Hello,
I had a leak from my oil filter housing. I fixed that by changing two gaskets on both sides of the oil filter housing, one of which connect the filter housing to the oil cooler. I followed the following procedure:
I lost coolant during the repair and I
forgot to top the coolant. I drove the car to work the next day, the heater didn't work. I also noticed the coolant feed line connection (part no. :11537598237) had a leak which I fixed by using silicon ( I needed to disconnect the feed line during the first repair to get access to a bolt).
The car currently has no leaks on the coolant and oil system.
I drove the car the next day, I got an engine overheat warning. Then I realized that I am so low on coolant. I added coolant and didn't receive any warning ever since. The heater started to work again.
The oil is running high though. I am close to 120 C (250 F) which is unusually high. I live in Vancouver Canada, with a temperature of around 8 C (45 F) this time of the year.
What would you think is causing the overheating? did I damage the coolant system by running it at below low mark? can something block the coolant system? is there any diagnostic test that I can do?
Thanks for your help.