I noticed it needed new coolant so i put some in yesterday Today it started smoking out of the driver side of the hood so i pulled over There was no fire and after the car cooled down i checked the coolant and seen it was mostly empty Is this likely a inverter, coolant pump issue or blown gasket head? Maybe the radiator? I can't drive it now so will need to have it towed but if its a major issue i won't bother and will just scrap it as its only work about 2 or 3k, so not worth spending thousands to repair it
The smoke is probably from the inexpensive little inverter coolant pump. Once the magic smoke escapes, what's left of the pump tends to blow your AM2 fuse for you, which makes the car inoperable. You can unplug this connector to the pump, so it won't blow the next good fuse you put in for AM2, and then you can (gently) drive the car while waiting for your new pump to arrive.
