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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 01:46 AM
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Don't even know what else to say. My wife stopped at an intersection and when she wanted to restart it, it wouldn't. Then she smelled some "fumes". A couple of miles before the that she felt some jolt, but nothing unusual after that. I haven't tried restarting it. The dipstick shows that all the oil is in, but it was low on coolant.

What do you think?

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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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lol it looks like oil pressure shot it out of your cap (possibly breaking the seal?) Is the car running poorly? Not sure if there's actually a problem.. Just clean off all of the oil and check the seal on your oil cap. No idea what may've caused it initially.. It could be anything from just a one time fluke to piston rings gone bad and combustion gas getting by forcing oil pressure up.. Check dumb things like, PCV valve etc.. I have no clue, sorry. -stabs in the dark-
 
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