I have a 91 hatch and I was driving the other night and my car died out and lost all fluid we found it was a hole in the top radiator hose, so we replaced it and started her up, she idles fine no problems, but when I put her in first gear and go to drive I get a check engine light and she dies off, but if i put her in reverse it drives just fine no light and no sputter. We checked all the fluid and everything is fine oil is normal color, any ideas??

 

Having all the coolant leak out and then driving until the engine dies is almost always going to cause major engine damage.

Since the CEL comes on you have an ECU code which may give some insight.

 

No she died out the when we opened the hood we noticed there was a leak but all that happened that we could tell was that she was losing power.