So I bought a beater car and it's starting to have problems

>knocks and smokes
check the oil, if it's milky it's done
if not change it
>inb4 just did this
then get some marvel mystery oil in there if u have the space
if not wait until it consumes some oil, then add
follow the advice ofget all your parts from rockauto since poorfag

$500 cars are tossed owner to owner like a hot potato to make the $500 back instead of scrapping it for $50-200.

You need to spend more to get something that works. Buy a bus pass.

>bus pass
HAHAHAHAH *BREATHES IN* BAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA no.
I'm not a city living faggot

Then buy a fucking scooter

id rather get a new dirt bike. I just need to get the car running fine for a few months so I can work more and get more money.

I bought plenty of 1k cars and they always have one major annoying issue that is usualy $200 to fix.

But I also skipped over plenty of 2k cars that everything is about to fall off. Anyway OP what car is it? Might be comon issue.

If it's a head gasket your life sucks. You sound broke. Let he me help you. If you can tolerate the jesus, his stuff is incredible.

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If it's a coolant leak and not the head gasket, count your lucky stars. Go rent a coolant pressure tester from your local auto parts store and test the system. Blow it up. Wait to hear/see the leak.

Piece of cake to work on that system. First one I worked (and had problems on) goodluck, and godspeed user.

I'm not op but that dude is good and helpful tips but his Jesus stuff gets annoying good thing he saves it for the end now and other anons will get triggered by this dude I can feel it

Arr, man the parts cannon, ye scurvy dogs.

Well start with the basics. Is the CEL on? Then scan it for codes, Google the codes and man the parts cannon at them.

What kind of smoke? If it's bluish smoke, put oil additives in there and pray it "fixes" the engine, if it's blackish smoke, something's wrong with the air/fuel mix causing it to run rich.

Might want to put that stop leak shit in when changing the coolant too. Wouldn't do it to a car you care about, but it's pretty obvious this is a car past caring.

it was white smoke coming from the corner where the coolant is.

Oh man, that sounds like a fucked head gasket. Try putting that stop leak/gasket clog shit. Pray it works for a while. If it works.

I thought the smoke would be coming from the motor if the head gasket was going?

Blown headgasket pressurizes your whole cooling system because the engine is leaking pressure into your coolant path. Your shit is fucked senpai

does the stop leak fix or whatever it's called work?

If you aren't going to rip apart the engine for hours to fix it and it's going to the junkyard anyways you can give it a shot, might buy you some time

Blue devil.
Never used it or know anyone who used it.
good luck

If you buy a beater then you better be prepared for the shitstorm