Ok so you know how I was going to get my car checked out after discovering that my coolant was disappearing? Well I did, and here's how it all went down...
So I had a massive headache on the day my Dad told me to bring my car across the city to the Hyundai dealership to get it checked. Bummer. Then when I got on the main road, it was blocked up for miles and I almost hit a truck trying to stop on ice. Good start. I soon (well about a half hour later) discovered that there was a semi truck blocking the whole road. The trailer was right across both lanes. So I drove around slowly and then finally got to Hyundai.
My Dad works right next to the dealership so he met me there. I took his car home.
We found out later that day that my car was going to cost about $1550 to fix! But we had to get it done. Now I'll tell you what was wrong...
The coolant was indeed leaking...right into the oil. This ruined a gasket of some kind, so it needed replacing.
Then a bunch of other things were checked and I got an oil change, a coolant refill, my wipers replaced, and my tires re-adjusted.
The best part is that all the warning lights in my car work! Did I mention that the check engine light was on for a while before this too? I deliberately ignored that one...it's off now...
Anyways, from now on I am going to get things checked as soon as the lights go on because they work!
And because I'm not a mechanic.
So I had a massive headache on the day my Dad told me to bring my car across the city to the Hyundai dealership to get it checked. Bummer. Then when I got on the main road, it was blocked up for miles and I almost hit a truck trying to stop on ice. Good start. I soon (well about a half hour later) discovered that there was a semi truck blocking the whole road. The trailer was right across both lanes. So I drove around slowly and then finally got to Hyundai.
My Dad works right next to the dealership so he met me there. I took his car home.
We found out later that day that my car was going to cost about $1550 to fix! But we had to get it done. Now I'll tell you what was wrong...
The coolant was indeed leaking...right into the oil. This ruined a gasket of some kind, so it needed replacing.
Then a bunch of other things were checked and I got an oil change, a coolant refill, my wipers replaced, and my tires re-adjusted.
The best part is that all the warning lights in my car work! Did I mention that the check engine light was on for a while before this too? I deliberately ignored that one...it's off now...
Anyways, from now on I am going to get things checked as soon as the lights go on because they work!
And because I'm not a mechanic.
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