Cadillac Repair: 97 seville, head gasket problems, head gaskets

Question
Rob, I have a 97 seville just exchanged the engine around 800 miles ago because original engine had head gasket problems. In the 800 miles I Have never had a heating problems. Today I had driven 45 miles and I noticed my instrument panel said the ac had turned off to save the engine(I was doing about 60mph). I knew to look at the heat gauge which was in the red. I put some water in it and it got me back home 45 miles without running hot. The instrument panel said I had 0 oil life left. I checked and was a little over a quart low. When I left home it said I had 74% oil life left. Could this car have ccran hot because the oil was low.

Answer
Hello,

Well, the reason the head gaskets in the old engine were bad is from overheating. Very common on these aluminum engines.

You better get the car looked at by a service garage now!

Oil being a quart low will not cause to over heat. Using water is not good because your boiling point is 212 instead of 220.

I hope you did not do engine damage with the gauge pegged.

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