2002 Lexus ES300 it ran hot while driving shutdown, loss water and won't start

Asked by GuruDDLVSJ Sep 02, 2024 at 08:16 PM about the Lexus ES

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My car ran hot while driving, loss water shut down and now won't start could
this be my water pump?

3 Answers

40,525

Doesn't sound good . Do some testing before you go and buy parts you don't need , Could be a bad thermostat or radiator cap if you're lucky . Does it turn over ( crank ) ?

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312,495

This sounds serious, I'm thinking blown head gasket. As it has fully shut down the only thing to do is to run a compression check on each cylinder, if coolant comes out of any spark plug hole, then for sure it has blown a head gasket. 2002 it might not be worth fixing.

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Also check for spark. The ignition coil(s) or ignition control module could have fried from the excessive heat or being splashed with hot coolant. Jim

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