I was goign to run up to the shop to take a couple pictures of my car that I had just dropped off because a coolant hose busted. Right when I pulled up I saw my car back up and drive off to be taken to the garage. The garage isn't but a couple hundred feet from the parking space but when the car got about half way it started to smoke from the exhaust and it was a blackish blue color...

could driving it that far have messed it up?

 

probably not. coolant isn't vital for the engine to start and move...isn't great for the water pump, however.

 

i think you are fine...

 

I hope you pay attention to your water temp gauge... scratch that lol

 

No, because a thermostat keeps coolant outta of the engine until it reaches a certain temp. A few hundred feet isn't enough time to get the car warmed up.

Drag racers run cars without coolant or a radiator. The cars are only on for like 2 minutes. Granted, they change motors pretty frequently, but it's not due to the lack of coolant.

Blackish blue smoke i think means an oil leak somewhere. I'm not sure on that one.

 

Even if the engine'd be OK, I ain't appriciate it!

But, heck, I don't know jackshet.

Good Luck

 

It is probably fine if they only ran it for a minute or two. If they let it warm up at all then I would be worried.

 

I limped mine 12 miles to the Mazda dealer in '98 when my lower radiator hose exploded! You are fine. Dublup is right though, not the best for the WP.

 

I'm worried because after he got about 20 feet it started smoking and it was not smoking when I gave it to them.

 

this statement is incredibly wrong.

the engine will always have coolant in it, the t-stat keeps "cold" coolant out while the car is warming up.

 

I'm glad somebody caught this . I was going to post, but thought maybe I was wrong.