Hey everyone new here just wondering if anybody can offer some help on some issues.
So a couple weeks ago my car overheated on a really hot day during a 2 hour road trip from picking up my sister from her moms. I was about 45 minutes from home and my car went from O on "normal" to the red zone in like 2 mins? I couldn't pull over right away due to a semi truck sitting behind me and no side streets to get on to. So I finally pulled over after a couple minutes and let my car cool down and added in some water (Not good I know). The car finally cooled down and I took off again to get home. It kept overheating within a minute or two of take off. I limped the car home due to not having road side assistance and it sat for about 2 weeks. I did a couple starts and there was problems starting it. I would crank it and it would try and fail about 2 or 3 times then finally catch and it would sound like crap and there was also a "tick tick tick" sound. My grandpa who has been a mechanic for 40+ years told me to replaced the thermostat and get an oil change and see if that takes away "tick tick tick" sound due to the oil thinning out from overheating.
So Wednesday I changed the thermostat due to the old one only opening about a couple cm. I replaced it with Mr. Gasket(160 it was recommended). I got an oil changed today. The ticking sound didn't go away. So I replaced the spark plugs, wires, distributor, and the rotor. My dad and I thought maybe it jumped a tooth so we check that and nothing. We did the timing also because it was off and now it makes a popping sound( bad timing gonna take it in since we can't see the marks".
So my question is could the "tick tick tick" be the exhaust leak or the lifters? I don't wanna take it in to a shop till I can do everything I can with living in an apartment complex lol.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have no idea what to check on next.
Thank you
So a couple weeks ago my car overheated on a really hot day during a 2 hour road trip from picking up my sister from her moms. I was about 45 minutes from home and my car went from O on "normal" to the red zone in like 2 mins? I couldn't pull over right away due to a semi truck sitting behind me and no side streets to get on to. So I finally pulled over after a couple minutes and let my car cool down and added in some water (Not good I know). The car finally cooled down and I took off again to get home. It kept overheating within a minute or two of take off. I limped the car home due to not having road side assistance and it sat for about 2 weeks. I did a couple starts and there was problems starting it. I would crank it and it would try and fail about 2 or 3 times then finally catch and it would sound like crap and there was also a "tick tick tick" sound. My grandpa who has been a mechanic for 40+ years told me to replaced the thermostat and get an oil change and see if that takes away "tick tick tick" sound due to the oil thinning out from overheating.
So Wednesday I changed the thermostat due to the old one only opening about a couple cm. I replaced it with Mr. Gasket(160 it was recommended). I got an oil changed today. The ticking sound didn't go away. So I replaced the spark plugs, wires, distributor, and the rotor. My dad and I thought maybe it jumped a tooth so we check that and nothing. We did the timing also because it was off and now it makes a popping sound( bad timing gonna take it in since we can't see the marks".
So my question is could the "tick tick tick" be the exhaust leak or the lifters? I don't wanna take it in to a shop till I can do everything I can with living in an apartment complex lol.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have no idea what to check on next.
Thank you