Q: A light came on. Thought it was a head gasket, got it fixed but it broke again got gas convertion what you think wrong and how muc

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a light came on. Thought it was a head gasket, got it fixed but it broke again got gas convertion what you think wrong and how muc

My car has 141000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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