid and coolant run through that could blow up and leak all of
them.

Is it game over for the car?

Any help is appreciated!

Here is a pic of what was under the car.

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb11/afxtwn/IMAGE_042.jpg
damnnickname - 17 Mar 2008 11:25 GMT
An engine size may get you alittle more help!!

Glennm Beasley
Chrysler Tech

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kmath50@gmail.com - 17 Mar 2008 15:05 GMT
> An engine size may get you alittle more help!!
>
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Yes. That would be helpful. If you have the 2.7 V6, you may have
experienced the effects of it becoming sludged up.

Many 1998 - 2001 LH cars with the 2.7 had this problem.

-KM
AFX - 17 Mar 2008 20:34 GMT
On Mar 17, 9:05 am, kmat...@gmail.com wrote:

> > An engine size may get you alittle more help!!
>
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> -KM

I dont believe it seized, it was a little hard getting into the spot
(it was on an incline) but it started up just fine. My dad said
probably a head gasket but it was odd because the car didnt overheat
and wasnt over reved.
Steve - 19 Mar 2008 17:37 GMT
> On Mar 17, 9:05 am, kmat...@gmail.com wrote:
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> probably a head gasket but it was odd because the car didnt overheat
> and wasnt over reved.

It COULD be a head gasket, but the 3.2 isn't known for doing that. It
could have been any one of a number of pressurized coolant hoses that
blew out. Could also be a radiator end tank blowing off the core, or
just the seam popping open.

Time for real diagnosis, not guesswork.
AFX - 17 Mar 2008 20:36 GMT
On Mar 17, 9:05 am, kmat...@gmail.com wrote:

> > An engine size may get you alittle more help!!
>
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> -KM

Oh and I have a 3.2L LHS
 
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