Burning Smell - Turns out no water in car

Paddy1234

Hi there,

I was driving my car yesterday and i noticed a burning smell from the engine when i stopped. Turned out that it had completely run out of water.

Does anyone know what could cause this. The car was only serviced about 4 weeks ago.

Any advice greatly appreciated - i don't know anything about cars.

Thanks

Alanstrainor

Moved to motors, not DIY.

Nissan doctor

Paddy1234 wrote: »

Hi there,

I was driving my car yesterday and i noticed a burning smell from the engine when i stopped. Turned out that it had completely run out of water.

Does anyone know what could cause this. The car was only serviced about 4 weeks ago.

Any advice greatly appreciated - i don't know anything about cars.

Thanks

If there was a burning smell and no water then obviously the car was overheating badly. Was there no indications from your gauges?

The fact that it was serviced may be irrelevant , something could have burst or began leaking since then.

As for asking what could have cause there to be no water, any number of problems could cause it. What car and engine is it?

corktina

fill it up and see if it has any leaks. It sounds as if it was still runiing when you stopped it, may be alright.

If you had it serviced and they added anti freeze, I believe anti freeze has a habit of leaking out of hiles that water wont fit through, might be it, but it sounds like a hose failure or similar.

Paddy1234

Thanks for the replies guys.

Its a 99 Opel Astra - going to bring it to the garage at the weekend. Hopefully its only a small problem.

Didn't notice the gague going up - it was still working when i stopped it so hopefully will be ok

johnf2020

Paddy1234 wrote: »

Thanks for the replies guys.

Its a 99 Opel Astra - going to bring it to the garage at the weekend. Hopefully its only a small problem.

Didn't notice the gague going up - it was still working when i stopped it so hopefully will be ok

Are you all thinking what I'm thinking:rolleyes:

Nissan doctor

johnf2020 wrote: »

Are you all thinking what I'm thinking:rolleyes:

HG....:eek:

gustafo

could be the head gasket astras are known for it, costly or might not be worth fixing if it is.

Mr Benevolent

johnf2020 wrote: »

Are you all thinking what I'm thinking:rolleyes:

Kaboom. No warning lights on the dash, OP?

analfabets

johnf2020 wrote: »

Are you all thinking what I'm thinking:rolleyes:

Keira Knightley naked?

bman1

Ex had the same thing happen in her Laguna, noticed the smell. I found that her waterpump had a small leak, and coz the weather had been so bad lately she hadn't really noticed the drip coming off the pump onto the driveway. When was your waterpump done last? Would agree with the lads though, head gasket is a very common thing on sum opels.

johnayo

Nissan doctor wrote: »

HG....:eek:

Don't mention the war.:eek:

Nissan doctor

johnayo wrote: »

Don't mention the war.:eek:

I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it.....







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