Can't drive my car

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Asked by GuruZ7C4J Dec 05, 2017 at 04:16 PM about the 2003 INFINITI G35 Coupe RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 03 G35. I had a friend that took at look at my car and he put some
coolant in, it was not the coolant that is meant to be in my car according to a
guy I talked to at autozone a few days after. Two days after my friend put the
coolant in,  I was leaving work and after a few minutes of driving, my car
started smoking and green liquid shot out onto my window, my car
overheated.  I got it looked at the day after at a shop near where I broke
down. They told me there was a crack in my radiator, they replaced it and put
new coolant in. I got it back, and a few days after I was sitting at a red light
and when the light turned green my car jerked a few times before it actually
went and I was worried. I was just trying to get home so I could look at it but
then when I stopped at another light and tried to get it going again, it made
noise like it was driving but it was barely moving. I barely got the car up my
driveway. I haven't drove it in two weeks and it has a ticking noise now,
sounds like it is coming from the belt. My oil is dark, even though I got it
changed like a month before it overheated. It ran perfectly fine before all of
this.

1 Answer

I would not blame the coolant for cracking your radiator. Your buddy probably added coolant because the leak caused the level to be low.

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