Hi,
I have a 1996 Ford Escort LX 1.9L that had a waterpump fail this past weekend. When it failed, the timing belt jumped (water pump is on timing belt), and the engine died. I replaced the pump and reset the timing, and it was running fine. I topped off the coolant reservoir (not radiator at the radiator cap) before getting back on the freeway. Apparently, the radiator didn't suck much of the coolant from the reservoir into the radiator, and the engine overheated at
65-70 mph. I slowly lost power and the engine made a rattling sound, and then completely died. Only then did I notice the temperature gauge all the way up. I topped off the coolant (this time directly through radiator cap), and tried to restart it, but it wouldn't start. I had it towed home, and once at home I found that most of the coolant I had put in the radiator was gone. My oil level also seemed unusually high, but I'm not sure if there is coolant in it or not.Does it look like I may have blown a head gasket? Could it be anything more severe? What was the rattling sound I heard as the engine died?