Smoking from coolant leak.

Asked by GuruSKG66 Jun 08, 2019 at 04:35 PM about the 2002 Ford Focus ZX5

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

The car was just shut off, and it started billowing
white smoke and pouring coolant from the grille.
Overflow reservoir is empty. Should I just top up on
coolant?

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Mikbek answered 5 years ago

But first have someone watch engine temp as u do this or u could overheat engine and cause serious issues. If no temp gauge, etc have someone who knows a lil bout cars look at it for u 1st.

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