my car had been losing coolant for about the last month. it wasn't losing much at all but i was checking and refilling it daily. i couldn't find where the leak was coming from at all. my temp would sometimes get to around 220 but never over that. thursday i was drving down the freeway and looked down and the temp was around 250. as soon as i could exit, my check gauges light started flashing and my car shut off. i coasted to the nearest station and checked under the hood. my rad. was completely out of water (didn't have any antifreeze in it cause i couldn't find the leak). waiting for the engine to cool and filled rad. with water and started back home. as soon as i was a block away from my house, the check gauges light came on again and my car engine stopped. after it cooled down again, i was putting water in the rad. and noticed that lots of water was coming from the water pump. got a new pump and installed it. went to crank and my and the idle was horrible and lots of white smoke coming from exhaust. checked the oil and there was lots of water in it. i am sure i at least have a blown head gasket or 2 and perhaps even warped heads of a blown block. my question is: why won't my engine turn over now? if there is water in the cylinders then how would i get it out? when i replace the gaskets and get the heads milled down and change the engine oil, will the car start??? if the engine is hydrolocked how do i get it to turn over after i've replaced everything. thanks for any help.

 

I don't know what engine you've got, or how badly warped your pistons are (if at all) but from personal experience, I would consider buying a good used or good rebuilt engine and just trashing yours. It'smuch less expensive financially and causes a lot less heartache. Especially if you can find a good low mileage used motor.

 

If the motor is indeed hydrolocked then pull all the sparkplugs out of the engine and diconnect the sparkpacks. crank the engine over and it should blow most of the water out of the cylinders. I seriously doubt if it is hydrolocked since this very rarely happens even under extreme circumstances. I would pull the heads and give a good look in the cylinders. If they look ok check the head gaskets where you can usually find a leak if there is one. if not use a good straigh edge and check the heads in every direction possible to see if they are warped. Since they are off you might want to magnuflux them and check for cracks as well. If it isnt the heads or head gaskets then I would say start looking at the block. If it is the block then you are screwed.
Sorry, but it is hard to diagnose a problem like this without see and hearing it.
When ytou said there was tons of water coming out?? was the water pump itself bad or jus the gasket?

I have only had mine into the red (coolent temp) once when the serpantine belt shredded and I decided to drive it that last 3 miles to home instead of towing it. Fortunatly it did no damage.