Car problem?

Question

Ok well my car is an 86 honda civic the car has just been recently fixed it is a manual well i am turning on the road and the car wont shift gears its like its stuck and there is smoke coming out of the exhaust it wont go more than 20 mph and then i turn down the other street and it wont go more than 10mph and then the car is about to die and the engine starts smoking had to have a guy give me a push to my home and then i tried to start it up wont start and i noticed it is leakin what i think is radiator fluid and i went out there a min ago 4 hrs after it died and it started up clutch pedal is tight doesnt feel loose what could it be? now i didnt try to drive it around yet i heard a clanking noise when i started the car up also and it had a funny smell when it was smoking hard to describe the smell didnt smell like regular smoke

fluid is like a greenish color and the smoke was white

now i dont know all what was done to the car when it was fixed bec it was my fiance's car and he was killed in a car accident sept 21st and the car wasnt completely fixed by then i know it wouldnt shift gears and i know he did the brakes and i dont know what else and the car was fixed about a month ago and i have drove it about 3 times and i was driving it around alot today more than the other days

Answer 1

sounds bad what ever it is the green fluid is antifreeze as well as the white smoke the smoke means you have a leak into the combustion area did you just have head work done ?? sounds like someone botched something there somewhere

Answer 2

maybe you have a blown gasket. A fluid leak is often a sympton of gasket problems. The smoke suggests oil getting into the cylinders. A lot of oil would cause the engine to run poorly. It may be blown rings too, which is worse (more expensive). I'd check all my fluid levels and I wouldn't drive the car until a mechanic had a look. Sorry to say this, but maybe the car is shot. It's 20 years old, that is a long time for a car.

Answer 3

Sounds like the car overheated and the engine started to seize up..... heads could be cracked and the antifreeze in getting into the cylinders and getting burnt, that is the weird smoke you see and smell.... a cracked head or bad head gasket will do this.

Answer 4

What did you have recently fixed? Smoke coming out the exhaust while your unable to shift gears, to me may be your clutch burning. If you burn the clutch significantly, you will see I believe brownish smoke from tailpipe. What color is the fluid you saw leaking?

Answer 5

My hubby is a Mechanic and he said it sounds like your Catalytic Converter is plugged especially if the car smells funny. Like rotten eggs? Go back to the place that recently fixed it. Good luck hon!