Car will not start?

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MIKEHOLLIER86
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  • 1999 BUICK LESABRE
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
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  • 107,000 MILES
I had the same thing happen to me only my light came on while I was in the the line at burger king my temp light came on and before I could get out of line the car killed wouldnt start back up pushed it to a parking spot waited for someone to bring me some water and antifreeze waited a little while after refilling car started and was blowing out white smoke drove the car to my job and killed it waited a few hrs tried to start noticed the battery was dead and stater was gone changed both now car starts to turn over but wont start
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020 AT 4:30 PM (Merged)
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KHLOW2008
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Hi mikehollier86,

Sorry for the delay in replying.

Most probably you have blown a head gasket and there is compression loss.

I would suggest testing the compression first.
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