[Al Skierkiewicz]

If you need to add fluids anytime you should find out where they went. In this case a quick check of the dipstick would have shown the color of the muck on top of the engine and it would have smelled like anti-freeze. Losing a few ounces over several months or year is not a lot. Over a couple of weeks is huge. Blown head gaskets manifest themselves in many ways, this is only one.